Semiotic Study on Design Thinking for the Innovation of Man-Environment System

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25560004
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: MONNAI TERUYUKI 京都大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90114686)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MORIYAMA Motoki 京都大学, 大学院工学研究科, 助教 (70534303)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 人間－環境系 / イノベーション / デザイン思考 / メタファー / アブダクション / 対話によるデザイン / デザイン方法論 / 記号論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objectives of this research are to analyze the mechanism of design thinking from the viewpoint of semiotics, and to propose the design methods to support the innovation of Man-Environment system. We explore the concept of design, formulate the design problem, clarify the creative design thinking to support the innovation, and construct the collaborative design methods.
As the case study we have designed the Book World at Rakuo Elementary School in Kyoto City with all sixth grade children, and realized the design process is not only to generate the innovative Man-Environment system but also to bring up the creativity of those design subjects.
Based on these researches we have constructed the design methodology for the Innovation of Man-Environment System.

Free Research Field

工学、建築学、都市計画・建築計画