Engineering design methods: strategies for product design/ by Nigel Cross

By:

Cross, Nigel

Language: English Publication details: Wiley, 2021. Hoboken, NJ:Edition: 5th edDescription: ix, 207 p.: ill ; 25 cmISBN:

9781119724377

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DDC classification:

620.0042 CRO-E

Contents:

Part one: Design fundamentals The activity of design The nature of design The process of design Part two: Design practice Design procedures Identifying opportunities Clarifying objectives Establishing functions Setting requirements Determining characteristics Generating alternatives Evaluating alternatives Improving details Design strategies Part three: Design thinking Design and innovation

Summary: Design is all around us, and the wish to design things is inherent in human beings. One of the most basic characteristics of human beings is that they make a wide range of tools and other artefacts to suit their own purposes. As those purposes change, and as people reflect on the currently-available artefacts, some refinements are made to the artifacts, and sometimes completely new kinds of artifacts are conceived and made. The world is therefore full of tools, utensils, machines, buildings, furniture, clothes, and many other things that human beings apparently need or want in order to make their lives better. Everything that isn't a simple, untouched piece of nature has been designed by someone"-- Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB	620.0042 CRO-E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out to Sukanta Majumdar (PF141)	16/05/2025	011257

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Part one: Design fundamentals
The activity of design
The nature of design
The process of design
Part two: Design practice
Design procedures
Identifying opportunities
Clarifying objectives
Establishing functions
Setting requirements
Determining characteristics
Generating alternatives
Evaluating alternatives
Improving details
Design strategies
Part three: Design thinking
Design and innovation

Design is all around us, and the wish to design things is inherent in human beings. One of the most basic characteristics of human beings is that they make a wide range of tools and other artefacts to suit their own purposes. As those purposes change, and as people reflect on the currently-available artefacts, some refinements are made to the artifacts, and sometimes completely new kinds of artifacts are conceived and made. The world is therefore full of tools, utensils, machines, buildings, furniture, clothes, and many other things that human beings apparently need or want in order to make their lives better. Everything that isn't a simple, untouched piece of nature has been designed by someone"-- Provided by publisher

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