Exploring creativity management of design for additive manufacturing

reduce data
, quotes were extracted from the transcriptions through the application of 
pre-decided categories (as suggested by Flick, 
2014
). The categories were formed in two steps: 1) 
interpretations of what areas were discussed in the interviews in relation to the interview guide 
and 2) those areas were then explored in current general AM literature to clarify the following six 
categories:
(A) Adopting AM in design (mentioned in Campbell et al., 
2012
; Gibson et al., 
2015
)
(B) Design for AM methods (mentioned in Klahn et al., 
2015
; Kumke et al., 
2016
)
(C) Responsibility of the designer (mentioned in Klahn et al., 
2015
)
(D) Supports in design (mentioned in Gao et al., 
2015
; Krantz et al., 
2015
)
(E) AM knowledge (mentioned in Thompson et al., 
2016
; Yang & Zhao, 
2015
)
(F) Organizational support for creativity/innovation (mentioned in Khorram Niaki & Nonino, 
2018
)
Table 2. 
Information of respondents included in the study.
Respondent
Role
Years in the company
#1
Design leader
18
#2
Chief engineer
23
#3
Process verification leader
34
#4
Design leader
26
#5
Chief engineer
13
#6
Chief manufacturing engineer
29
#7
Design leader
9
#8
Design leader
8 + 7 (15)
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A. LINDWALL AND Å. WIKBERG NILSSON

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The categories were designed to extract quotes that specifically addressed the central areas of 
creativity and AM in design, as experienced by the individual designer. Both authors were involved 
in defining the categories, but one did the initial extraction of quotes in relation to the categories. 
The other author, an associate professor in design research, then verified the extraction in 
comparison to the transcribed data.