設計為科技加值的途徑：以Dechnology專案為例

Creating Value for Technology by Design: A Case Study of Dechnology Project

本研究以工研院Dechnology 計畫，探討三種「設計為科技加值途徑」；包括「設計競賽」、「設計師協同合作」、「委外設計公司」進行個案研究，以探討設計對於前瞻科技應用的貢獻。研究方法包括文獻分析、競賽資料分析、深度訪談與問卷調查等。結果發現，三種途徑各有其特點與限制，以及適合採用的技術類型與特徵，其中，運用「技術成熟度」、「技術易理解性」、「法人是否有限定的預期應用」三個因素的組合，可區隔三個設計為科技加值途徑。本研究同時也歸納如何提高技術易理解性，以及對於協同合作規劃方式的建議，尤其是明確區隔新產品開發過程中的「概念發展」與「系統層級與細部設計」階段。最後納入「獨立的產品」、「軟體導向產品」、「系統性整合產品」等三種技術應用的產品類型後，本研究提出「技術找設計的九種配合矩陣」，其價值在於讓技術研發法人與設計師，依據技術與應用的產品類型，以及不同設計途徑特點與限制，進行選擇與合作，讓雙方對於規劃及目標有合理的預期。

This paper aims to investigate strategies for transforming advanced technologies into concept products to create values by design. Using the Dechnology (Design+Technology) project run by ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) as an example, we investigated three approaches to acquiring product concepts, including design competitions, collaboration with designers, and outsource to design consultancies. The research was done by conducting literature review, analysis of competition entries, and in-depth interviews with students participating in the competition, designers in collaboration projects, and employees from the research organizations. Results show that each of the three approaches has its respective characteristics and limitations. We found that, three factors--' comprehensibility', 'maturity' and 'application restrictions' of a technology--can be used to match a technology to one of the three design approaches. Additional suggestions on improving comprehensibility of technology and on planning collaboration with designers were also proposed. In particular it is important to distinguish between 'concept development' and 'system- and detail-level design' stages during a new product development process. Combining three categories of product (stand-alone product, software-oriented product, and integrated system) and three design approaches (design competitions, collaboration with designers, and outsource to design consultancies), this study arrived at a matrix of nine product-design approach combinations. We then discussed how to choose among different design approaches according to their advantages, disadvantages and features of suitable technologies, such that the understanding and cooperation between design and technology could be achieved through reasonable expectations of targets and limitations.