Abstract
The objective of this study is to develop a problem-solving model of design with a controllable determinization level which satisfies both analytic and synthetic aspects of design activities. Rooted on the problem-solution duality model, a goal-oriented problem-solving model, which is based on the triad relationship among a problem, a solution, and a goal, is constructed. In the problem-solving model of design, the goal area is distinguished from the solution area, and the concept of “determinization” which is the process of transforming the indeterminate solution area into the quasi-determinate2 goal area is established. The determinization level controls the portion between discovery and invention. As an illustrative example, ‘God’s creation in the Bible’ is described to explain functioning of the proposed model at any level of creativity. Three illustrations – a theory of the design process, the ‘axiomatic design’, a way of design process, the ‘precise and imprecise problem formulations’, and an illustrative example, ‘God’s creation in the Bible’- are explained based on the proposed model to show that the model fits different types of the design process with different determinization levels. In the three examples of different determinization levels, different types of problems in different conditions are matched with different determinization levels. The problem-solving model of design with a controllable determinization level is applicable to all types of design activities with diverse conditions
Keywords
problem solving, design process, design evaluation, determinization level
Citation
Kwak, S., and Kim, M. (2006) Problem-Solving Model of Design With a Controllable Determinization Level, in Friedman, K., Love, T., Côrte-Real, E. and Rust, C. (eds.), Wonderground - DRS International Conference 2006, 1-4 November, Lisbon, Portugal. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2006/researchpapers/40
Problem-Solving Model of Design With a Controllable Determinization Level
The objective of this study is to develop a problem-solving model of design with a controllable determinization level which satisfies both analytic and synthetic aspects of design activities. Rooted on the problem-solution duality model, a goal-oriented problem-solving model, which is based on the triad relationship among a problem, a solution, and a goal, is constructed. In the problem-solving model of design, the goal area is distinguished from the solution area, and the concept of “determinization” which is the process of transforming the indeterminate solution area into the quasi-determinate2 goal area is established. The determinization level controls the portion between discovery and invention. As an illustrative example, ‘God’s creation in the Bible’ is described to explain functioning of the proposed model at any level of creativity. Three illustrations – a theory of the design process, the ‘axiomatic design’, a way of design process, the ‘precise and imprecise problem formulations’, and an illustrative example, ‘God’s creation in the Bible’- are explained based on the proposed model to show that the model fits different types of the design process with different determinization levels. In the three examples of different determinization levels, different types of problems in different conditions are matched with different determinization levels. The problem-solving model of design with a controllable determinization level is applicable to all types of design activities with diverse conditions