Lead users: a source of novel product concepts
Management Science
Design, Analogy, and Creativity
IEEE Expert: Intelligent Systems and Their Applications
Boundary Objects and Prototypesat the Interfaces of Engineering Design
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
The multidisciplinary combinatorial approach (MCA) and its applications in engineering
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
Representing and analysing integrated engineering systems through combinatorial representations
Engineering with Computers
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: Computer support for creativity
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: Computer support for creativity
Informing the design of computer-based environments to support creativity
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: Computer support for creativity
Beyond binary choices: integrating individual and social creativity
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: Computer support for creativity
Creativity in Invention and Design
Creativity in Invention and Design
UXDs-driven conceptual design process model for contradiction solving using CAIs
Computers in Industry
Research on computer-aided creative design platform based on creativity model
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Model and algorithm for computer-aided inventive problem analysis
Computer-Aided Design
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Many methods that support human creativity by manual or computational means have been proposed in the past. They rely on the assumption that following a certain process of reasoning might lead to generating ideas considered creative. We start by defining creativity as a capability that enables the creation of systems that are patentable. We review the state-of-the-art of creative conceptual design and organize it with a framework. Subsequently, we present a method called infused design that guarantees the generation of design solutions by transforming systems and methods from remote disciplines. In many cases, these solutions would be deemed creative. Finding these systems and their transformations is done through a process based on the underlying discrete mathematical representation. This process is partially supported by a computer tool. We describe the method of infused design and illustrate its operation through part of the results achieved until now, including designing a new active torque amplifier system. We further demonstrate its benefits through other examples. We discuss the relation of infused design with other creativity or design methods and conclude with future developments of the method. ''A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds.'' Chinese proverb