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....perspective in which he or she used to look at the representation and replace it with a new perspective. Perkins et. al (1993) counted this as one of the necessary mental tendencies for creative thinking. This corresponds to the act of making the familiar strange which the research on synectics (Gordon, 1961) prescribed as the key to a creative outcome. How, then, is a designer able to discover unintended visual spatial features in sketches What are the necessary conditions in which unexpected discoveries are likely to happen We address this issue in this paper. This examination is expected to ....

Gordon, W. J. J.: 1961, Synectics: The Development of Creative Capacity, Harper and Row, New York.

....and reframe the situations at hand. Our particular buffet offers a variety of approaches to help the problem solver in this task, but our choices of approaches are not the only ones that can be incorporated. For example, two other approaches that would provide additional leverage are synectics (Gordon, 1961) and Janusian or paradoxical thinking (Rothenberg, 1979) The buffet metaphor enables the reflective problem solver to recognize and draw upon approaches that may not be traditionally considered when addressing problematic situations or issues. While it is possible to use a single spice ....

Gordon, W. J. J. (1961). Synectics: The Development of Creative Capacity. New York: Collier.

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Gordon, W.J.J., Synectics: The Development of Creative Capacity, Harper & Row: New York, 1961.

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