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Product Design & Engineering: An introduction to Definitions, History, Theory, & Cases

Product Design & Engineering: An introduction to Definitions, History, Theory, & Cases

Robin McKenzie
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This book is an introductory book relating Product Design and Engineering.
This book is in four sections:
1. Definitions of Design
2. History of Industrial Design
3. Models and theories of design, and
4. Case studies in design.

The author gives a number of reasons for writing this book. One reason is that this accompanies a series of taught lectures that the author gives.

However, a more significant reason is that the author believes that there is a separation between the world of Product Design, and that of Engineering.
Product Designers tend to come from an artistic background. Engineers come from a background of mathematics and physics. Broader understanding of what design is, and how to design, tend to be lacking. Designers tend not to have a good understanding of the engineering difficulties with their design. Engineers do not have a broader understanding of the people and situations within which any design is first chosen.

The author, Robin McKenzie, has been involved with engineering all his life: in factories, industrial design and marketing, broader business relationships, and in teaching. He also has an insight into industrial product design. He is therefore well placed to link these two areas of design.
By engineering, the author also includes other technology based disciplines, such as architecture and computer science. The term engineering is used as a short hand description for all these technology based disciplines.

The book has been designed to be read one chapter after the other. However, this book has also been published in a series of four books, each of which in this series is free standing, and can be read independently of the others.

In the first section the author introduces the concept of design over three chapters. The main difficulty is that the word "design" has such a wide and loose understanding that the author gives space over these three chapters to identify and clarify what design might mean in the world of product design and engineering. Chapter 3 is describes some Core Concepts of design suggested by the distinguished author John Heskett.

In this second book the author traces a history of industrial design and how it has developed. Story, or narrative, is important for product designers in providing understanding and identity; this is also true for engineers. Here the author outlines the changes in the practice of design over the last 200 to 300 years over eight chapters.

In this third book the author outlines some of the theories in design or models of design. The author suggests begins with discussing the relationship between practical design and good design in art, using the categories suggested by Alan Pipes. Four different models used by engineers are then outlined in the next chapter: technology created design; systems and processes; meeting an observed need; and, the use of mathematics and physics. The following chapter outlines some of the ways that product designers design. Four such ways are described: client based brief; linear process; multiple sources; and, craft based learning. The final chapter in this section looks at manufacturing processes, reviewing some of the most common ones for the processes in manufacturing of forming, cutting, joining, and finishing.

In this fourth book the author describes some significant and extended cases in product design and engineering. There are four case studies on flying and flight, and two other case studies. On flight, the first is of how the Wright brothers successful flew for the first time in 1903. Next, the importance of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter in British history. Third, a modern example is given in the development of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine for the Airbus A380.
Language
English
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
July 13, 2014

Product Design & Engineering: An introduction to Definitions, History, Theory, & Cases

Robin McKenzie
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This book is an introductory book relating Product Design and Engineering.
This book is in four sections:
1. Definitions of Design
2. History of Industrial Design
3. Models and theories of design, and
4. Case studies in design.

The author gives a number of reasons for writing this book. One reason is that this accompanies a series of taught lectures that the author gives.

However, a more significant reason is that the author believes that there is a separation between the world of Product Design, and that of Engineering.
Product Designers tend to come from an artistic background. Engineers come from a background of mathematics and physics. Broader understanding of what design is, and how to design, tend to be lacking. Designers tend not to have a good understanding of the engineering difficulties with their design. Engineers do not have a broader understanding of the people and situations within which any design is first chosen.

The author, Robin McKenzie, has been involved with engineering all his life: in factories, industrial design and marketing, broader business relationships, and in teaching. He also has an insight into industrial product design. He is therefore well placed to link these two areas of design.
By engineering, the author also includes other technology based disciplines, such as architecture and computer science. The term engineering is used as a short hand description for all these technology based disciplines.

The book has been designed to be read one chapter after the other. However, this book has also been published in a series of four books, each of which in this series is free standing, and can be read independently of the others.

In the first section the author introduces the concept of design over three chapters. The main difficulty is that the word "design" has such a wide and loose understanding that the author gives space over these three chapters to identify and clarify what design might mean in the world of product design and engineering. Chapter 3 is describes some Core Concepts of design suggested by the distinguished author John Heskett.

In this second book the author traces a history of industrial design and how it has developed. Story, or narrative, is important for product designers in providing understanding and identity; this is also true for engineers. Here the author outlines the changes in the practice of design over the last 200 to 300 years over eight chapters.

In this third book the author outlines some of the theories in design or models of design. The author suggests begins with discussing the relationship between practical design and good design in art, using the categories suggested by Alan Pipes. Four different models used by engineers are then outlined in the next chapter: technology created design; systems and processes; meeting an observed need; and, the use of mathematics and physics. The following chapter outlines some of the ways that product designers design. Four such ways are described: client based brief; linear process; multiple sources; and, craft based learning. The final chapter in this section looks at manufacturing processes, reviewing some of the most common ones for the processes in manufacturing of forming, cutting, joining, and finishing.

In this fourth book the author describes some significant and extended cases in product design and engineering. There are four case studies on flying and flight, and two other case studies. On flight, the first is of how the Wright brothers successful flew for the first time in 1903. Next, the importance of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter in British history. Third, a modern example is given in the development of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine for the Airbus A380.
Language
English
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
July 13, 2014

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