Product design

Designers, especially design students, rarely have access to children or their worlds when creating products, images, experiences and environments for them.

Vehicle Design guides readers through the methods and processes designers use to create and develop some of the most stunning vehicles on the road.

Industrial Design in Britain (1976) describes the industrial design movement in Britain from its origins, when it broke away from the Arts and Crafts in 1915, until 1945 when its vital importance to industry was officially recognised, and the Council of Industrial Design was established with a grant from the Government.

Integer Programming: Theory and Practice contains refereed articles that explore both theoretical aspects of integer programming as well as major applications.

Developments in deep learning in the past decade have led to phenomenal growth in AI-based automated medical diagnosis, opening a door to a new era of both medical research and medical industry.

Data will not help you if you can't see it where you need it.

Colour Design: Theories and Applications, Second Edition, provides information on a broad spectrum of colour subjects written by seasoned industry professionals and academics.

This volume discusses pleasurable design- a part of the traditional usability design and evaluation methodologies.

Just as the term design has been going through change, growth and expansion of meaning, and interpretation in practice and education - the same can be said for design research.

This book looks at systems engineering now and comments on the future.

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

Materials and Technology for Sportswear and Performance Apparel takes a close look at the design and development of functional apparel designed for high-performance sportswear.

This book provides insights into contemporary issues and challenges in soft computing applications and techniques in healthcare.

The phenomenon of globalization has increased in recent decades due to the opening of borders in Eastern Europe and the sudden emergence of other countries in the global trade economy.

This book addresses aspects of human factors in engineering and provides a detailed discussion of novel approaches, systems engineering tools, artificial cognitive systems, and intelligent technologies and automation.

The chapters of this book discuss the modeling of electric drives, taking into account their relationship with the technological process they serve, which significantly affects the composition, layout, and characteristics of the electric drive.

This is a practical guide for those who do the work of maintaining and improving the reliability of mechanical machinery.

This book combines the topics of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Lubrication Degradation Mechanisms (LDM) with the goal of allowing the reader to develop the disciplined thought process for getting to the root causes of each of the degradation mechanisms.

Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design follows the innovation and evolution of consumer products from vacuum cleaners to mobile phones from their original inventions to the present day.

This book covers all aspects of design thinking and its intervention as needed for developing products for the elderly.

Die Dynamische Systementwicklungsmethode (DSDM) ist ein bewährtes und weit verbreitetes Framework, das die Prinzipien und Praktiken des agilen Projektmanagements aufgreift und perfektioniert.

The First Comprehensive Book on the SubjectFocusing on the underlying structure of a system, Optimal Design of Queueing Systems explores how to set the parameters of a queueing system, such as arrival and service rates, before putting it into operation.

In industry, owners, engineers and workers have struggled with lubricant degradation and its effects on their equipment.

Volume two of the second edition of the comprehensive Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering illuminates the role of the manufacturing engineer as the key component of factory operation.

How do you navigate a career as an entertainment designer while maintaining a sense of self-worth and value in the various off-ramps and sidestreets you may choose to take on the journey?

Practical Guides in Chemical Engineering are a cluster of short texts that each provides a focused introductory view on a single subject.

This book addresses aspects of human factors in engineering and provides a detailed discussion of novel approaches, systems engineering tools, artificial cognitive systems, and intelligent technologies and automation.

This new volume offers a variety of perspectives from investigators, industry professionals, stakeholders, and economic strategists that look at new ways of solving optimization problems related to different industrial sectors.

This book brings several original contributions to research and practical applications in the field of mass customization from the designer, manufacturer, and customer perspectives respectively.

This book will cover heuristic optimization techniques and applications in engineering problems.

Foreword by Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button.

We are told from a young age that we should strive to make the right decisions, but we aren't taught exactly how to do this.

Handbook on Augmenting Telehealth Services: Using Artificial Intelligence provides knowledge of AI-empowered telehealth systems for efficient healthcare services.

It's a widely recognised trend that powered-two-wheelers' (PTWs) use has been steadily increasing and is projected to increase further.

With the arrival of the 'Internet of Things' (IoT), smartphones, real-time payments systems, plus FinTech activity, Financial Inclusion services can now be integrated into a country's National Payment System (NPS), which means there should be no systemic barriers to transitioning the socio-economic pyramid, as actors build their financial status.

The application of futures thinking in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has become increasingly important in recent years.

New laws, global competition, technological advances, and evolving societal values toward disability all demand the integration of universal and accessible design principles into the general practice of the design community.

The Impact of a PhD on Design Practice assesses the value and impact of design PhDs for design practitioners, exploring in detail and through perspectives from a range of international designers how a doctorate can develop research and critical thinking skills that will enhance their professional practice.

Whether youre a designer, researcher, product manager, or engineer, you need to be concerned about your products security experience and your organizations overall security.

Following in the footsteps of its bestselling predecessor, Kevin J.

In a market place flooded with consumer goods, the modern consumer has become incredibly savvy.

Power Supply Cookbook, Second Edition provides an easy-to-follow, step-by-step design framework for a wide variety of power supplies.

In the electronics industry today consumer demand for devices with hyper-connectivity and mobility has resulted in the development of a complete system on a chip (SoC).

Through simple, practical approaches, Reliability Analysis and Prediction with Warranty Data: Issues, Strategies, and Methods helps Six Sigma black belts and engineers successfully interpret warranty data to make accurate predictions.

The idea of creating artificial humans can be found at the beginning of the human culture.

This book provides an overview of, and practical guidance on, the range of human factors (HF) methods that can be used for the purposes of accident analysis and investigation in complex sociotechnical systems.

With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the implementation of the nine pillars of technology has taken a firm root, especially after the post-COVID pandemic era.

This book examines electronics reliability and measurement technology.

Although work furniture has had so much more attention recently there is a long way to go before this is translated into action in the wider world.

Portable ventilation systems provide an option for supplementing installed ventilation, as well as providing a system for ventilation where none exists.