scholarly journals Creative Design: An Integral Aspect of Innovation in Industrial Design and Technology

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-06
Author(s):  
Yohanna Ogbu Egiri
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Design And Technology ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Life World ◽  
Product Specifications ◽  
Specific Contribution

Design and Innovation is a twin words which are most discussed when it comes to creativity in highly competitive markets. Nevertheless, the specific contribution of design and designers in the context of product innovation is insufficiently understood and explored. Mostly, innovation is meant to be the achievement of science and technology, while design as the last element in this chain has the task to introduce the scientific and technological innovation into the life-world of the user. The list of needs include hidden needs, needs that customers may not be aware of or problems they simply accept without question, as well as explicit needs, or needs that will most likely be reported by potential purchasers. Researchers develop the necessary information on which to base the performance, size, weight, service life, and other specifications of the product. Customer needs and product specifications are organized into a hierarchical list with a comparative rating value given to each need and specification. Keywords: Design, Innovation, Technology, Creative design, Product innovation, Customer.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Sustainable Development Path of China’s New Government Affairs Media from the Perspective of Science and Technology Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02041
Author(s):  
Rui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
New Media ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Government Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Media Platform

The Chinese government actively uses the new media platform to disseminate government information and provide government services. Contemporary scientific and technological innovation, with computers and information science and technology as engines, has become the core driving force of “leading development”. This article puts the new media of Chinese government affairs under the perspective of technological innovation, analyzes the bottlenecks and possible solutions it faces, discusses the sustainable development path of new media for Chinese government affairs, and strive to provide some reference for the sustainable development of new media for government affairs in other countries or regions.

Technological Innovation and Use in the Early Days of Camera Phone Photo Messaging

2018 ◽  
pp. 6296-6306
Author(s):  
Jonathan Lillie
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
User Studies ◽  
Camera Phone ◽  
Global Industry ◽  
Services Use ◽  
Multimedia Messaging Services

This chapter reviews user studies to look at the early era (roughly 2001 to 2007) of camera phone and MMS (multimedia messaging services) use. It then considers the role played by one of the main regional and global industry actors (Nokia) in shaping the technology and then responding to user trends and innovation. The studies reviewed show that early camera phone users embraced this technology as a significantly enhanced form of the portable analog camera, as opposed to being more enthralled with photo messaging as industry players like Nokia had hoped. The chapter concludes by arguing that technological innovation and use are impacted by many factors besides industrial design and marketing.

scholarly journals Science in The Children's Encyclopedia and its appropriation in the twentieth century in Latin America

BJHS Themes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 105-128
Author(s):  
BERNARDO JEFFERSON DE OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
South American ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Core ◽  
Science And Technology Education ◽  
The North

AbstractIn the early twentieth century, encyclopedias addressed to children and youths became special reference works concerning science and technology education. In search of greater comprehension of this historical process, I analyse The Children's Encyclopedia’s representation of science and technology, and how it was re-edited by the North American publishing company that bought its copyrights and promoted its circulation in several countries. Furthermore, I examine how its contents were appropriated in its translations into Portuguese and Spanish, which circulated in Latin America in the first half of the twentieth century. The comparison between the different versions reveals that the writings of science and technology are practically the same, with significant changes only in literature and in the approach of historical and geographical themes. I then argue that, even keeping the scientific contents virtually unchanged, these versions of the encyclopedia gave it a new meaning, because of the contexts in which they circulated. Finally, I show how the appropriations of the encyclopedia contributed to the promotion of scientific values and technological innovation as the core development and as a model of civilization for South American nations.

The Research on Industrial Design Application in Integrated Ceiling Product Innovation

2013 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 789-793
Author(s):  
Qing Ge ◽  
Yin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Technical Innovation ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Management Innovation ◽  
Great Role ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Design Innovation

As the core elements of competition, Industrial design plays a great role in product innovation and management innovation and incentive. In recent years the integrated ceiling market develops rapidly in our country in which the industrial design of integrated ceiling product innovation has played a huge role in promoting. The application of industrial design in integrated ceiling product innovation is mainly divided into four aspects: technical innovation, market innovation, design innovation, design management innovation. As a result of these four aspects of innovation, integrated ceiling industry successfully realizes upgrading.

