NDLI: A Case Study Contrasting German Systematic Engineering Design With Affordance Based Design

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Jonathan, R. A. Maier Georges, M. Fadel
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	In the young field of engineering design theory, various approaches to design differ in their conceptual bases, methods, and scope. These core differences make comparing design theories difficult. One strategy to overcome these differences, long used in the social sciences to test and compare theories, is the case study. In this paper we adopt a published design project, that of a computer monitor stand, and use it as a case study to compare two design theories. The design project was originally conducted using a form of German Systematic Engineering Design (GSED). We contrast those original results with what is obtainable using Affordance Based Design (ABD). Important insights into the differences between these two design theories quickly emerge. Among the differences found are the ways in which: customer needs data is interpreted and handled, product characteristics are represented, customer needs data flows into the ideation and selection processes, and bound and target data are utilized. Perhaps the most important difference shown is at what stage, and how, the product architecture is designed. In GSED, typically the product architecture arises in a bottom-up fashion from a combination of various sub-function solution principles. However, in ABD, the product architecture is the first subject of ideation and selection, as the high-level architecture determines in a top-down fashion most of the lower-level affordances that are designed subsequently. While no two design projects, design teams, or design methods are the same, it is hoped that this particular case study elucidates some of the salient differences between an established and a nascent design theory.
Sponsorship	Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
Starting Page	103
Ending Page	115
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISBN	079184742X
DOI	10.1115/DETC2005-84954
e-ISBN	0791837661
Volume Number	Volume 5a: 17th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2005-09-24
Publisher Place	Long Beach, California, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Design Engineering design Computers Design methodology Teams Design theory Flow (dynamics)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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