Sustainable Washing Machine#

A primary-source sustainable-appliance ideation brief for designing the next generation of a washing machine with lower resource use and stronger user appeal.

See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.

Quick Facts#

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

Taxonomy#

Formulation: textual_prompt
Is Dynamic: no
Orientation: consumer-product
Objective Mode: qualitative
Constraint Nature: embedded-constraints
Tags: text, human-subjects, ideation, appliance, sustainability, consumer
Deliverable Type: concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes): 8
Participants: individual
Evaluation Mode: idea_generation

Statement#

Imagine that you are working on a product design team at Smithfield Appliances, and you have been asked to design the next generation of sustainable washing machine. Product ideas may be related to reducing water and energy usage, improving manufacturing, and increasing the product’s appeal to users. Generate ideas that address this design challenge. You may use scratch paper if necessary but please type all individual ideas in the boxes below. You do not have to fill in all of the boxes. You will have 8 min to complete this task.

Prompt Profile#

Field	Value
Deliverable Type	concepts
Timebox Hint (Minutes)	8
Participants	individual
Evaluation Mode	idea_generation

Sources#

Key	Summary
`liao_macdonald_2021`	Liao and MacDonald (2021). Priming on Sustainable Design Idea Creation and Evaluation. Sustainability, 13(9), 5227.
`renji_liao_2025`	Renji and Liao (2025). Designing Trust: How System-Level Design Attributes Shape AI-Assisted Design Ideation. ASME IDETC/CIE 2025, DETC2025-168783.

Raw Citation Records#

Liao, Ting, and Erin F. MacDonald (2021). Priming on Sustainable Design Idea Creation and Evaluation. Sustainability, 13(9), 5227. DOI: 10.3390/su13095227.

Renji, Naveen Mathews, and Ting Liao (2025). Designing Trust: How System-Level Design Attributes Shape AI-Assisted Design Ideation. ASME IDETC/CIE 2025, DETC2025-168783.