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Zusatztext Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work is a useful resource for people wanting to get a deeper insight into how designers go about designing things and systems! and a great first year student handbook. Informationen zum Autor Nigel Cross Klappentext Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious "design ability."Focusing on what designers do when they design, Design Thinking is structured around a series of in-depth case studies of outstanding and expert designers, interwoven with overviews and analyses. The range covered reflects the breadth of design, from hardware and software design to architecture and Formula One. The book offers new insights into and understanding of design thinking, based on evidence from observation and investigation of design practice. Design Thinking is the distillation of the work of one of design's most influential scholars. Nigel Cross goes to the heart of what it means to think and work as a designer. The book is an ideal guide for anyone who wants to be a designer or to know how good designers work in the field of contemporary design.A short and very accessible primer explaining how designers think in order to create. Zusammenfassung Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious "design ability."Focusing on what designers do when they design, Design Thinking is structured around a series of in-depth case studies of outstanding and expert designers, interwoven with overviews and analyses. The range covered reflects the breadth of design, from hardware and software design to architecture and Formula One. The book offers new insights into and understanding of design thinking, based on evidence from observation and investigation of design practice. Design Thinking is the distillation of the work of one of design's most influential scholars. Nigel Cross goes to the heart of what it means to think and work as a designer. The book is an ideal guide for anyone who wants to be a designer or to know how good designers work in the field of contemporary design. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Design Ability 2. Designing to Win 3. Designing to Please 4. How Designers Think 5. Designing to Use 6. Designing Together 7. How Designers Work 8. Design Expertise Bibliography Index...
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Nigel Cross is Emeritus Professor of Design Studies, Open University, UK. He has vast experience as a design teacher and an international reputation as a design researcher through books such as Designerly Ways of Knowing and Analysing Design Activity, and editorship of the leading research journal, Design Studies.
