A fourth way to find new ideas for structural engineering innovation is to learn from your own or others' failures and successes and use them as sources of inspiration and improvement.

The primary service target of design theory and methodology is designers. Based on designers' cognitive modes during design activities, the pivotal objectives of design theory and methodology research ...

The pattern of information flow through the network of interdependent design activities is thought to be an important determinant of engineering design process results. A previously unexplored aspect ...