Design by Analogy

What is Design by Analogy?
Design by Analogy is the process of developing solutions for design problems by the mapping of attributes, relations and purposes that a source problem or situation may share (or at least partially share) with an existing target solution or situation).
Why Design by Analogy?
It helps us generate creative ideas that are novel and useful.
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Best Practices
Demo Video
This video gives you a walk-through on the steps involved in Design by Analogy.

Examples
Here are various examples of Design by Analogy.
References
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Moreno, D. P., Hernandez, A. A., Yang, M. C., Otto, K. N., Hölttä-Otto, K., Linsey, J. S., ... & Linden, A. (2014). Fundamental studies in Design-by-Analogy: A focus on domain-knowledge experts and applications to transactional design problems. Design Studies, 35(3), 232-272.
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Linsey, J. S., Markman, A. B., & Wood, K. L. (2012). Design by analogy: a study of the WordTree method for problem re-representation. Journal of Mechanical Design, 134(4), 041009.
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Moreno, D. P., Yang, M. C., Hernández, A. A., Linsey, J. S., & Wood, K. L. (2015). A step beyond to overcome design fixation: a design-by-analogy approach. In Design Computing and Cognition'14 (pp. 607-624). Springer, Cham.
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Teo, K., Wee, Y., Swee, A., Altybayeva, A., Gopal, M., Kamiso, N., Foo, D., Lauff, C., Wood, K.L., “Design Innovation (DI) Learning Modules,” SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC), SUTD, Singapore, idc.sutd.edu.sg, 2018.
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Innovation Inspired by Nature. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://asknature.org/