Drinking Fountain for a Public Park

A primary-source ideation brief about designing a public-park drinking fountain for adults and children while controlling runoff.

See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.

Quick Facts

Field	Value
Problem ID	ideation_accessible_drinking_fountain
Problem Family	text
Implementation	TextProblem
Capabilities	citation-backed, prompt-packet, statement-markdown
Study Suitability	human-subjects-ready, ideation-friendly
Tags	text, human-subjects, ideation, accessibility, infrastructure

Taxonomy

Formulation

textual_prompt

Is Dynamic

no

Orientation

engineering_practical

Objective Mode

qualitative

Constraint Nature

informal

Tags

text, human-subjects, ideation, accessibility, infrastructure

Deliverable Type

concepts

Timebox Hint (Minutes)

20

Participants

individual

Evaluation Mode

idea_generation

Statement

Subjects were asked to design a drinking fountain for a picnic area in a public park. Subjects were requested to take into account the different heights of adults and children who use the fountain, and to make sure that excess water is collected and not spilled around the fountain.

Prompt Profile

Field	Value
Deliverable Type	concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes)	20
Participants	individual
Evaluation Mode	idea_generation

Sources

Key	Summary
goldschmidt_smolkov_2006	Goldschmidt and Smolkov (2006). Variances in the impact of visual stimuli on design problem solving performance. Design Studies, 27(5), 549-569.

Raw Citation Records

@article{GOLDSCHMIDT2006549,
title = {Variances in the impact of visual stimuli on design problem solving performance},
journal = {Design Studies},
volume = {27},
number = {5},
pages = {549-569},
year = {2006},
issn = {0142-694X},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2006.01.002},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X06000172},
author = {Gabriela Goldschmidt and Maria Smolkov}
}