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Department of Industrial Engineering, Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Via Santa Marta, 3, 50139 Firenze, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 13 July 2021 in Applied Sciences
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The System Operator (SO), also known as Nine Boxes or Multiscreen, is classically used for analysing the undesired situation according to different perspectives. However, its logic can be suitably exploited also for other kinds of tasks. In such a context, this paper shows an alternative application of the SO. In particular, the new proposed SO approach allows us to formulate alternative problems, i.e., different from the central one, although referring to the same problem-solving task. By applying the proposed procedure to a real case study, this paper shows that the tool can be used for problem analysis and formulation purposes, aimed at better clarifying the problem-solving task. The case study concerns a preliminary set of experiments performed to evaluate the possibility of obtaining angular shapes by bending tiles made by a specific compostable composite material. The suggestions obtained using the proposed SO approach allowed us to find potentially valid solutions, thus paving the way for further validation tests. In particular, tests are still needed to validate the actual potentialities of the proposed SO. Additionally, further and more comprehensive tests are required to validate the solutions inferred in this study concerning the compostable tiles.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Frillici; Federico Rotini; Leonardo Conti; Giuseppe Rossi. Adapted Use of the TRIZ System Operator. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 6476 .

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Frillici, Federico Rotini, Leonardo Conti, Giuseppe Rossi. Adapted Use of the TRIZ System Operator. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (14):6476.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Frillici; Federico Rotini; Leonardo Conti; Giuseppe Rossi. 2021. "Adapted Use of the TRIZ System Operator." Applied Sciences 11, no. 14: 6476.

Research article
Published: 04 June 2021 in Design Science
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Although TRIZ is widely acknowledged as a powerful aid to improve efficacy and efficiency of the creative design process, practitioners diffusedly experience difficulties in the selection of the most suitable tool. Such an issue represents a severe limitation in consideration of the large number of tools TRIZ offers. Here, Inventive Principles (IPs) are acknowledged as the most popular TRIZ technique, and their conjointly use with the Contradiction Matrix makes the selection of the appropriate IP a sufficiently supported task. However, the reliability of the Contradiction Matrix is often questioned and an agreement on a solid and reliable procedure for the selection of IPs is far from being reached. In such a context, the paper investigates the recurrence of IPs to solve contradictions, with reference to a classification framework that takes into consideration the nature of the problem to be solved and the technical-scientific domain it belongs to. The outcomes of the analysis reveal that leveraged IPs are considerably related with the technical-scientific domain and the nature of the problem to be solved. The found relationships are worth delving into and translating into selection guidelines.

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Yuri Borgianni; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. The process for individuating TRIZ Inventive Principles: deterministic, stochastic or domain-oriented? Design Science 2021, 7, 1 .

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Yuri Borgianni, Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini. The process for individuating TRIZ Inventive Principles: deterministic, stochastic or domain-oriented? Design Science. 2021; 7 ():1.

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Yuri Borgianni; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. 2021. "The process for individuating TRIZ Inventive Principles: deterministic, stochastic or domain-oriented?" Design Science 7, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 13 October 2020 in Journal of Agricultural Engineering
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Packaging waste is cause for serious concern. Each year hundreds of millions of tons of packaging are produced, therefore solutions that drastically reduce their environmental impact are urgently needed. While the recycling of metal, wood, paper and cardboard packaging has been significantly improved, an efficient recycling or disposal of some plastics is not yet feasible. The European Union implemented various regulations concerning packaging and packaging waste and set some relevant short to medium-term targets for recycling and disposal rates. Over the last decade, the global trend of the eco-sustainable packaging market is heading in the same direction. The aim of this research is to develop an innovative and sustainable composite material for the production of tertiary packaging based on the combination of natural fibres and biodegradable biopolymers. In particular, the experimental application entailed the creation of prototypes consisting of a material made of straw and biodegradable plastic Mater-Bi® which is named NeoPalea. The new material was prototyped to verify its physical characteristics and to determine its potential use to replace current not-biodegradable packaging. The results show a good match with the characteristics of current polymers, suggesting that this material can be used as a potential substitute in packaging applications.

