Application of IDeS (Industrial Design Structure) to Sustainable Mobility: Case Study of an Innovative Bicycle
Leonardo Frizziero,
Alfredo Liverani,
Giampiero Donnici,
Ilaria Giuliano,
Maria Grazia Picciariello,
Maria Luigia Tucci,
Donald Reimer,
Ahad Ali
Affiliations
Leonardo Frizziero
Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2—I-40136, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Alfredo Liverani
Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2—I-40136, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Giampiero Donnici
Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2—I-40136, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Ilaria Giuliano
Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2—I-40136, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Maria Grazia Picciariello
Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2—I-40136, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Maria Luigia Tucci
Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2—I-40136, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Donald Reimer
A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075-1058, USA
Ahad Ali
A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075-1058, USA
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.
