Where next for research on fixation, inspiration and creativity in design?

Where next for research on fixation, inspiration and creativity in design?

Crilly, Nathan (University of Cambridge)
Coimbra Cardoso, C.M. (TU Delft OLD Design Theory and Methodology)

2017

This is a report from an international workshop focused on the future of design fixation research within the broader context of work on creativity and inspiration. Fixation studies have already generated many useful results but there are clear opportunities to better connect with work done on other related concepts and work done in other disciplines. This would allow fixation research to broaden and strengthen its methodological approaches, offering richer insights into how design ideas originate and how they subsequently evolve. Such knowledge could then be applied to influence the development of design education, training and tools. In this way, fixation research would maximize its potential to provide insights into the creative process, improve design practice and thereby support innovation.

creativity
design behaviour
design fixation
research methods

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7c5b04ef-b10e-4562-9703-b29d7398d8b7

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2017.02.001

0142-694X

Design Studies, 50, 1-38

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journal article

© 2017 Nathan Crilly, C.M. Coimbra Cardoso