Shape exploration of designs in a style: Toward generation of product designs

The Open University ’ s repository of research publications and other research outputs Shape exploration of designs in a style : Toward gener - ation of product designs

Model and Pattern of Safavid Brocaded Textiles (Case Study: Human Shape Designs)

Brocaded textile is made of gold or silver threads. This textile was produced during the Achaemenid period and in the Sassanid era, various designs were added, hence the evolution of this fabric proceeded. It was very much considered in the Timurid period with decorative effects and then was influenced by the narrative and illustrative aspects of Persian painting. With the domination of human i...

Innovative dome design: Applying geodesic patterns with shape annealing

Shape annealing, a computational design method applied to structural design, has been extended to the design of traditional and innovative three-dimensional domes that incorporate the design goals of efficiency, economy, utility, and elegance. In contrast to deterministic structural optimization methods, shape annealing, a stochastic method, uses lateral exploration to generate multiple designs...

Shape Grammar Interpreter for Rectilinear Forms

Shape grammars play an important role in a new generation of tools for the analysis and design of products. Up until now there has been numerous attempts to create a general shape grammar interpreter, but most of the existing tools are either very specific in their purpose, have only limited functionality or were programmed for one operating system. In this work we present a tool named Shape Gr...

Evolving product form designs using parametric shape grammars integrated with genetic programming

The two critical issues related to product design exploration are addressed: the balance between stylistic consistency and innovation, and the control of design process under a great diversity of requirements. To address these two issues, the view of understanding product design exploration is first sought. In this view, the exploration of designs is not only categorized as a problem-solving ac...