The ABC(-M) Of Workshop Design

Darrell Mann

Most times people tell us they ‘get’ something, it means they don’t. I hear the word all the time with S-Curves. Everyone, it seems, these days ‘gets’ the theory, but the moment they’re put in a situation … Read More

Investments – Material Design AI

Darrell Mann

Discovering how atoms – such as a single layer of carbon atoms found in graphene, one of the world’s strongest materials – work to create a solid material is currently a major research topic in the field of … Read More

Breakthrough Game Design

Darrell Mann

Since the launch of TRIZmeta last month, we’ve been embarked on a tour of the game industry. Main conclusion: there are a lot of games. And the industry is a lot like every other one in that most … Read More

Robust Design: Macro & Meta Contradictions

Darrell Mann

I’m speaking at a Robust Design conference this month and I think my job is to shake things up a bit. It shouldn’t be too difficult. The Robust Design world is still thinking it’s a good idea to … Read More

Rethinking The ‘Robust Design’ Trend

Darrell Mann

It’s not often these days that we get to add a new stage to one of the Trends Of Evolution. It’s even rarer that we find ourselves in the position of needing to re-name one of the Trends. … Read More

Design Thinking – Philosophy, Method, Tool

Darrell Mann

There’s an old joke in the Six Sigma world. One of the founding fathers is on a panel at a conference. Alongside him is one of the founding fathers of the preceding Total Quality Management world. Questions are … Read More

Classification of TRIZ Techniques Using a Cognition-Based Design Framework

Related posts:

1. SYSTEMATIC BUSINESS INNOVATION: A ROADMAP
2. Innovating From The Top – Method, Myth, or Madness?
3. Multi-Screen Analysis for Innovation Roadmapping

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TRIZ-based Innovative concept design of a small mobile horizontal axis wind turbine

Related posts:

1. SYSTEMATIC BUSINESS INNOVATION: A ROADMAP
2. Innovating From The Top – Method, Myth, or Madness?
3. Multi-Screen Analysis for Innovation Roadmapping

Read More

A TRIZ-based Design Tool for Resolving Contradictions

Product development organizations redesign products to incorporate new technology, adapt to changes in consumer preferences and anticipate the actions of competitors. During redesigns, organizations seek to increase the functionality of products.Read More

Information About TRIZ Application to Gear Design

Please, I would like to receive information about TRIZ application to gear designRead More

Design Methodology for Hybrid Production Processes

Current developments of hybrid production processes or production systems have exceeded performance in manufacturing. TRIZ tools are used in terms of identifying hybrid process solutions as part of an innovation process.Read More

TRIZ on Design-oriented Knowledge-based Systems

How to establish a relationship between the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) functional basis and TRIZ taxonomies as a first step toward the creation of a library of TRIZ-based algorithms.Read More

TRIZ: Incorporating the Bright Process in Design

The authors developed a process named BRIGHT to increase the usability of TRIZ by adding creative thinking and iteration to the TRIZ environment.Read More

Integrated Conceptual Design with TRIZ

Try an integrated approach for inventive idea generation and multi-criteria decision-making. TRIZ is used for generating idea systematically for technical problems, while superiority and inferiority ranking is used for alternative selections.Read More

Design of an Adaptive Liquid Vending Machine

Students were given the task of designing and building a new vending machine that was adaptable. Students were given some training in TRIZ, and to a lesser extent axiomatic design, but were allowed to innovate and come up with their own solution.Read More

Applying TRIZ to Air Traffic Control Display Design

Few people have as stressful a job as the air traffic controller. This challenge was figuring out how to optimize the air traffic control display to be as helpful as possible.Read More

Case Study: Use of TRIZ in Software Design

The use of ideality from structural perspectives led to a cleaner software product design that is easier to maintain and evolve than what existed before.Read More

Innovation Lessons From Italian Furniture Design

James Todhunter

I stumbled upon an interesting article courtesy of the developerlife blog.  The article, “Radical Design, Radical Results”, is found on the Harvard Business School Working Knowledge site and presents some fascinating insights from HBS visiting scholar Roberto Verganti.

Verganti … Read More

Design Features for Next Generation Technology Products

This case study focuses on a process to identify innovative features using the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) techniques – navigating through design for a telematics and fleet management product.Read More

Melding Design and Strategy for Faster Innovation

James Todhunter

In the September issue of the Harvard Business Review (one of my favorite publications), there is a short article titled “Innovate Faster by Melding Design and Strategy” by Ravi Chhatpar of Frog Design.  In the article, Ravi suggests … Read More