Understanding Design Fundamentals: How Synthesis and Analysis Drive Creativity, Resulting in Emergence
V.V. Kryssanov, H. Tamaki, and S. Kitamura

TL;DR
This paper develops a computational theory of creativity in engineering design using algebraic semiotics, modeling the design process as semiosis to understand emergence and creative reasoning.
Contribution
It introduces a formal semiotic model of the creative design process, integrating interdisciplinary insights to explain emergence and non-determinism in creativity.
Findings
Semiotic modeling captures dynamics of creative thinking.
Emergence is a by-product of the design process.
Analogical reasoning demonstrates the model's expressive power.
Abstract
This paper presents results of an ongoing interdisciplinary study to develop a computational theory of creativity for engineering design. Human design activities are surveyed, and popular computer-aided design methodologies are examined. It is argued that semiotics has the potential to merge and unite various design approaches into one fundamental theory that is naturally interpretable and so comprehensible in terms of computer use. Reviewing related work in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science provides a general and encompassing vision of the creativity phenomenon. Basic notions of algebraic semiotics are given and explained in terms of design. This is to define a model of the design creative process, which is seen as a process of semiosis, where concepts and their attributes represented as signs organized into systems are evolved, blended, and analyzed, resulting in the…
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TopicsDesign Education and Practice · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
