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The Design Method

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  • © 1966

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Editors:
  1. S. A. Gregory

    1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Aston in Birmingham, England

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Design Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Design and the Design Method

      • S. A. Gregory
      Pages 3-10

    3. The Design Method in Practice

      • R. J. McCrory
      Pages 11-18

    4. Definitions and Methodologies

      • W. E. Eder
      Pages 19-31

  3. The Human Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. The Human Perspective, The Design Situation and its Opportunities

      • S. A. Gregory
      Pages 35-38

    3. Design and Human Satisfaction

      • W. H. Mayall
      Pages 39-44

    4. Invention, Design and Market Research

      • A. F. Stobart
      Pages 45-48

    5. Ergonomics and Design

      • B. Shackel
      Pages 49-57

    6. Sociology and Design

      • A. M. Penny
      Pages 59-64

    7. Design Acceptance

      • M. E. Peplow
      Pages 65-73

  4. The Elements of Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. A More Detailed View of Design

      • S. A. Gregory
      Pages 77-83

    3. The Elements of Design

      • Ronald D. Watts
      Pages 85-95

    4. Information for Design

      • J. Farradane
      Pages 97-103

    5. Patterns

      • A. D. Newman
      Pages 105-109

    6. Creativity

      • Geoffrey H. Broadbent
      Pages 111-119

    7. Choosing and Evaluating

      • A. G. Pleydell-Pearce
      Pages 121-129

    8. Design and Decision

      • S. A. Gregory
      Pages 131-140
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Aston in Birmingham, England

    S. A. Gregory

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Design Method

  • Editors: S. A. Gregory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6331-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1966

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-6169-3Published: 01 January 1966

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6331-4Published: 27 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 354

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Industrial Design, Industrial and Production Engineering

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