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Giuseppe Rossi; Leonardo Conti; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Massimiliano Marvasi; Massimo Monti; Federico Rotini; Marco Togni; Matteo Barbari. A new eco-friendly packaging material made of straw and bioplastic. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 2020, 51, 185 -191.

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Giuseppe Rossi, Leonardo Conti, Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Massimiliano Marvasi, Massimo Monti, Federico Rotini, Marco Togni, Matteo Barbari. A new eco-friendly packaging material made of straw and bioplastic. Journal of Agricultural Engineering. 2020; 51 (4):185-191.

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Giuseppe Rossi; Leonardo Conti; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Massimiliano Marvasi; Massimo Monti; Federico Rotini; Marco Togni; Matteo Barbari. 2020. "A new eco-friendly packaging material made of straw and bioplastic." Journal of Agricultural Engineering 51, no. 4: 185-191.

Conference paper
Published: 11 September 2020 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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The problem of packaging waste is deeply felt at international level, because each year hundreds of millions of tons of packaging are produced. While significant improvements have been made in the recycling of metal, wood, paper and cardboard packaging, plastic packaging still represents an open issue. The EU implemented regulatory actions to manage packaging and packaging waste by defining short-to-medium-term targets in terms of recycling rate. In such a context, the paper deals with an innovative composite material dedicated to the production of tertiary packaging, named NeoPalea. The proposed material is based on a combination of natural fibers and biodegradable biopolymers. It was prototyped to verify the performance as a potential substitute of the polymers currently used for packaging. The preliminary results obtained are encouraging.

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Leonardo Conti; Federico Rotini; Matteo Barbari; Marco Togni; Giuseppe Rossi. NeoPalea: Compostable Composite Material for Packaging Applications. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 357 -367.

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Leonardo Conti, Federico Rotini, Matteo Barbari, Marco Togni, Giuseppe Rossi. NeoPalea: Compostable Composite Material for Packaging Applications. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():357-367.

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Leonardo Conti; Federico Rotini; Matteo Barbari; Marco Togni; Giuseppe Rossi. 2020. "NeoPalea: Compostable Composite Material for Packaging Applications." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 357-367.

Journal article
Published: 18 July 2020 in Applied Sciences
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The high concentration and rapid increase in lung diseases caused by COVID-19 has suddenly led medical staff to face a lack of ventilators in emergency situations. In this context, many enthusiasts and/or designers all over the world have started to think about low cost and open-source solutions for emergency ventilators, with the aim of providing concrete aid. In a small amount of time, many different solutions have been proposed, most of which are based on the automatic compression of the auxiliary manual breathing unit (AMBU) bag. In particular, many different designs have been conceived for the AMBU compression mechanism, which contains the most critical parts to be designed. Here arises the aim of this work, i.e., to propose a methodological approach to support the creativity of designers involved in inventing increasingly sustainable and reliable low-cost compression mechanisms for AMBU-based ventilators. Accordingly, a conceptual framework is proposed, capable of collecting existing ideas and organizing the underpinning concepts, to provide stimuli for new idea generation and to keep track of (and possibly to share) the explored design space. Illustrative examples are provided in order to show how the proposal can be used in practice. In particular, a set of currently available solutions is schematically shown through the proposed graphical tools, and the generation of new illustrative solutions is presented. Additionally, it is shown how to represent further ideas (e.g., those coming from other teams) in the framework.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. Challenging COVID-19 with Creativity: Supporting Design Space Exploration for Emergency Ventilators. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 4955 .

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini. Challenging COVID-19 with Creativity: Supporting Design Space Exploration for Emergency Ventilators. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (14):4955.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. 2020. "Challenging COVID-19 with Creativity: Supporting Design Space Exploration for Emergency Ventilators." Applied Sciences 10, no. 14: 4955.

