Hi Stephanie,
Thanks for your message. Apologies for the lack of instant references. I'm
on the road in India at present overnighting in Gurgaon, Delhi so don't
have access to my usual resources. Gordon Glegg's work from the 70s comes
to mind (the Design of Design series). Also Michael French's work
(Conceptual Design 1st Edition). I seem to remember the ASEE report on
engineering education (1952-55 ) referred to engineering design thinking
and the need for increased humanities contribution . Also Marples work on
decisions of engineering design (around 1960). Matousek (engineering design
a systematic approach) referred to 'engineering design thinking' as if a
well established concept in the translation in 1963 of the original
publication (in German) in the 50s. My guess is there is also engineering
design thinking in the engineering design research literature in German
from that period from the WDK group (Pahl, Beitz, Eder etc).
Cheers,
Terry
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Subject: Re: Questions about design thinking
Hi Terry,
You wrote:
"I don't think its possible to go as far as claiming design *is* (as in has
a one-to-one correspondence with) design activity."
- this sounds like an interesting point, could you elaborate further?
"As Klaus and others have pointed out, the activity of creating a design
involves more than thinking. On that basis, though, design thinking occurs
in all fields of design."
- This, it seems, we agree on
However, in order for me to concur with your second point:
"In contrast, where 'design thinking' is seen as a theoretical concept and
topic with its own literature, then the idea appears to have first emerged
in the engineering design disciplines. "
I would appreciate it if you could provide references from engineering
literature that explicitly refer to design thinking. In order for me to
formulate a fair debate on your claim, i will need to read the literature
that you have referenced from memory.
Best,
-Stefanie
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