
handle: 11585/828923
The present study aims to validate a new research method called IDeS (industrial design structure) through the design of an electric bicycle for everyday city life. IDeS is the latest evolution of a combination of innovative and advanced systematic approaches that are used to set a new industrial project. The IDeS methodology is sequentially composed of quality function deployment (QFD), benchmarking (BM), top-flop analysis (TFA), stylistic design engineering (SDE), design for X, prototyping and testing, budgeting, and planning. The present work illustrates how to integrate the abovementioned design methods and achieve a convincing result. In going through the IDeS method step by step, we compare the different solutions on the market in order to understand which are the best performing products and to understand what is missing on the market. This method allowed us to design a bicycle that is as close as possible to the “ideal bike”, obtained with the top/flop analysis.
Technological innovations. Automation, sustainable mobility, HD45-45.2, sustainable design, TA213-215, benchmarking (BM), quality function deployment (QFD), Engineering machinery, tools, and implements, top-flop analysis (TFA), stylistic design engineering (SDE), industrial design structure (IDeS), top-flop analysis (TFA), Benchmarking (BM); Industrial design structure (IDeS); Quality function deployment (QFD); Stylistic design engineering (SDE); Sustainable design; Sustainable mobility; Top-flop analysis (TFA), stylistic design engineering (SDE)
Technological innovations. Automation, sustainable mobility, HD45-45.2, sustainable design, TA213-215, benchmarking (BM), quality function deployment (QFD), Engineering machinery, tools, and implements, top-flop analysis (TFA), stylistic design engineering (SDE), industrial design structure (IDeS), top-flop analysis (TFA), Benchmarking (BM); Industrial design structure (IDeS); Quality function deployment (QFD); Stylistic design engineering (SDE); Sustainable design; Sustainable mobility; Top-flop analysis (TFA), stylistic design engineering (SDE)
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