Articles
Published: 20 May 2020 in International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation
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Idea generation is acknowledged to benefit from intentionally administered stimuli or designers’ processes that include the search for external sources of inspiration. Text-based and graphic forms of stimuli are the most leveraged in design literature, but it has not been yet demonstrated which form is most effective for boosting creativity. This is due to the fact that previous studies have employed many varying conditions which do not allow for comparisons to be made. The present paper presents an experiment in which three groups of 27 participants were asked to generate new ideas for new-borns’ outfits. To perform the task, the participants first considered five stimuli presented to them in one of the forms depending on which group the participants had been assigned to, i.e. textual, pictorial or combined (juxtaposition of the two). The stimuli were intended to share the semantic content, thus limiting potential bias due to different meanings. The outcomes of the experiment were evaluated in terms of creativity and non-obviousness. The presence of a pictorial dimension resulted in a significant increase in terms of rarity and non-obviousness of ideas, but did not affect quality, originality or quantity. The limited overlap among ideas emerging from the three forms suggests the potential value of developing design tools for idea generation that mix multiple forms of stimuli.

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Yuri Borgianni; Lorenzo Maccioni; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Federico Rotini. Forms of stimuli and their effects on idea generation in terms of creativity metrics and non-obviousness. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation 2020, 8, 147 -164.

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Yuri Borgianni, Lorenzo Maccioni, Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Federico Rotini. Forms of stimuli and their effects on idea generation in terms of creativity metrics and non-obviousness. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation. 2020; 8 (3):147-164.

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Yuri Borgianni; Lorenzo Maccioni; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Federico Rotini. 2020. "Forms of stimuli and their effects on idea generation in terms of creativity metrics and non-obviousness." International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation 8, no. 3: 147-164.

Journal article
Published: 07 May 2020 in Applied Sciences
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The definition of a comprehensive initial set of engineering requirements is crucial to an effective and successful design process. To support engineering designers in this non-trivial task, well-acknowledged requirement checklists are available in literature, but their actual support is arguable. Indeed, engineering design tasks involve multifunctional systems, characterized by a complex map of requirements affecting different functions. Aiming at improving the support provided by common checklists, this paper proposes a structured tool capable of allocating different requirements to specific functions, and to discern between design wishes and demands. A first experiment of the tool enabled the extraction of useful information for future developments targeting the enhancement of the tool’s efficacy. Indeed, although some advantages have been observed in terms of the number of proposed requirements, the presence of multiple functions led users (engineering students in this work) to useless repetitions of the same requirement. In addition, the use of the proposed tool resulted in increased perceived effort, which has been measured through the NASA Task Load Index method. These limitations constitute the starting point for planning future research and the mentioned enhancements, beyond representing a warning for scholars involved in systematizing the extraction and management of design requirements. Moreover, thanks to the robustness of the scientific approach used in this work, similar experiments can be repeated to obtain data with a more general validity, especially from industry.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Niccolò Becattini; Yuri Borgianni; Federico Rotini. Testing a New Structured Tool for Supporting Requirements’ Formulation and Decomposition. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 3259 .

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Niccolò Becattini, Yuri Borgianni, Federico Rotini. Testing a New Structured Tool for Supporting Requirements’ Formulation and Decomposition. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (9):3259.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Niccolò Becattini; Yuri Borgianni; Federico Rotini. 2020. "Testing a New Structured Tool for Supporting Requirements’ Formulation and Decomposition." Applied Sciences 10, no. 9: 3259.

