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How designers think / Bryan Lawson.

By: Lawson, Bryan.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Boston : Butterworth Architecture, 1991Edition: 2nd ed.Description: vii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm . + pbk.ISBN: 0750602686.Subject(s): DesignDDC classification: 721
Contents:
Introduction -- Part One: What is design? -- The changing role of the designer in society -- Descriptions of the design process -- Part Two: Problems and Solutions -- The components of design problems -- Measurement, criteria and judgement in design -- A model of design problems -- Problems and solutions -- Part Three: Design Thinking -- Types and styles of thinking -- Creative thinking -- Design philosophies -- Design strategies -- Design tactics and traps -- Designing with others -- Designing with computers -- Where next?
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this fourth edition, Bryan Lawson continues his discussion, trying to understand how designers think. He does this by mapping out the issues concerned with the design process, with design problems and solutions and design thinking. This edition adds to the previous debates by including a new chapter on 'Design as Conversation' reflecting on how designers, either consciously or unconsciously, monitor, reflect on, control and change their thinking. It also includes a new series of case studies on notable designers including the racing car designer Gordon Murray, product designer James Dyson, and architects such as Edward Cullinan and Glenn Murcott.* A unique look at the psychology of the designer that provides a greater insight to the process of design* 'Demystifies' the complexity of the subject and uncovers new ways that design can be done* Conclusions are drawn from years of research and provide the very latest debate on the subject

Bibliography: (pages 228-237) and index.

Introduction -- Part One: What is design? -- The changing role of the designer in society -- Descriptions of the design process -- Part Two: Problems and Solutions -- The components of design problems -- Measurement, criteria and judgement in design -- A model of design problems -- Problems and solutions -- Part Three: Design Thinking -- Types and styles of thinking -- Creative thinking -- Design philosophies -- Design strategies -- Design tactics and traps -- Designing with others -- Designing with computers -- Where next?