Dear Ken, David and others, In my recent study I made a shot into history of design thinking, including such people as Archimedes and da Vinci. As my focus was on the exploration of design thinking in the re-framed point of view of 'conceptual designing,' the historical view is very shallow. But, certainly, we are dealing with a phenomenon that reaches quite far into our history. You may download a free open-access copy of my book at our bookstore: http://designresearch.aalto.fi/groups/edg/blog/salu-yliriskus-doctoral-thesis-on-conceptual-designing-freely-available/ Kind regards, Dr. Salu Ylirisku Embodied Design Group Leader Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------