Chapter
Published: 30 November 2018 in Advances and Impacts of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
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TRIZ capability of individuating appropriate instruments for specific problems is often challenged. Although each TRIZ user tends to prefer certain tools over others, Inventive Principles undoubtedly represent the most popular technique. Consequently, a more appropriate guidance to select the most promising ones for a given problem would result in a clear advantage for designers. The Contradiction Matrix should support this process, but its reliability is often questioned. In this framework, the authors have analysed problems solved with TRIZ and described in TRIZ-related literature. This choice reflects the need to pay attention to case studies really faced with TRIZ instead of being reconstructed from other examples. The analysis includes 42 case studies from acknowledged TRIZ sources. Unfortunately, literature about problems solved with TRIZ is highly dispersed and the creation of a greater sample would have required considerable efforts. The following results emerged from the analysis. The Contradiction Matrix would have supported the determination of the described solutions in very few cases, namely eight, which confirms its limited reliability. A small number of Inventive Principles addresses the majority of the illustrated solutions; for instance, four of them are sufficient to solve almost 60% of the presented problems. Additional criteria have been used to classify conflicting parameters (more specifically a characterization in terms of Useful Functions, Undesired Effects and Resources), but their relationship with employed Inventive Principles seems quite random. The paper wills to open up a discussion about this presumable randomness of Inventive Principles and the possible measures to tackle the problem.

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Yuri Borgianni; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. How Problems Are Solved in TRIZ Literature: The Need for Alternative Techniques to Individuate the Most Suitable Inventive Principles. Advances and Impacts of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving 2018, 93 -100.

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Yuri Borgianni, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini. How Problems Are Solved in TRIZ Literature: The Need for Alternative Techniques to Individuate the Most Suitable Inventive Principles. Advances and Impacts of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. 2018; ():93-100.

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Yuri Borgianni; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. 2018. "How Problems Are Solved in TRIZ Literature: The Need for Alternative Techniques to Individuate the Most Suitable Inventive Principles." Advances and Impacts of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving , no. : 93-100.

E literature review
Published: 12 October 2018 in Rapid Prototyping Journal
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Purpose This paper aims to argue about the involvement of additive technologies (ATs) in the prototyping issues of designing. More precisely, it reviews the literature contributions focused on the different perspectives of prototyping activities for design purposes, searching for both available knowledge and research needs concerning the correct exploitation of ATs. Design/methodology/approach A two-step literature review has been performed. In the first step, general information has been retrieved about prototyping issues related to design. In the second step, the literature searches were focused on retrieving more detailed information about ATs, concerning each of the main issues identified in the previous step. Extracted information has been analyzed and discussed for understanding the actual coverage of the arguments and for identifying possible research needs. Findings Four generally valid prototyping issues have been identified in the first step of the literature review. For each of them, available information and current lacks have been identified and discussed about the involvement of AT, allowing to extract six different research hints for future works. Originality/value This is the first literature review concerning AT-focused contributions that cover the complex and inter-disciplinary issues characterizing prototyping activities in design contexts.

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Monica Carfagni; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Rocco Furferi; Lapo Governi; Federico Rotini. The role of additive technologies in the prototyping issues of design. Rapid Prototyping Journal 2018, 24, 1101 -1116.

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Monica Carfagni, Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Rocco Furferi, Lapo Governi, Federico Rotini. The role of additive technologies in the prototyping issues of design. Rapid Prototyping Journal. 2018; 24 (7):1101-1116.

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Monica Carfagni; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Rocco Furferi; Lapo Governi; Federico Rotini. 2018. "The role of additive technologies in the prototyping issues of design." Rapid Prototyping Journal 24, no. 7: 1101-1116.

