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THE DESIGN MINDSET INVENTORY (D-MINDSET0): A PRELIMINARY INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING DESIGN MINDSET

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Jakob Clemen Lavrsen ,
Jaap Daalhuizen  and
Claus-Christian Carbon
Jakob Clemen Lavrsen*
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark - DTU;
Jaap Daalhuizen
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark - DTU;
Claus-Christian Carbon
Affiliation:
University of Bamberg
*
Lavrsen, Jakob Clemen, Technical University of Denmark - DTU, Denmark, jclla@dtu.dk

Abstract

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Mindset has been identified as an essential aspect of design and innovation, impacting both behaviours and performance. However, the concept of design mindset is elusive. Often design mindset is used indistinguishably from design behaviour, diminishing the complexity of the mechanisms and cognitive processes underlying design behaviour. As the initial step in researching these mechanisms, we operationalise the concept of design mindset and present the design mindset inventory (D-Mindset0) to measure it. The initial inventory centered around 16 agreement-to-value statements related to design practice. To analyse the inventory, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis based on 473 master students from different engineering disciplines participating in a course on innovation in engineering. The analysis revealed a four-factor structure with 11 final items. The four factors align with the concepts of ‘conversation with the situation,’ ‘iteration,’ ‘co-evolution of problem-solution,’ and ‘imagination.’

Keywords

Design mindsetDesign theoryPsychometricsResearch methodologies and methodsDesign cognition
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 3: ICED23 , July 2023 , pp. 3355 - 3364
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