Name
Abstract | ||
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Elegance is a term frequently associated with aesthetics in design. It typically connotes simplicity, beauty, and grace. When it comes to complex systems, it also connotes predictable behavior, power, and creative functionality. Elegance is what separates the merely functional from the engaging. An elegant design usually has a thematic vision that drives its creation. It engages both designers and users and supports creative exploration on their part. The process of elegant design is an iterative, creative process that exploits systems thinking, probing questioning, and appropriate analogies and metaphors to gain insights that can be transformed novel solutions. This paper provides key insights into elegant systems design and characteristics of elegant systems designers. It offers a heuristics-driven elegant systems design process along with metrics for assessing elegance. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng 15 © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1002/sys.21209 | Systems Engineering |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
creative exploration,inc. syst eng,elegant systems designer,connotes predictable behavior,wiley periodicals,creative functionality,heuristics-driven elegant systems design,elegant design,elegant systems design,creative fusion,creative process,systems thinking,design thinking,complexity,stakeholders,creativity | Complex system,Financial economics,Computer science,Design thinking,Beauty,Systems design,Exploit,Human–computer interaction,Systems thinking,Artificial intelligence,Creativity,Elegance | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
15 | 3 | 1098-1241 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
12 | 1.92 | 9 |
Authors | ||
1 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Azad M. Madni | 1 | 188 | 34.57 |