1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461543803321

Autore

Rodgers Paul

Titolo

Product design [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Rodgers and Alex Milton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Laurence King Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-78539-166-6

1-78067-085-0

Edizione

[[Enhanced Credo edition]]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Portfolio

Altri autori (Persone)

MiltonAlex

Disciplina

745.2

Soggetti

Product design

Commercial products

Industrial design - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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: 1750's to 1850's -- The Great Reform movements: 1850's to 1914 -- Modernism to pre-war luxury and power: 1900's to 1945 -- The post-war period: 1945 to 1970's -- Post-Modernism: 1970's 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694880703321

Autore

Campbell Sally J

Titolo

Timber resource statistics for Oregon [[electronic resource] /] / Sally Campbell, Paul Dunham, and David Azuma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2004]

Descrizione fisica

iv, 67 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Resource bulletin PNW-RB ; ; 242

Altri autori (Persone)

DunhamPaul

AzumaDavid L

Soggetti

Forests and forestry - Oregon

Timber - Oregon

Statistics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 22, 2006).

"November 2004."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.