| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 創新設計研究所 === 101 === This study applied Conceptual Blending as a design method to assist concept generating in design process. By case study, we carried out this design method in a project of developing intelligent product for the elderly, to investigate and discuss the way of applying Conceptual Blending in design. In the whole design process, we following the iterative concept generating process. By the evaluation of every design stage, it could provide guidance to regenerate concept through conceptual blending in next design stage. Thus we could get the finally design concept.
The results of this study suggest that firstly, the design method based on Conceptual Blending offers the designers a systematic approach through search sources of creativity to generate concrete design concepts. Secondly, the results support that AEIOU is an ideal framework to operating conceptual blending. And by allow the O(object) being unfolded as product architecture, it could help the designers to adopt comprehensive contexts and detailed product architecture to generate design concept. Thirdly, by taking the approach of iterative concept blending process, the evaluation in every design stage could give a guidance of searching sources of creativity while applying conceptual blending in next stage. Fourthly, in the iterative concept blending process, it could be usually applying double-scope conceptual integrated network in earlier design stage, and taking single-scope or simplex in later stage. This is totally support the design thinking way that we take lateral thinking in earlier stage and vertical thinking in later stage. Finally, the research results suggest that the conceptual integration network produced in the concept blending process, can function as a visual thinking tool which enhances effective communication between the designer team as well as helps illustrating the design concepts.
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