Distributed Design Development System for Efficient Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Companies face challenges in efficiently developing designs, such as corporate logos, that appeal to diverse audiences while meeting aesthetic and business requirements, as existing methods lack a systematic approach to generate and select designs effectively.
Innovation Solution
A distributed design development system that electronically distributes design requirements to a community of designers, facilitates review by a subset of reviewers, and selects preferred designs using a rating engine and review modules, allowing for collaborative and efficient design selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a design competition with multiple designers is used to generate diverse ideas, then the variety and quality of design approaches improve, but the time and complexity of the selection process increase
Solution Approach 1:
The selection process is segmented into multiple stages: an initial review stage where a small group of reviewers selects top candidates, and a second review stage where a larger group reviews the shortlisted designs. This segmentation allows the system to handle large numbers of designs efficiently by dividing the review workload across different groups at different levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary selection mechanism where a small group of reviewers acts as a filter to select top candidates from numerous submissions before presenting them to a larger review group. This intermediary layer reduces the burden on the larger group and streamlines the overall selection process.
2Productivity
If a small group selects designs from submissions, then the selection process is efficient, but the diversity of perspectives and audience representation may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a single-stage review to a multi-stage review process, adding a temporal and hierarchical dimension to the selection process. The first stage involves a small group of reviewers, and the second stage involves a larger group, thereby incorporating diverse perspectives at different levels while maintaining efficiency.
3Manufacturing precision
If individual designs are reviewed in detail, then the quality assessment is thorough, but the overall process becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The review process is segmented into two stages: an initial screening stage where designs are evaluated for basic quality criteria, and a second detailed review stage where only the top candidates are thoroughly assessed. This segmentation ensures that thorough quality assessment is applied only where necessary, reducing overall time consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
This invention relates to a system and methods for developing designs. In one embodiment, a method includes electronically distributing a specification for a design to a distributed community of designers, receiving designs from each of a subset of the community of designers in response to the distributed design specification, screening received designs that do not meet the specification, facilitating evaluation of a subset of the received designs by a number of evaluators; and selecting a preferred design in response to the facilitated evaluation of the designs.