African Industrial Design Practice: Perspectives on Ubuntu Philosophy

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1 New Product Development
	1 Design Context in Afrika
	2 Advancing Afrikan Sustainable Design
	3 New Product Development Process: A Contextual Approach
	4 Human Factors and Ubuntu in Product Design
Part 2 Design Research
	5 Design-Driven Research Methods
	6 Ethics in Design
Part 3 Design Cognition
	7 Design Elements and Principles
	8 Design Sketching: What Works Best From an Afrikan Perspective?
Part 4 Prototyping Approaches
	9 Physical Model Making for Designers
	10 Traditional Manufacturing
	11 Additive Manufacturing in Afrika
Part 5 Taking the Product to the Market
	12 Building Corporate Brand Reputation in Emerging Economies
	13 Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and the Philosophy of Ubuntu
	14 The Business Case for Design in Afrika
	15 Designing Futures for Afrika and Beyond
Index