An Introduction to Cloud Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 163-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Xiang Lu ◽  
Chang De Lu ◽  
Ping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Cloud Manufacturing ◽  
User Management ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come ◽  
Resource Deployment

The world is changing and the science and technology are making progress. Internet of Things is raging like a storm, and cloud manufacture is an invisible net preventing all escape. Changing the world, when conditions are ripe, success will come, which calls forth the idea of cloud design. This paper discusses the concept and theory of cloud design, which is a design framework empowered by advanced technologies including cloud computing. Cloud design is a modern design concept and methodology, and is the future of modern industrial design. The science and technology foundation of cloud design includes design, cloud manufacturing, internet of things, cloud computing, computer aided industrial design (CAID) , engineering, aesthetics, psychology, ergonomics, ontology and philosophy. The service system of cloud design consists of service, operational platform and resource. Its key technologies concern resource deployment, service management, resource provider/user management, and security. This paper also outlines the procedure and preliminary conclusion of the application of cloud design, gives direction and lays foundation for the follow-up research and development. As cloud design is new, this paper tries motivate researchers to come forward and contribute in various ways.

scholarly journals Reform of the classification and evaluation system for scientific and technological innovation talents in the intelligent age

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 02024
Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Wang ◽  
Chunxiao Mu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
Technology Talent

The existing evaluation system of scientific and technological talents is insufficient in classification and evaluation, lacks clear evaluation objectives and evaluation standards, and attaches too much importance to the achievements of scientific and technological talents and lacks the development potential of scientific and technological talents. In this paper, using intelligent era information technology reform of science and technology talent assessment system, to advocate and innovation for the purpose, classification of evaluation objects, evaluation criterion of explicit, the diversification of evaluation subject, evaluation method is scientific, the diversification of evaluation methods, to effectively identify innovative science and technology talents, motivating talents of science and technology innovation power and guide the scientific and technological personnel work to lay the foundation.

The Swiss Watch Industry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Yves Donzé
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Business History ◽  
Manufacturing Costs ◽  
Watch Industry

The Swiss watch industry has enjoyed uncontested domination of the global market for more than two decades. Despite high costs and high wages, Switzerland is the home of most of the largest companies in this industry. Scholars in business history, economics, management studies, and other social sciences focused on four major issues to explain such success. The first is product innovation, which has been viewed as one of the key determinants of competitiveness in the watch industry. Considerable attention has been focused on the development of electronic watches during the 1970s, as well as the emergence of new players in Japan and Hong Kong. Yet the rebirth of mechanical watches during the early 1990s as luxury accessories also can be characterized as a product innovation (in this case, linked to marketing strategy rather than pure technological innovation). Second, brand management has been a key instrument in changing the identity of Swiss watches, repositioning them as a luxury business. Various strategies have been adopted since the early 1990s to add value to brands by using culture as a marketing resource. Third, the evolution of the industry’s structure emphasizes a deep transformation during the 1980s, characterized by a shift from classical industrial districts to multinational enterprises. Concentration in Switzerland, as well as the relocation abroad of some production units through foreign direct investment (FDI) and independent suppliers, have enabled Swiss watch companies to control manufacturing costs and regain competitiveness against Japanese firms.Fourth, studying the institutional framework of the Swiss watch industry helps to explain why this activity was not fully relocated abroad, unlike most sectors in low-tech industries. The cartel that was in force from the 1920s to the early 1960s, and then the Swiss Made law of 1971, are two major institutions that shaped the watch industry.

scholarly journals Research on product innovation design methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 02076
Author(s):  
Weiguo Zhang ◽  
Jianyao Shu ◽  
Xitong Hu ◽  
Yun Mei
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Innovative Product ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Actual Design

When the prehistoric man began to pick up stones, wood and other materials to make tools, we can confirm that creativity is not only the designer’s personal patent but a natural gift of humanity. As product designers, we must have more creativity than ordinary people. By analyzing a large number of actual design works and award-winning works in international competitions for many years, the author summarizes the similarities of creative design and explores the application of innovative product design methods in design.

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