DESIGN FLAWS: FLAWS BY DESIGN?

DS 36: Proceedings DESIGN 2006, the 9th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Year: 2006
Editor: Marjanovic, D.
Author: Gries, B.; Blessing, L.
Section: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN DESIGN WORKSHOP
Page(s): 1451-1458

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the influence of design flaws on design and the influence of design on design flaws. By defining design flaws as a design-related product property that leads to reduced product quality, it can be argued that a design flaw is always the result of a design failure – the failure to create product quality. By exemplarily applying a problem solving model to design that is the result of research into human failure in complex, dynamic and intransparent situations (while, of course, acknowledging that there is a lot more of research into human behaviour in design), we identify possible causes of design failure.

Keywords: design flaws, design process, error making, human behaviour in design

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