Articles
Published: 12 September 2018 in Journal of Engineering Design
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Many scholars argue that very early design phases are not supported adequately in many respects, although they are at the cornerstone of successful new product development. Difficulties in developing appropriate methods emerge because of the need to account for uncertainties and ambiguities that feature the Fuzzy Front End. This is likely the reason behind the limited industrial adoption of existing design methods, especially those that are oriented to support Product Planning. In this context, the thrust of the paper is the attempt to identify key activities and functions featuring Product Planning. The study entrusts figures about the foreseeable growth of the intensity of research displayed by classes of methods supporting different functions in Product Planning. As the data, emerging from the application of S-curves, indicate no preferential direction in the medium term, other phenomena are monitored that might overturn the conventional systematic course of action to design in the early stages. The ‘trial-and-error’ learning approach characterising agile strategies can be seen as a partial answer to the expected demise of research about Product Planning. Beyond these conclusions, the paper includes a frame of reference that classifies Product Planning methods (adequately reviewed) beyond the classical distinction between responsive and proactive approaches.

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Y. Borgianni; G. Cascini; F. Rotini. Investigating the future of the fuzzy front end: towards a change of paradigm in the very early design phases? Journal of Engineering Design 2018, 29, 644 -664.

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Y. Borgianni, G. Cascini, F. Rotini. Investigating the future of the fuzzy front end: towards a change of paradigm in the very early design phases? Journal of Engineering Design. 2018; 29 (11):644-664.

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Y. Borgianni; G. Cascini; F. Rotini. 2018. "Investigating the future of the fuzzy front end: towards a change of paradigm in the very early design phases?" Journal of Engineering Design 29, no. 11: 644-664.

Journal article
Published: 29 May 2018 in International Journal of Innovation Science
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Purpose This paper aims to provide suggestions for the identification of potential new applications for the existing products and/or technologies. Design/methodology/approach A nine-step method has been developed for extracting information about a product or technology, processing the international patent database (IPD) and extracting useful hints for potential new applications. An academic case study has been used to perform the first application of the proposal. Findings A novel approach for processing IPD aimed at supporting the identification of new opportunities for exploiting existing products/technologies. The case study application shows that the proposal allows to extract potentially useful and non-obvious suggestions for new product applications. Research limitations/implications Although some limits inevitably affect this preliminary version of the proposal, important hints for future developments have been inferred for a more comprehensive exploitation of both the firm internal knowledge and the suggestions provided by the international patent database. Practical implications The achieved results can support firms in expanding market opportunities for their products or technologies. Originality/value The proposed approach offers a new structured path for stimulating idea generation for new product applications, by exploiting product information and the cooperative patent classification.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Giovanni Gregori; Federico Rotini. Stimulating idea generation for new product applications. International Journal of Innovation Science 2018, 10, 454 -474.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Giovanni Gregori, Federico Rotini. Stimulating idea generation for new product applications. International Journal of Innovation Science. 2018; 10 (4):454-474.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Giovanni Gregori; Federico Rotini. 2018. "Stimulating idea generation for new product applications." International Journal of Innovation Science 10, no. 4: 454-474.

Original articles
Published: 14 May 2018 in Journal of Engineering Design
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Systematic design methods are widely diffused in academia, representing a standard in many engineering courses. Nevertheless, some flaws related to the conceptual design phase have been ascribed to these methods, especially concerning a non-comprehensive support to innovation. However, literature acknowledges several creativity-enhancing tools that can be conveniently combined with systematic design methods. In particular, many scholars refer to TRIZ, i.e. the well-known Russian problem-solving theory. Moreover, recent literature contributions propose some alternatives to the classical Functional Decomposition and Morphology (FDM), claiming to overcome some of the related flaws. One of them is the Problem Solution Network (PSN) approach, i.e. a systematic conceptual design method strongly based on a problem-solution co-evolutionary logic. In this context, our work aims at combining the potentialities of TRIZ with the benefits claimed for the PSN, by proposing a comprehensive integration procedure. Accordingly, this paper reports a detailed description of the proposal, where TRIZ tools are exploited to support problem solving within the PSN approach. Furthermore, an application is also reported where an industrial case study is presented to argue about possible potentialities and lacks of the proposed approach.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini; Marco Tomassini. Exploiting TRIZ Tools for enhancing systematic conceptual design activities. Journal of Engineering Design 2018, 29, 259 -290.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini, Marco Tomassini. Exploiting TRIZ Tools for enhancing systematic conceptual design activities. Journal of Engineering Design. 2018; 29 (6):259-290.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini; Marco Tomassini. 2018. "Exploiting TRIZ Tools for enhancing systematic conceptual design activities." Journal of Engineering Design 29, no. 6: 259-290.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2018 in Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
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Gaetano Cascini; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Federico Rotini. INVESTIGATING ON THE RE-USE OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPRESENTATIONS. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference 2018, 1009 -1020.

