design me-43 leisk introduction. what is design? design: introduction
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Design
ME-43
Leisk
Introduction
What is design?
Design: Introduction
Design: Introduction
• What is design?
“Design is that area of human experience, skill and knowledge which is concerned with man’s ability to mold his environment to suit his material and spiritual needs.” – B. Archer
“To design is either to formulate a plan for the satisfaction of a specified need or to solve a problem.”
• Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design:
What problems?
Design: Introduction
Design: Introduction
• What problems?
Quote from Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of U.S. patent office in 1899:
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
“Everything has already been written…”
“Everything has already been done…”
“Everything has already been designed before…”
Design: Introduction
In 1899, future projections would look very different from 1960-1980!!!
Design: Introduction
19th century high-tech
21st century high-tech
“We do not yet know all the basic laws: there is an expanding frontier of ignorance.”
• Richard Feynman:
Design: Introduction
The more humans uncover about how the world works, the more we realize how little we actually know.
• Leisk’s interpretation:
There are seemingly always new problems, ways to make a product better, needs to solve problems in a more efficient manner, or develop new solutions no-one thought was possible.
• Application to design:
Where to find problems?
Design: Introduction
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/travel/thai-airways-skids-off-runway/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
• Thai Airways plane skids off runway…
• Festival ride injures 12 children…
• Fans injured in bleacher collapse…
• NFL concussion settlement…
• Giant airliners: is bigger better?
• Super extravagant U.S. cruises…
• Today’s front page of CNN.com:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/us/connecticut-swing-ride-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/09/07/newday-vo-bleacher-collapse-ohio.cnn.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/opinion/campbell-nfl-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t4
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/travel/superjumbo-atlanta-airport/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/travel/american-luxury-cruises/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
Design: Introduction
• Today’s front page of CNN.com:
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• Creative ways to recycle an airplane…
• Decorating in 3D…
• Designs to help you survive…
• Jellyfish-proof face mask (Diana Nyad)…
• Robot chef…
• Millipedes cause train crash…
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/travel/recycled-planes/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/living/3d-printer-decor-style/index.html?hpt=hp_bn11
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/26/tech/innovation/in-the-middle-of-a-natural/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/tech/innovation/diana-nyad-face-mask/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/30/tech/innovation/meet-the-robot-chef-prints-cookies/index.html
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/04/millipedes-yes-millipedes-may-be-responsible-for-australian-train-crash/?hpt=hp_t3
Design: Introduction
Class Exercise
Brainstorming
1. Record all ideas generated – appoint secretary (also contributor)
2. Generate and verbalize as many ideas as possible
3. Think wild – silly, impossible ideas can lead to useful ideas
4. DO NOT ALLOW evaluation of ideas – reserve all judgment or comments on the value of ideas
• Use 4-12 individuals
• Can include customers, experts, and designers
• Have discussion leader
• Record all ideas
• Keep session to 20-30 minutes, then incubate
Guidelines
Design: IntroductionConcept Generation
(1) form teams of 4-5
(2) focus on “Millipedes cause train crash…”
(3) brainstorm solutions for 8-10 minutes
(4) record your team member names and ideas on paper
(5) be prepared to share ideas with the class and submit the ideas on paper
Design: Introduction
Class Exercise
• Millipedes are tiny invertebrates with segmented bodies and a whole bunch of legs.
• Passenger train crashed into another in Western Australia – possibly because of millipedes.
• As trains pass over millipede-infested track, they are squashed into a slimy-slick paste – traction suffers.
• The Portuguese millipede was accidentally introduced to Australia and has no natural predators – they breed in “plague numbers.”
• In 2002, so many millipedes clogged the rails between Melbourne and Ballart (70 miles apart), that 50 trains had to be suspended.
Millipedes – Yes, Millipedes – May Be Responsible for Australian Train Crash