Product design

Introduction --
What is product design? --
What does a product designer do? --
Creating a product --
The main stages of product design --
Interview: Julia Lohmann --
About this book --
1. Historical and cultural context --
The Industrial Revolution: 1750s to 1850s --
The Great Reform movements: 1850s to 1914 --
Modernism to pre-war luxury and power: 1900s to 1945 --
The post-war period: 1945 to 1970s --
Post-Modernism: 1970s to present day --
Interview: Satyendra Pakhalé --
Emerging twenty-first century design trends --
2. Research, brief, and specification --
Product design research --
Research methods --
The brief --
Identifying customer wants, needs and demands --
Interview: Stuart Haygarth --
The Product Design Specification (PDS) --
Common elements of the PDS --
3. Concept design --
What is a concept design? --
Concept generation --
Concept generation methods --
Drawing techniques for product design --
Technical drawing --
Interview: Nendo --
Modelling --
Prototyping --
Concept evaluation and selection --
4. From manufacture to market --
Detail design --
Design and manufacture --
Common materials --
Manufacturing processes --
Interview: Raw-Edges Design Studio --
Marketing and selling --
5. Contemporary issues --
Green issues --
Interview: Max Lamb --
Ethical issues --
Universal design --
Emotional design --
6. Design education and beyond --
Studying product design --
Design rights --
Interview: Tim Brown, IDEO --
Developing your design skills --
Engaging with industry --
Glossary --
Bibliography --
Further resources --
Useful addresses --
Acknowledgements.