Proposal of Design Support Method for Timeaxis Design Using Patterns between Time Changes and Countermeasures

Abstract

This paper proposes a timeaxis design (TaD) support method using patterns between temporal changes and countermeasures. For this purpose, we take three steps; (1) extracting patterns of temporal changes and countermeasures from collected TaD cases. (2) proposing TaD support method using the patterns. (3) illustrating timeaxis design of umbrella as a case study using the design support method. The TaD support method we propose enables to design a product with introducing countermeasures against plausible temporal changes into the design object. The case study indicate that designer can find out TaD design solution systematically using the proposed method and the proposed method can help designers well.