There are several prior case studies of design creativity which relate to design fixation. There is also a broader literature of qualitative research surrounding these cases, both within and beyond the design literature. However, these various texts are widely distributed, not well connected and seemingly not well known. This paper reviews the relevant literature, collecting many of these studies together for the first time. This allows the texts to be compared, their common themes to be identified and future work to be planned. More of such studies are necessary to increase the breadth and depth of accounts of creative design. This would permit connections and contrasts to be made and promote methodological diversity within research on inspiration and fixation.

以前有一些关于设计创造力的案例研究，这些案例与设计固定有关。在设计文献的内外，也有大量有关这些案例的定性研究文献。但是，这些不同的文本分布广泛，没有很好的联系并且看似不为人所知。本文回顾了相关文献，首次将许多此类研究收集在一起。这样就可以对文本进行比较，确定共同主题并计划未来的工作。为了增加创意设计的广度和深度，必须进行更多此类研究。这将允许进行联系和对比，并在灵感和注视研究中促进方法上的多样性。