The Fundamentals of Product Design - Softcover

Richard Morris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2940373175 ISBN 13: 9782940373178

Publisher: AVA Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

The Fundamentals of Product Design provides an integrated and cohesive view of the product design process, covering materials, manufacturing, idea generation, computer-aided design, engineering functions, product types, and market research.

Full of inspiring visuals covering a wide variety of product design examples, Richard Morris presents an engaging introduction to this sizeable topic and can be used as both a reference text and a useful guide.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Morris trained in Engineering Product Design at the Polytechnic of the South Bank, and worked as a designer in Australia and London on a number of projects, ranging from light fittings, cooker hoods, point-of-sale fixtures and train seating and carriages. He later worked as a troubleshooter for GEC Alsthom Turbine Generators. On completion of a Masters degree in Business Administration, he ran his own business for seven years, and worked with new business start ups in energy saving, and in innovative crafts. He joined the University of Brighton in 1998, where he is now Head of the Centre for Design Technology. The Centre is a UK Centre of Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Creativity and hosts courses in Product Design and SEKE.

From the Back Cover

Product Design can be a challenging field of study because the discipline touches on so many subject areas such as materials, manufacturing, idea generation, CAD, engineering functions, art, market research and product types.

By exploring a variety of key areas, The Fundamentals of Product Design provides an integrated and cohesive view of the product design process and offers pointers about what factors to consider and where your next steps might take you at each stage of the process.

The Fundamentals of Product Design can be used as both a reference text and useful guide. Each chapter is packed with examples of work from talented designers around the globe, which help illustrate points in the text and will fuel and inspire your own creativity.

Other titles in AVA's Product Design series include: Idea Searching, Material Thoughts and Visual Conversations.

Edition details

• Publisher: AVA Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2940373175
• ISBN 13: 9782940373178
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184