UNDERSTANDING THE CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN DESIGN AND NON-DESIGN BACKGROUND STUDENTS IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Year: 2015
Editor: Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Gaetano Cascini, Marco Cantamessa, Dorian Marjanovic, Monica Bordegoni
Author: Kim, Chajoong; Kim, Yeonghun
Series: ICED
Institution: 1: UNIST, South Korea; 2: Korea Institute of Design Promotion, South Korea
Section: Human Behaviour in Design, Design Education
Page(s): 319-328
ISBN: 978-1-904670-74-2
ISSN: 2220-4334
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.
Keywords: Design Education, Product Development, Collaborative Design, Design Thinking