Abstract—Along with the progress in technical capabilities in
recent years, many artifacts are becoming increasingly
complicated. It is therefore necessary to conduct "unrestricted
thinking" and "rational thinking" for the product design of
large-scale artifacts. In order to support this form of design, the
M method, based on the Multispace Design Model (M model) is
proposed here. The M method is designing design methods
based on the M model that can comprehensively address various
design tasks. This method supports designers to derive design
solutions by continuously repeating the processes of extracting,
classifying, and associating the design elements. We extracted
some problems of the M method by analyzing the questionnaire
conducted in the design workshop of the M method held in 2013,
and proposed the M method system by improving their solutions.
Additionally, the applicability of the proposed M method system
was verified through the questionnaire survey conducted in a
design workshop. This study proposes the M method system
delivered via computer in order to enable designers to employ
the M method effectively in the design activity. In the proposed
M method system, by digitizing sketching by paper and
extraction work of design elements by handwritten memo, it is
possible to perform all design processes in the M method on the
M method system. Therefore, improvement of work efficiency is
expected.
Index Terms—Multispace design model, multispace design
method, M method system.
Daisuke Iseki and Shota Amabe are with the Graduate of Science and
Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan (e-mail:
sweetsweetjp@gmail.com; fctokyo48694062@yahoo.co.jp).
Takeo Kato and Yoshiyuki Matsuoka are with the Faculty of Science and
Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan (e-mail:
kato@mech.keio.ac.jp, matsuoka@mech.keio.ac.jp).
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Cite: Daisuke Iseki, Shota Amabe, Takeo Kato, and Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, "Proposition of M Method System," International Journal of Engineering and Technology vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 55-61, 2019.
