The Application of "Connected" Design Methods in Product Design

Abstract

The 'connection' approach to design is borrowed from the materialist concept of 'connection'. It suggests that connections are prevalent in product design. The application of the 'connection' method of thinking allows for a well-integrated product design. It plays an important role in all aspects of design, as well as in the design thinking process. This paper focuses on the 'connection' approach to design and its use in product design thinking, analysing the thinking processes and methods of connectional thinking, constructing a model of connectional thinking, and examining how it can be used to guide product design.