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An exploration of how creativity, functionality, and aesthetics are related in design
Research in Engineering Design ( IF 3.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-05 , DOI: 10.1007/s00163-021-00366-9
Ji Han , Hannah Forbes , Dirk Schaefer

Creativity is considered to have a significant impact on the design process and its outcomes, while aesthetics and functionality are considered key characteristics of products. A relationship between creativity, aesthetics and functionality is, therefore, often assumed, however, researchers view the relations between creativity, functionality and aesthetics differently. In this paper, the authors present first evidence that novelty, usefulness and surprise are the core elements of design creativity. The aim of this research is the exploration of the relations between functionality, aesthetics, novelty, usefulness, surprise, and overall creativity, by means of an experimental case study involving design experts evaluating forty-five design samples. Statistical analysis has been conducted to investigate and understand these relations. The results obtained indicate that aesthetics has a significant positive relationship with creativity but that functionality does not have a statistically significant relationship with creativity in general. Further analysis confirms that design creativity is strongly and positively related to novelty and surprise, but not significantly related to usefulness. In addition, high correlation coefficient values have revealed that creativity, novelty and surprise are perceived as the same dimension as are functionality and usefulness. This paper may be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and educators in the broader realm of design, including industrial design, creativity in design, engineering design, design innovation, product design and new product development. It provides new insights into how creativity is perceived within the field and offers a new point of view on creativity and its dimensions for the community to meditate and to debate.



中文翻译:

探索设计中的创造力,功能和美学之间的关系

创意被认为对设计过程及其结果有重大影响,而美学和功能则被认为是产品的关键特征。因此,经常假定创造力,美学和功能之间的关系,但是,研究人员对创造力,功能和美学之间的关系有不同的看法。在本文中,作者提出了第一个证据,即新颖性,实用性和惊奇性是设计创造力的核心要素。这项研究的目的是通过一个涉及设计专家的实验案例研究来探索功能,美学,新颖性,实用性,惊奇性和整体创造力之间的关系,该专家评估了45个设计样本。已经进行了统计分析以调查和理解这些关系。获得的结果表明,美学与创造力之间具有显着的正相关关系,但功能性与创造力之间通常没有统计学上的显着关系。进一步的分析证实,设计创造力与新颖性和惊奇性密切相关,而与实用性没有显着关系。此外,高相关系数值表明,创造力,新颖性和惊奇性与功能性和实用性被视为同一个维度。在设计的更广泛领域,包括工业设计,设计创意,工程设计,设计创新,产品设计和新产品开发,研究人员,从业人员和教育工作者都可能会对本文感兴趣。

更新日期:2021-05-05
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