Bibliograph

Product design, Paul Rodgers and Alex Milton

Type

Label

Product design, Paul Rodgers and Alex Milton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Product design

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

908338230

Responsibility statement

Paul Rodgers and Alex Milton

Series statement

Portfolio

Summary

Product Design offers a broad and comprehensive introduction to the field of product design and the key role of product designers. Following through all the stages and activities involved in the creation of a new product from concept design to manufacture, prototyping to marketing this book also explores the diverse nature of product design, including new and emerging forms of practice

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- What is product design? -- What does a product designer do? -- Creating a product -- The main stages of product design -- Interview: Julia Lohmann -- About this book -- 1. Historical and cultural context -- The Industrial Revolution: 1750s to 1850s -- The Great Reform movements: 1850s to 1914 -- Modernism to pre-war luxury and power: 1900s to 1945 -- The post-war period: 1945 to 1970s -- Post-Modernism: 1970s to present day -- Interview: Satyendra Pakhalé -- Emerging twenty-first century design trends -- 2. Research, brief, and specification -- Product design research -- Research methods -- The brief -- Identifying customer wants, needs and demands -- Interview: Stuart Haygarth -- The Product Design Specification (PDS) -- Common elements of the PDS -- 3. Concept design -- What is a concept design? -- Concept generation -- Concept generation methods -- Drawing techniques for product design -- Technical drawing -- Interview: Nendo -- Modelling -- Prototyping -- Concept evaluation and selection -- 4. From manufacture to market -- Detail design -- Design and manufacture -- Common materials -- Manufacturing processes -- Interview: Raw-Edges Design Studio -- Marketing and selling -- 5. Contemporary issues -- Green issues -- Interview: Max Lamb -- Ethical issues -- Universal design -- Emotional design -- 6. Design education and beyond -- Studying product design -- Design rights -- Interview: Tim Brown, IDEO -- Developing your design skills -- Engaging with industry -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further resources -- Useful addresses -- Acknowledgements

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