Generative Product Design Processes: Humans and Machines Towards a Symbiotic Balance

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Margherita Tufarelli, Elisabetta Cianfanelli
Series: DESIGN
Institution: University of Florence, Italy
Section: Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Design
Page(s): 1787-1794
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.181
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

Design processes managed by algorithms provide solutions and improvements in terms of efficiency, performance, choice of materials, and cost optimization. It is a whole new approach to industrial design in which artificial intelligence participates directly in the design processes. The paper aims to investigate the way we design through algorithms, and consequent changes in thoughts, approaches, and generation of ideas that are rising determining new ways of defining things and their relations.

Keywords: generative design, product design, advanced manufacturing, design process, industrial design