Title Page
Contents
국문요약 12
Part Ⅰ. Overview 14
Chapter 1. Research overview: Background, Scope of study, Objectives, Research methodology 14
1. Research Background 14
2. Scope of the study 19
3. Objectives 20
4. Research methodology 20
5. Previous research. 26
Chapter 2. Maker development, Chinese Maker development status, Zhejiang province maker space development 52
1. Definition of Makers and Makerspaces. 52
2. Maker development. 53
3. The comparison of maker space, group maker Space and traditional business incubator. 57
4. The development of International makers. 58
5. The main development mode of international makers. 62
6. The development of Chinese makers. 63
7. The Development Characteristics of the Manufacturing Industry in Zhejiang Province. 71
8. Zhejiang Province's Policy to Support the Development of Makers. 78
9. Zhejiang maker space types. 85
10. Zhejiang Maker Design Study. 88
11. Case Study of Maker Design for Zhejiang College Students. 98
12. Maker Design Issues in Zhejiang Province. 117
Part Ⅱ. Makers' Design Research 118
Chapter 3. Research on makers' design driven by design thinking 118
1. Design thinking. 118
2. Stanford EDIPT Design Thinking Model Framework. 121
3. The limitations of design thinking. 124
4. The application of design thinking in maker design. 126
5. The value of design thinking. 127
Chapter 4. Research on Makers' Design Process. Zhejiang Maker design case study. 129
1. Zhejiang Maker design case-a 3D face scanner Maker design process. 129
2. Research on Makers' Design Process. 136
Chapter 5. A quantitative research on collaboration factors in Makers' product design process. 139
1. Quantitative research methods. 139
2. Collaborative factors collection. 139
3. Study hypothesis setting. 143
4. Survey and questionnaire design. 146
5. Analysis of quantitative research. 148
6. Analysis. 162
7. Summary. 164
Chapter 6. Research on the application of design thinking in the Makers' design process. 165
1. Maker Design Process with Applying Design Thinking. 165
2. Design thinking drive makers' design process flowchart. 175
3. Competencies needed for maker designers. 176
Part Ⅲ. Conclusions 178
Chapter 7. Conclusions. 178
1. Research Conclusions and Contributions. 178
2. Future research. 181
References 183
Appendix 190
Abstract 217
Table 1. Reference list of prior research papers 46
Table 2. Some of China's Maker policies 65
Table 3. Zhejiang manufacturing regional characteristics table 71
Table 4. 52 small and medium-sized maker teams in Zhejiang Province 89
Table 5. Maker Design Requirements 96
Table 6. College student maker design 98
Table 7. Assumptions Independent variables Mediating variables Dependent variables 144
Table 8. Questionnaire 146
Table 9. Reliability Analysis Form 157
Table 10. KMO and Bartlett sphericity test 157
Table 11. Correlation analysis table 158
Table 12. Structural equation fit table 161
Table 13. Path Analysis Table 161
Table 14. Mediating effect analysis table 162
Table 15. The difference between Maker thinking and Maker design thinking 176
Table 16. List of Zhejiang Provincial Maker Spaces in 2019 190
Table 17. List of Zhejiang Provincial Maker Spaces in 2020 198
Table 18. List of Zhejiang Provincial Maker Spaces in 2021 207
Figure 1. Maker-Consumer relationship 54
Figure 2. Maker Features 56
Figure 3. Maker in US and in China 70
Figure 4. Zhejiang Maker Projects' Keywords 89
Figure 5. Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford EDIPT Model 122
Figure 6. Xiaofu Skin 3D Face Scanner 130
Figure 7. Xiaofu Skin 3D Face Scanner Product Structure 132
Figure 8. Product development process 134
Figure 9. Makers' design process 135
Figure 10. Design Process Comparison 137
Figure 11. Makers' design process flowchart 138
Figure 12. Collaborative sub-factors 140
Figure 13. Collaborative sub-factors 142
Figure 14. Independent variable 'Mediating variable 'Dependent variable 144
Figure 15. Questionnaire data 1 149
Figure 16. Questionnaire data 2 150
Figure 17. Questionnaire data 3 150
Figure 18. Questionnaire data 4 151
Figure 19. Questionnaire data 5 151
Figure 20. Questionnaire data 6 152
Figure 21. Questionnaire data 7 152
Figure 22. Questionnaire data 8 153
Figure 23. Questionnaire data 9 153
Figure 24. Questionnaire data 10 154
Figure 25. Questionnaire data 11 154
Figure 26. Questionnaire data 12 155
Figure 27. The structural equation model is established based on the assumptions 160
Figure 28. Design thinking drive makers' design process guideline 174
Figure 29. Design thinking driven makers' design process flowchart 175