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EKPHRASIS AS A DESIGN METHOD
DS87-7 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING DESIGN (ICED 17), VOL 7: DESIGN THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, pp 171-180
01 Jan 2017
Abstract
Ekphrasis is the expression of a concept that is represented in the medium of one domain in the medium of another domain. This paper presents the results from exploring the concept of ekphrasis as the foundation for a computational design method. It presents a formalization of design by ekphrasis before describing its application in in a simple engineering design task involving the design of the cross-section of a beam to optimize multiple criteria. The new domain is as genes in an evolutionary domain that includes the introduction of new operators within that domain beyond the standard evolutionary operators of crossover and mutation. This generates a space of genomes beyond those that were there at the commencement of the process. Designs, i.e., cross-sections, produced in this new domain not only look different but have performances that are better than the Pareto-optimal designs produced by the original genetic operators. Design by ekphrasis can be considered as a framework for designing that involves transforming any design space in one domain into another design space in a new domain with contingent processes in the new domain.
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- Title
- EKPHRASIS AS A DESIGN METHOD
- Creators
- John Gero - UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA
- Contributors
- A Maier (Editor)S Skec (Editor)M Kokkolaras (Editor)J Oehmen (Editor)G Fadel (Editor)F Salustri (Editor)M VanDerLoos (Editor)
- Publication Details
- DS87-7 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING DESIGN (ICED 17), VOL 7: DESIGN THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, pp 171-180
- Series
- International Conference on Engineering Design
- Publisher
- Design Society
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- CMMI-1400466 / US National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000455214900018
- Other Identifier
- 991022202064104721
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