Lawson How Designers Think

The Design Process Demystified
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4831-4211-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Web PDF

How Designers Think: The Designing Process Demystified, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of the psychology of the design process. The book is comprised of 15 chapters that are organized into three parts. The text first discusses the fundamentals of the concept of designer, designing, and design. The second part deals with design problems, including its components, model, and solutions. The last part covers the cognitive aspect of designing; the coverage of this part includes the philosophes, strategies, and tactics of design. The book will be of great interest to both students and instructors of architecture, planning, and industrial and interior design.

Bryan Lawson is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. He is however both an architect and a psychologist, which has enabled him to study the nature of the design process.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawson, Bryan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover
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2;How Designers Think;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Author's preface to the second edition;7
6; Chapter 1. Introduction;10
6.1;Design education;10
6.2;Design technologies;12
6.3;What does design involve ?;13
6.4;Design as a skill;15
7;PART ONE: WHAT IS DESIGN?;18
7.1;Chapter 2. The changing role of the designer in society;19
7.1.1;Vernacular or craft design;19
7.1.2;The professionalisation of design;23
7.1.3;The traditional design process;26
7.1.4;Future roles of the designer;29
7.2;Chapter 3. Descriptions of the design process;31
7.2.1;Do we need a definition of design ?;31
7.2.2;Some maps of the design process;33
7.2.3;Do we really need to use a map ?;38
8;PART TWO: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS;46
8.1;Chapter 4. The components of design problems;47
8.1.1;Above and below the problem;47
8.1.2;The structure of design problems;52
8.2;Chapter 5 Measurement, criteria and judgement in design;57
8.2.1;Measurement;57
8.2.2;Value judgement and criteria;61
8.3;Chapter 6. A model of design problems;72
8.3.1;The generators of design problems;72
8.3.2;The domain of design constraints;80
8.3.3;The function of design constraints;85
8.3.4;The use of the model;89
8.4;Chapter 7. Problems and solutions;91
8.4.1;Now and when;91
8.4.2;Design problems;97
8.4.3;Design solutions;98
8.4.4;The Design process;99
9;PART THREE: DESIGN THINKING;104
9.1;Chapter 8. Types and Styles of thinking;105
9.1.1;Theories of thinking;105
9.1.2;Types of thinking;110
9.1.3;Productive thinking and design;113
9.2;Chapter 9. Creative thinking;117
9.2.1;Experience and creativity;121
9.2.2;Intelligence and creativity;123
9.2.3;Creativity and design;127
9.3;Chapter 10. Design philosophies;130
9.4;Chapter 11. Design strategies;142
9.5;Chapter 12. Design tactics and traps;163
9.5.1;The category trap;167
9.5.2;The puzzle trap;170
9.5.3;The number trap;176
9.5.4;The icon trap;179
9.5.5;The image trap;182
9.6;Chapter 13. Designing with others;187
9.6.1;Design as a natural activity;188
9.6.2;Design games;190
9.6.3;Group dynamics;198
9.6.4;Group norms;199
9.7;Chapter 14. Designing with computers;204
9.7.1;Why use computers in design at all?;204
9.7.2;An historical perspective;206
9.7.3;Computers as machines;207
9.7.4;The information revolution;209
9.7.5;The computer in the design office;211
9.7.6;Early attempts at solution generation;213
9.7.7;Early solution evaluation ideas;219
9.7.8;Adhoc or integrated systems?;221
9.7.9;Computer models;224
9.7.10;The problem of the interface;225
9.7.11;The metaphor of the interface;228
9.7.12;Designer and computer;230
9.8;Chapter 15. Where next?;233
9.9;BIBLIOGRAPHY;237
9.10;Index;248