Measuring Cup for Blind Users

A derivative one-line ideation brief from Goucher-Lambert and Cagan (2019), adapted from the original measuring-cup brief studied in Jansson and Smith (1991) and later reused by Purcell, Williams, Gero, and Colbron (1993).

See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.

Quick Facts

Field	Value
Problem ID	ideation_measuring_cup_for_blind_users
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, consumer

Taxonomy

Formulation

textual_prompt

Is Dynamic

no

Orientation

engineering_practical

Objective Mode

qualitative

Constraint Nature

informal

Tags

text, human-subjects, ideation, accessibility, consumer

Deliverable Type

concepts

Timebox Hint (Minutes)

20

Participants

individual

Evaluation Mode

idea_generation

Statement

A measuring cup for the blind.

Prompt Profile

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

Sources

Key	Summary
goucher_lambert_cagan_2019	Goucher-Lambert and Cagan (2019). Crowdsourcing inspiration: Using crowd generated inspirational stimuli to support designer ideation. Design Studies, 61, 1-29.
jansson_smith_1991	Jansson and Smith (1991). Design fixation. Design Studies, 12(1), 3-11.

Raw Citation Records

@article{GOUCHERLAMBERT20191,
title = {Crowdsourcing inspiration: Using crowd generated inspirational stimuli to support designer ideation},
journal = {Design Studies},
volume = {61},
pages = {1-29},
year = {2019},
issn = {0142-694X},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2019.01.001},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X19300018},
author = {Kosa Goucher-Lambert and Jonathan Cagan}
}

@article{JANSSON19913,
title = {Design fixation},
journal = {Design Studies},
volume = {12},
number = {1},
pages = {3-11},
year = {1991},
issn = {0142-694X},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/0142-694X(91)90003-F},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0142694X9190003F},
author = {David G. Jansson and Steven M. Smith},
keywords = {conceptual design, engineering design, creativity}
}