This book extends understanding of the design process by exploring design representation types and examining them as theoretical constructs. It shows how fidelity and ambiguity inform the creative act of design, and considers design thinking through the lens of design representation.
Design thinking is a method that has the potential to stimulate and enhance creativity. This book enhances understanding of what constitutes design thinking, why it is used and how it can be applied in practice to explore and develop ideas. The book positions a particular type of thinking through design representations, exploring this from its roots in design history, to the types of thinking in action associated with contemporary design practice. A taxonomy of design representations as a scaffold to express design intent, is applied to real world case studies.
Product Design and the Role of Representation will be of interest to those working in or studying product development, engineering design and additive manufacturing.
"This book responds to the expression ‘all you always wanted to know about design representation but didn’t know where to ask’. Indeed, the book is a thematic guide to design representation, and the amount of information about design representations it holds is phenomenal."
Professor Gabriela Goldschmidt
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Author(s): Eujin Pei, James Andrew Self
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 232
City: Boca Raton
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Authors
Glossary
1. Design and design representation
1.1 Design as practice, Design as an activity
1.1.1 Activity and design representation
1.2 Design thinking and design representation
1.3 Industrial design
1.3.1 History of industrial design
1.3.2 The work of industrial design
1.4 Stages of new product development
1.4.1 Concept design
1.4.2 Concept development
1.4.3 Detail design
1.5 Summary
References
2. Design thinking through representation
2.1 Design representation
2.1.1 Design representation and media of expression
2.1.2 Design representation as construction
2.2 Representation and design cognition
2.2.1 Design representation as reflective-practice
2.2.2 Design representation and ambiguity
2.2.3 Design representation and fidelity
2.3 Representation and design process
2.3.1 Design representation: Concept Design
2.3.2 Design representation: Concept Development
2.3.3 Design representation: Detail Design
2.4 Representations, design problems and solutions
2.5 Design representation: a definition
2.6 Summary
References
3. Design representation in practice
3.1 The purpose of design representation
3.2 Types of design representations
3.3 Tools of design representations
3.4 Manual 2D media
3.5 Digital 2D media
3.6 Manual 3D media
3.7 Digital 3D media
3.8 Summary
References
4. Sketches
4.1 Sketch representation
4.2 Idea Sketch
4.3 Study Sketch
4.4 Referential Sketch
4.5 Memory Sketch
4.6 Coded Sketch
4.7 Information Sketch
4.8 Renderings
4.9 Inspiration Sketch
4.10 Prescriptive Sketch
4.11 Summary
References
5. Drawings
5.1 Drawing as design representation
5.2 Concept Drawing
5.3 Presentation Drawing
5.4 Scenarios and storyboards
5.5 Diagrammatic Drawing
5.6 Single-View Drawing
5.7 Multi-View Drawing
5.8 General Arrangement Drawing
5.9 Technical Drawing
5.10 Technical Illustration
5.11 Summary
References
6. Models
6.1 Models as design representation
6.2 3D Sketch Model
6.3 Design Development Model
6.4 Appearance Model
6.5 Functional Concept Model
6.6 Concept of Operation Model
6.7 Production Concept Model
6.8 Assembly Concept Model
6.9 Service Concept Model
6.10 Summary
References
7. Prototypes
7.1 Prototypical design representation
7.2 Appearance Prototype
7.3 Alpha Prototype
7.4 Beta Prototype
7.5 Pre-Production Prototype
7.6 Experimental Prototype
7.7 System Prototype
7.8 Final Hardware Prototype
7.9 Tooling Prototype
7.10 Off-Tool Prototype
7.11 Summary
References
8. Case studies and conclusions
8.1 GMC Case Study 01
8.2 Mojavi Case Study 02
8.3 Deeptime Case Study 03
8.4 Aero Case Study 04
8.5 Conclusions
Reference
Index
