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SUMMARY:Three case studies of innovative products - Nathan Crilly (Univers
 ity of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Mari Huhtala
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I'll report on research done in collaboration wit
 h Dr Roxana MoroÅŸanu Firth. We conducted case studies on the design of 
 three innovative products that are now commercially available: a novel han
 d saw\, a folding electrical plug and a suspended bicycle wheel. Each case
  is illustrated with a series of prototypes that documents the development
  of design ideas over a number of years. This is supported by interviews w
 ith the designers\, reporting on how those ideas changed\, why they change
 d and why those changes didn't occur earlier. The cases emphasise the desi
 gners' persistence over long time periods\, the role of physical making in
  idea development\, the productive effects of design constraints and the b
 enefits of exploring alternative applications for the core ideas. Collecti
 vely\, the cases connect to and contrast with experimental research on ide
 a development\, suggesting topics that are currently being overlooked by r
 esearchers but which deserve more attention.\n
LOCATION:Sir Arthur Marshalls\, CUED
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