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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (59 entries) ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Portfolio |
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Portfolio (Laurence King Publishing)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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 Pakhalİb -- 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. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| 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. |
| Form |
Also available in print. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Product design.
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Commercial products.
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Industrial design -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Milton, Alex, author.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1856697517 9781856697514 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| ISBN |
9781856697514 paperback |
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1856697517 paperback |
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9781785391668 electronic version |
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