Inspiration is a widely recognized phenomenon in everyday life. However, researchers still know very little about what the process of inspiration entails. This paper investigates designers’ approaches when selecting inspirational stimuli during the initial phases of a design process. We conducted a think-aloud protocol study and interviews with 31 design Masters students while generating ideas ...

I have a very simple proposition to put, that transport finance is in a mess and some radical thinking is required to solve the problem. I think the time is ripe to draw the lessons of history, and a remarkable number of pieces of the jigsaw are now falling into place. I shall propose a way of reforming the management of public sector assets, and specifically the road system. I think it is a su...

Constructive interaction provides natural thinking-aloud as test subjects collaborate in pairs to solve tasks. Since children may face difficulties in following instructions for a standard think-aloud test, constructive interaction has been suggested as evaluation method when usability testing with children. However, the relationship between think-aloud and constructive interaction is still poo...

I will talk here about three problems that have bothered me for a number of years, during which time I have experimented with a variety of solutions and encouraged others to work on them. I have raised each of them separately both in full and in passing in various contexts, but thought it would be worthwhile on this occasion to bring them to your attention side by side. In this talk I will expl...

many peoples think there is neither rulers nor rules in the internet and it seems to be a hodge bodge. although it is not totally false, but is not completely true and includes some ignorance of facts which affect this space. as the people now a days deal with the internet, it is necessary to obtain some information of facts relevant to it. we will, in this assay, show that there are the both p...