Stages and methods of creativity in an industrial product development (with a case study in bicycle design)

Abstract

ABSTRACT This thesis is aimed on researching the creativity process that is concealed in the design process itself. The following chapters will include certain creativity concepts that were filtered out of a variety of processes. There are certain aspects to take into consideration as not only of a creative process but the progressive way of following certain methods of design. The first chapter includes some examples on the blocks that cease the creativity in the design process. Examples will be given to display the way of keeping the continuity of the creative mind. These are methods that designers use in daily life but are not aware of its existence. Processes will be included in the second chapter that will focus on the way of designing and methods of the design process. These methods were included in order to give the creativity process an engineering pull-down and cease it from artistic dispersal. It could be seen that examples given from a bicycle design will be included in all chapters. This is to uphold, and back-up the third chapter. In this chapter the case study of a bicycle design is included. The processes stated in the previous chapters were used in the process of the bicycle design. IV