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Gaetano Cascini, Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Federico Rotini. INVESTIGATING ON THE RE-USE OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPRESENTATIONS. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. 2018; ():1009-1020.

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Gaetano Cascini; Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Federico Rotini. 2018. "INVESTIGATING ON THE RE-USE OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPRESENTATIONS." Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference , no. : 1009-1020.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2018 in Computers in Industry
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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. Enhancing functional decomposition and morphology with TRIZ: Literature review. Computers in Industry 2018, 94, 1 -15.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini. Enhancing functional decomposition and morphology with TRIZ: Literature review. Computers in Industry. 2018; 94 ():1-15.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. 2018. "Enhancing functional decomposition and morphology with TRIZ: Literature review." Computers in Industry 94, no. : 1-15.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2018 in Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. A-POSTERIORI NOVELTY ASSESSMENTS FOR SEQUENTIAL DESIGN SESSIONS. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference 2018, 1079 -1090.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini. A-POSTERIORI NOVELTY ASSESSMENTS FOR SEQUENTIAL DESIGN SESSIONS. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. 2018; ():1079-1090.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. 2018. "A-POSTERIORI NOVELTY ASSESSMENTS FOR SEQUENTIAL DESIGN SESSIONS." Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference , no. : 1079-1090.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2018 in Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
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Novelty assessment is a fundamental activity for creativity evaluation of ideas or concepts. Accordingly, literature acknowledges a variety of suitable metrics, among which some “a-posteriori” versions are often used for assessing idea generated in experimental sessions. We observed that when in presence of tasks requiring multiple functions, the application of the metric becomes problematic. In this paper, we argue about the recalled issue, providing detailed suggestions for a correct “a-posteriori” novelty assessment of ideas generated from tasks with multiple required functions.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. ISSUES RELATED TO MISSING ATTRIBUTES IN A-POSTERIORI NOVELTY ASSESSMENTS. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference 2018, 1067 -1078.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini. ISSUES RELATED TO MISSING ATTRIBUTES IN A-POSTERIORI NOVELTY ASSESSMENTS. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. 2018; ():1067-1078.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. 2018. "ISSUES RELATED TO MISSING ATTRIBUTES IN A-POSTERIORI NOVELTY ASSESSMENTS." Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference , no. : 1067-1078.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2018 in Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. SUPPORTING SYSTEMATIC CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WITH TRIZ. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference 2018, 1091 -1102.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Federico Rotini. SUPPORTING SYSTEMATIC CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WITH TRIZ. Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. 2018; ():1091-1102.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Francesco Saverio Frillici; Federico Rotini. 2018. "SUPPORTING SYSTEMATIC CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WITH TRIZ." Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference , no. : 1091-1102.

Journal article
Published: 11 November 2017 in Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science
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Design education is a highly debated topic since decades, yet the focus on multi-disciplinary classes has gained a paramount importance due to the multi-disciplinary nature of today's global challenges. This paper contributes to the discussion through the description of the Design Methods and Processes course at Alta Scuola Politecnica, an original educational experience jointly developed by Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino with a highly selected number of MS students from Architecture, Industrial Design and all branches of Engineering. After positioning this discussion with respect to the relevant literature, the paper describes the educational model of this course and the reflections made after 5 years of implementation. Students show to catch the essence of the design workflow thanks to the educational path structured as a problem-analysis-and-solving process. However, dealing with multi-disciplinary task demands a careful composition of students' teams since it can positively/negatively affect the learning experience as well as students' motivations

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Gaetano Cascini; Serena Graziosi; Francesca Montagna; Federico Rotini. On the Factors Affecting Design Education Within a Multi-Disciplinary Class. Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science 2017, 21, 21 -44.

