How designers think : the design process demystified /
By: Lawson, Bryan.
Publisher: Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Architectural, 2005Edition: 4th ed.Description: xii, 321 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0750660775 (pbk.); 9780750660778:; 9780750660778 (pbk.).Subject(s): Architectural design -- Psychological aspects | Architectural designDDC classification: 721Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-311) and index.
The changing role of the designer -- Route maps of the design process -- The components of design problems -- Meaurement, criteria and judgement in design -- A model of design problems -- Problems, solutions and the design process -- Types and styles of thinking -- Creative thinking -- Guiding principles -- Design strategies -- Design tactics -- Design traps -- Designing with others -- Design as conversation and perception -- Towards a model of designing.
The author, a designer and psychologist, shows that the design process involves a variety of different thinking modes. He argues that design skills can be acquired, practised and improved in the same manner as learning a musical instrument.