Design-inspired Innovation

by Utterback, James M.

• ISBN13: 9789812566959
• ISBN10: 9812566953
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

Design-Inspired Innovation takes a unique look at the intersection between design and innovation, and explores the novel ways in which designers are contributing to the development of products and services. The book's scope is international, with emphasis on design activities in Boston, England, Sweden, and Milan. Through a rich variety of cases and cultural prisms, the book extends the traditional design viewpoint and stretches the context of industrial design to question - and answer - what design is really all about. It gives readers tools for inspiration, and shows how design can change language and even create human possibilities.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
About the Authors	p. xix
What Makes Products Great	p. 1
Creating Design Classics	p. 26
Integrating Function and Design	p. 58
Managing the Design Process	p. 90
The Work of Designers	p. 128
Design-Inspired Innovation and the Design Discourse	p. 154
Broadening Human Possibilities Through Design	p. 186
Design - Vision and Visualizing	p. 209
Interview Questions for Designers and Design Firms	p. 229
From Sketch to Product	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 239
Name Index	p. 249
Subject Index	p. 257
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