Prototyping is an essential part of product development in companies, and yet it is one of the
least explored areas of design practice. There are limited ethnographic studies conducted …

Abstract Design thinking–as a problem-solving approach–has been taught in informal and
formal education settings across various disciplines globally (within both academia and …

Today research has come far in explaining distinct aspects of design expertise at different
skill levels. However, with the increasing number of studies, we argue there is a need to …

This paper examines the potential of immersive virtual reality technology for design
education. A quasi-experimental study has been conducted with 40 students of different …

Highlights•Comparison between divergent thinking and ideation in the design
process.•Perplexity is used to quantify individual patterns in divergent thinking.•Ideation is …

Abstract Design is a key element of both the teaching and learning of engineering and
technology. However, the process of engineering design has yielded limited research …

Introduction Creativity plays an important role in design. However, there have been mixed
results about whether music, as an environmental stimulus, improves design creativity …

Highlights•Observed four patterns of coaching shared across three disciplinary
contexts.•Offer new conceptualizations for the work of coaching as integrated knowing …

Highlights•Dyadic design teams benefit from disciplinary diversity in creative idea
generation.•Dyadic designer teams generate more design ideas than do other …

Highlights•A novel virtual design studio pedagogy was created.•Students were situated in a
practice setting, while tutors remained on campus.•Tutor-student interactions were …