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Innovation

DRS Biennial Conference Series

2014

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Design Wizard: Tools To Accelerate The Outline Of Innovation Process Regarding Co-Design Structure And Project Scope, Bruna Pontes Di Gioia, João De Souza Leite Jun 2014

Design Wizard: Tools To Accelerate The Outline Of Innovation Process Regarding Co-Design Structure And Project Scope, Bruna Pontes Di Gioia, João De Souza Leite

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This article proposes the basic outline of a tool to provide a consistent basis for successful innovation in co-design. Forms of interaction are currently affected by technology, meaning a great array of collaboration and innovation pathways. To achieve desired outcomes, project outline process can include steps to devise the appropriate strategy. Definitions and main concepts of innovation and collective interactions are transformed into stages to adequately evaluate the appropriate approach, partners and concepts in defining the innovation pathway. Essentially open while sustained by academic research, classification and theoretical concepts by OECD, Verganti and Pisano, Krippendorff and Dewey, we propose a …


The Chef As Designer: Classifying The Techniques That Chefs Use In Creating Innovative Dishes, Barry Kudrowitz, Oxborough, Jaz Choi, Emily Stover Jun 2014

The Chef As Designer: Classifying The Techniques That Chefs Use In Creating Innovative Dishes, Barry Kudrowitz, Oxborough, Jaz Choi, Emily Stover

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This qualitative study explores the methods that chefs use to create innovative marketable product and compares these findings to other design tools. This study is based on a series of interviews with locally recognized chefs in Minnesota and observations of them in their kitchens in order to understand the details of how they conceive and develop dishes from preliminary concept to final plating and user consumption. This paper focuses on idea generation and discusses two key findings: first, the variety of idea generation techniques presented by the chefs can be classified into the creativity tool SCAMPER (substitute, combine, adapt, modify/magnify, …