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Design is really a special case of problem solving. One wants to bring about a desired state of affairs. Occasionally one wants to remedy some fault but more usually one wants to bring about something new. For that reason design is more open ended than problem solving. It requires more creativity. It is not so much a matter of linking up a clearly defined objective with a clearly defined starting position (as in problem solving) but more a matter of starting out from a general position in the direction of a general objective
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p. 198; Cited in: Eddie Norman, Urry (1995) Advanced design and technology. p. 65-66
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Balakrishnan, Angela (2007-04-27). "Edward de Bono: 'Iraq? They just need to think it through'". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-10-15. 

 

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