Thinking: Objects: Contemporary Approaches to Product Design

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AVA Publishing, 16.08.2009 - 208 Seiten
"Thinking Objects: Contemporary Approaches to Product Design is an innovative, wide-ranging guide to great product design. This book reveals how designers can learn to read the signals an object sends, interpret meaning, discover historical context and use those messages in their own new product designs. Globalisation, technology, the media and the need for a sustainable future are all part of contemporary product design. This comprehensive guide helps students and designers everywhere to incorporate these influences and more. Thinking Objects: Contemporary Approaches to Product Design provides an essential reference tool that will enable the reader to find their own style and succeed in the industry."--Publisher's website.
 

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How to get the most out of this book
6
Introduction
8
Chapter 1 Perception
14
Chapter 2 Motivation
46
Chapter 3 Process
148
Chapter 4 Context
186
Chapter 5 Sources
202
Back Cover
209
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Autoren-Profil (2009)

Tim Parsons is a product designer, writer and lecturer on design. He has worked with manufacturers in Britain and Europe and exhibited widely. He has contributed articles to publications including Blueprint and Phaidon's Design Classics. His London studio creates tableware, lighting, accessories, furniture, and more.

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