Small Towel Folding (Root Case Study)

A reconstructed root laundry-folding brief from Linsey, Wood, and Markman (2008).

See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.

Quick Facts

Field	Value
Problem ID	`ideation_small_towel_folding_linsey_wood_markman_2008`
Problem Family	text
Implementation	`TextProblem`
Capabilities	`citation-backed`, `prompt-packet`, `statement-markdown`
Study Suitability	`human-subjects-ready`, `ideation-friendly`
Tags	`text`, `human-subjects`, `ideation`, `consumer`, `automation`, `assistive`

Taxonomy

Formulation: textual_prompt
Is Dynamic: no
Orientation: engineering_practical
Objective Mode: qualitative
Constraint Nature: embedded-constraints
Tags: text, human-subjects, ideation, consumer, automation, assistive
Deliverable Type: concepts
Participants: team
Evaluation Mode: idea_generation

Statement

Create a laundry folding device for students with severe physical and mental disabilities.

The goal described in the case study is to fold wash cloths, hand towels, and small bath towels.

Prompt Profile

Field	Value
Deliverable Type	concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes)	n/a
Participants	team
Evaluation Mode	idea_generation

Sources

Key	Summary
`linsey_wood_markman_2008_wordtrees`	Linsey, Wood, and Markman (2008). Wordtrees: A method for design by analogy. 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition.

Raw Citation Records

@inproceedings{linsey2008wordtrees,
  title = {Wordtrees: A method for design by analogy},
  author = {Linsey, Julie and Wood, Kristin and Markman, Arthur},
  booktitle = {2008 Annual Conference \& Exposition},
  pages = {13--1407},
  year = {2008}
}