Mass Customisation, Change and Inspiration - Changing Designs to Meet New Needs

All design is a form of change, because all products are based on other designs or design ideas. This paper presents a classification of change processes occurring throughout the development cycle of a product and relates different products and ranges to each other. Individual customer needs are most obviously met in mass customisation, which is discussed here in relation to other change processes. New ideas are often derived from inspiration processes, where a solution concept is transferred from a different domain in a change process. All change processes are faced with common problems. By looking at change as a holistic phenomenon methods can be transferred between different change processes.     «

All design is a form of change, because all products are based on other designs or design ideas. This paper presents a classification of change processes occurring throughout the development cycle of a product and relates different products and ranges to each other. Individual customer needs are most obviously met in mass customisation, which is discussed here in relation to other change processes. New ideas are often derived from inspiration processes, where a solution concept is transferred fr...     »