Product design

Using clear, approachable examples, Universal and Accessible Design for Products, Services, and Processes defines and differentiates accessible versus universal design, and explores their relationship in a broad societal and global context.

In recent years the increased awareness of environmental issues has led to the development of new approaches to product design, known as Design for Environment and Life Cycle Design.

From the visionary founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, a manifesto for the dawning age of active materialsThings in life tend to fall apart.

Immersive technology is going to govern the next generation in terms of education, health, military, tourism, and much more.

How have technology and science helped musicians throughout the years?

How have technology and science helped historians and archaeologists through the years?

How have science and technology helped today's athletes and sportspeople perform better for longer?

How have technology and science helped artists through the years?

Recipes from Mexico includes a variety of recipes for each meal of the day.

Recipes from Italy includes a variety of recipes for each meal of the day and represents different regions of the country.

Recipes from India includes a variety of recipes for each meal of the day and represents different regions of the country.

Recipes from China includes a variety of recipes for each meal of the day and represents different regions of the country.

Have you ever wondered what went wrong when inventions, structures and technology failed spectacularly?

Have you ever wondered what went wrong when inventions, structures and technology failed spectacularly?

Have you ever wondered what went wrong when inventions, structures and technology failed spectacularly?

Have you ever wondered what went wrong when inventions, structures and technology failed spectacularly?

The road to licensing a profitable, innovative product or technology is riddled with curves, holes, and rocky cliffs.

Trust highly experienced teachers and authors Jonathan Adams, Alex Reynolds and Peter Valentine, to guide your students through the redeveloped Cambridge National in Engineering Design (J822 for first teaching from September 2022).

Target success in WJEC GCSE Design and Technology with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.

Ensure your students navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Design, presented in global contexts.

Ensure your students navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Design, presented in global contexts.

People, Pens & Paper is about creative and fresh ideas.

It is a marketing truism that products should be shaped around the preferences of customers, not designers, and that a design or advert that is effective with one personality type may not be effective with another.

It is a marketing truism that products should be shaped around the preferences of customers, not designers, and that a design or advert that is effective with one personality type may not be effective with another.

Getting Dressed teaches sociology through the everyday decision of what to wear.

Getting Dressed teaches sociology through the everyday decision of what to wear.

Design for Sport shows how socially responsible design can contribute to make sport practice widespread in the general population including disadvantaged and hard-to-reach groups, and those that have been traditionally excluded such as the elderly, disabled people, those living in deprived areas and from lower socioeconomic strata plus certain minority ethnic and religious groups.

Design for Sport shows how socially responsible design can contribute to make sport practice widespread in the general population including disadvantaged and hard-to-reach groups, and those that have been traditionally excluded such as the elderly, disabled people, those living in deprived areas and from lower socioeconomic strata plus certain minority ethnic and religious groups.

How are we to understand the changing role of design and designers in the new age of consumer experience?

How are we to understand the changing role of design and designers in the new age of consumer experience?

This book gives students a thorough overview of the environmental issues that impact the supply chain and details strategic methods of addressing the political, social, technological, market, and economic concerns that have caused organizations to reconsider their impact.

This book gives students a thorough overview of the environmental issues that impact the supply chain and details strategic methods of addressing the political, social, technological, market, and economic concerns that have caused organizations to reconsider their impact.

Best Practice in Inventory Management 3E offers a simple, entirely jargon-free and yet comprehensive introduction to key aspects of inventory management.

Best Practice in Inventory Management 3E offers a simple, entirely jargon-free and yet comprehensive introduction to key aspects of inventory management.

Interaction for Designers shows you how to connect a product with its users, whether it's a simple toaster, a complex ecosystem of intelligent devices, or a single app on your smartphone.

Interaction for Designers shows you how to connect a product with its users, whether it's a simple toaster, a complex ecosystem of intelligent devices, or a single app on your smartphone.

Sustainable product design is more than eco design: it goes beyond 'green' to consider the work environment, community impacts, consumer health, and economic viability, as well as environmental attributes.

Sustainable product design is more than eco design: it goes beyond 'green' to consider the work environment, community impacts, consumer health, and economic viability, as well as environmental attributes.

This book provides a source of inspiration and a manual for designers, entrepreneurs and professionals who are looking into the practical application of product configurators.

This book provides a source of inspiration and a manual for designers, entrepreneurs and professionals who are looking into the practical application of product configurators.

The scientific analysis of design thinking continues to burgeon and is of considerable interest to academic scholars and design practitioners across many disciplines.

The scientific analysis of design thinking continues to burgeon and is of considerable interest to academic scholars and design practitioners across many disciplines.

Additive manufacturing has matured from rapid prototyping through the now popular and "e;maker"e;-oriented 3D printing, recently commercialized and marketed.

Additive manufacturing has matured from rapid prototyping through the now popular and "e;maker"e;-oriented 3D printing, recently commercialized and marketed.

Why do we readily dispose of some things, whereas we keep and maintain others for years, despite their obvious wear and tear?

Why do we readily dispose of some things, whereas we keep and maintain others for years, despite their obvious wear and tear?

Designing for Older Adults: Case Studies, Methods, and ToolsThere are many products, tools, and technologies available that could provide support for older adults.

Designing for Older Adults: Case Studies, Methods, and ToolsThere are many products, tools, and technologies available that could provide support for older adults.

Winner of the 2019 Richard M.

Winner of the 2019 Richard M.