The Comparison of Word Tree and Mind Map in Design-by-Analogy

• Main Authors: TSAI, MIN-JUNG, 蔡旻容
• Other Authors: WANG, HUNG-HSIANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57qbhx

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 工業設計系創新設計碩士班 === 107 === Analogy thinking is a useful method for developing creative concepts. In this study, four DbA workshops using Word Trees (Group W) and Mind Maps (Group M) were conducted to compare the differences between the source of the analogy sought and the creative ideas produced. Participants in Groups W and M were 100 and 121 students, respectively, from the National Taipei University of Technology. Each workshop had two stages, giving the same tasks of ideation and analogy sourcing to all participants. First, in the ideation stage, each W group completed a word trees, while each M group a mind map. In the stage of analogy sourcing, each W group used their word tree, while each M group their mind map. After-ward, each group respectively used their analogy sources to develop a solution to the problem given. Analyses on the number of the nodes, the frequency of using analogy, and the solution of the problem in the results of workshops revealed many insights. First, compared with Word Trees, Mind Map is more powerful for develop numerous nodes of the tree structure, which supports ideation. Second, Word Trees is better than Mind Maps for analogy sourcing and develop solutions. Third, although the average creativity of most groups grows, yet the groups using Word Trees have higher growth rates. Finally, the unrelated stimuli are better than the related stimuli for developing good solutions.