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Attribute Dependency: VIDEO:

Does FORM follow Function or FUNCTION follow Form?

Inventive thinking involves doing things in unconventional ways. This technique flips the classic “Form follow Function” logic to a “Function follows Form” process to create novel ideas. It does this by creating new hypothetical concepts that “link” internal and external product, process, and ecosystem attributes (or variables) in new ways that create new customer benefits. These are new dependencies (relationships) between existing product attributes, properties, or variables and the environment in which it operates. (As “x” changes, “y” changes, to become a more dynamic and useful system).

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