20th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2015, pp.319 - 328
Abstract
As only technical advancement in the market is not enough to meet increasingly higher expectations of users, companies have tried to take the initiative through multi-disciplinary approach in the product development process. As their influencing the academia, non-design background students are expected to experience innovation through design. However, there has been a lack of understanding of their characteristics comparing to design background students. Therefore, this study aims to find out the similarities and differences between design and non-design background students in the product development process. Through a design course where both groups of students had taken, distinctive characteristics between groups were identified. The key contribution of this study lays a good foundation for the development of design education for non-design background students. The implications and limitations are discussed as well.
Publisher
20th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2015