icord – Product Development Research Lab

Frugal-IDeM: An Integrated Methodology for Designing Frugal Innovations in Low-Resource Settings

24th January 2021
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Abstract People living in low-resource settings at the base of the world income pyramid (i.e. Base of the Pyramid — BOP) face several constraints. To satisfy their unmet needs, integrated […]

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The influence of industry 4.0 on product design and development: Conceptual foundations and literature review

19th January 2021
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Abstract Since its introduction in 2011, industry 4.0 has been coined the“4th industrial revolution” following mechanization, industrialization and IT/automation as the first three, and represents the current trend of automation […]

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Distiguished paper award at ICoRD ’21

14th January 2021
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Jan 7-10 was the International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD ’21 hosted by IDC School of Design Jan 7-10 2021, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India. In the […]

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Design, Frugal Innovations and Low-Resource Settings: An Analysis of Five Contextual Aspects

8th January 2021
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Abstract A data analysis method based on artificial neural networks aiming to support cause-and-effect analysis in design exploration studies is presented. The method clusters and aggregates the effects of multiple […]

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