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Gaetano Cascini, Serena Graziosi, Francesca Montagna, Federico Rotini. On the Factors Affecting Design Education Within a Multi-Disciplinary Class. Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science. 2017; 21 (2):21-44.

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Gaetano Cascini; Serena Graziosi; Francesca Montagna; Federico Rotini. 2017. "On the Factors Affecting Design Education Within a Multi-Disciplinary Class." Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science 21, no. 2: 21-44.

Conference paper
Published: 26 April 2017 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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As creativity is increasingly important in order to achieve differentiation and competitiveness in industry, designers face the challenge of conceiving and rating large numbers of new product development options. The authors’ recent studies show the effectiveness of ideation procedures guided by stimuli that are submitted to designers in the form of abstract benefits. A rich collection of said benefits has been created to this scope; more specifically, the authors have performed a detailed clustering of the categories described in TRIZ ideality, i.e. useful functions, attenuation of undesired effects and reduction of consumed resources. Aspects related to sustainability and environmental friendliness manifestly appear in the list of stimuli and these issues are reflected in several ideas emerged in initial experiments. However, many promising product development objectives conflict with sustainability or, at least, their adherence to eco-design is arguable. The paper assesses the share of ideas that are supposed to comply with sustainability in experiments described in recent literature. Subsequently, it intends to stimulate a discussion about the introduction of measures to attract attention of designers on sustainability in the critical early product development stages also when green aspects do not represent the fundamental driver to achieve greater customer value. As well, it discusses which sustainability aspects are worth being considered adequately during the very early design phases and which ones could result as exceedingly constraining.

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Lorenzo Maccioni; Yuri Borgianni; Federico Rotini. Sustainability as a Value-Adding Concept in the Early Design Phases? Insights from Stimulated Ideation Sessions. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2017, 888 -897.

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Lorenzo Maccioni, Yuri Borgianni, Federico Rotini. Sustainability as a Value-Adding Concept in the Early Design Phases? Insights from Stimulated Ideation Sessions. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2017; ():888-897.

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Lorenzo Maccioni; Yuri Borgianni; Federico Rotini. 2017. "Sustainability as a Value-Adding Concept in the Early Design Phases? Insights from Stimulated Ideation Sessions." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 888-897.

Original articles
Published: 14 March 2016 in Journal of Engineering Design
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Some scholars have recently criticised functional decomposition and morphology (FDM) approaches despite their wide diffusion in academia. More precisely, several research projects demonstrated that such methods suffer from poor diffusion in industry because of some deficiencies. This paper, which focuses on evidence that is addressed by the literature, refers to a new conceptual design approach that can overcome the flaws of FDM. More specifically, this paper presents the fundamental logic and the main tools that constitute the groundings of the proposal. Analogies and differences with respect to the classical methodology are examined by means of a literature case study, while two academic studies are briefly introduced to show other peculiarities of the suggested proposal. The same case study applications are later used to highlight the current shortcomings of the new approach and to formulate possible future developments.

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Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Federico Rotini; Paolo Rissone. A new conceptual design approach for overcoming the flaws of functional decomposition and morphology. Journal of Engineering Design 2016, 27, 438 -468.

AMA Style

Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Federico Rotini, Paolo Rissone. A new conceptual design approach for overcoming the flaws of functional decomposition and morphology. Journal of Engineering Design. 2016; 27 (7):438-468.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Lorenzo Fiorineschi; Federico Rotini; Paolo Rissone. 2016. "A new conceptual design approach for overcoming the flaws of functional decomposition and morphology." Journal of Engineering Design 27, no. 7: 438-468.