Abstract: Divergent thinking is crucial for novice designers’ creativity and innovative problem-solving skills. Due to their limited knowledge base, novice designers struggle to master divergent thinking methods and connect personal ...

Abstract: Creativity is a fundamental feature of human intelligence. However, achieving creativity is often considered a challenging task, particularly in design. In recent years, using computational machines to support people in ...

Abstract: Current e-commerce companies are trying to create shopping applications in virtual reality (VR), because interactive 3D product information designs are believed to enrich the online shopping experience. However, existing ...

Abstract: Conceptual design is a pivotal phase of product design and development, encompassing user requirement exploration and informed solution generation. Recent generative models with their powerful content generation capabilities ...

Abstract: To obtain innovative concepts in the design, designers often need to retrieve and use interdisciplinary knowledge. Concept–knowledge (C–K) theory emphasizes the role of knowledge and introduces the knowledge (K) space and ...

Abstract: Recent research in the field of design engineering is primarily focusing on using AI technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) to assist early-stage design. The engineer or designer can use LLMs to explore, validate, ...