Several recent works point out that design is one of the main driver of innovation. Therefore, it is interesting to analyze how design contributes to these last process. The point of view we present in this communication assumes that design is based on a specific rational we called creative...

Les écoles d'ingénieurs ont vu évoluer leur programme de formation au fil du temps. L'objet de la présente contribution est de montrer comment la prise en compte du rôle clé de la conception dans l'innovation s'est substituée à la vision de l'innovation comme application des sciences et...

Design education is usually based on the paradigm of innovation defined as a mere application of science. This paper aims at showing that such a point of view is the result of an intellectual perspective which has thrown techniques out of science and, thus, has neglected a specific kind of...

The "hierarchical and linear model of innovation" (HLMI) is often used to describe how innovations are produced. HLMI presents several shortcomings and one possible way of overcoming them is to consider innovations from a system perspective. In order to achieve this, this article uses Kline and...