Search Behavior of Design Information for Concept Development

Before starting to formulate design concepts, designers usually gather relevant information to explore design problems and facilitate concept development. The information can also be traced back in the later design stages. The information search is a behavior of comprehensive consideration, which differs from the specific search of design methods. By exploring related theories, the research analyzes the factors that influence design information search behavior and constructs a general information search behavior structure (the general structure). Based on “organization features” and “personal experience”, eight interview subjects were selected from four design organizations, which were “professional design companies” and