How designers think : the design process demystified / Bryan Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Bryan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural design.

Architectural design--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Architectural, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How Designers Think is based on Bryan Lawson's many observations of designers at work, interviews with designers and their clients and collaborators. This extended work is the culmination of forty years' research and shows the belief that we all can, and do, design, and that we can learn to design better. The creative mind continues to have the power to surprise and this book aims to nurture and extend this creativity. Neither the earlier editions, nor this book, are intended as authoritative prescriptions of how designers should think but provide helpful advice on how to develop an understand

Contents:

Part One: What is Design?; 1.Introduction; 2.The changing role of the designer; 3. Route maps of the design process; Part Two:Problems and Solutions; 4. The components of design problems; 5. Measurement, criteria and judgement in design; 6. A model of design problems; 7. Problems, solutions and the design process; Part Three:Design Thinking; 8.Types and styles of thinking; 9.Creative thinking; 10.Guiding principles; 11.Design strategies; 12.Design tactics; 13.Design traps; 14.Designing with others

15.Design as conversation and perception16.Towards a model of designing; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-311) and index.

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ISBN:

9780080454979 (Electronic Book)

9780080454979

OCLC:

75633757