Deconstructing Product Design by William Lidwell

Deconstructing Product Design by William Lidwell

What makes a product successful?How it looks? The way it functions? Its ease of use? Or do factors like price and marketing dominate?In a quest to find answers to these questions, Deconstructing Product Design engages readers in a process of critically analyzing a diverse collection of 100 innovative products, from well-known classics to contemporary objects of desire. New in paperback, this books aims to support critical thinking about design, facilitate discovery of patterns of success (and failure) across products, and enable designers to apply lessons learned to their own design work. Experts from multiples design disciplines contribute commentary, including:Robert Blaich, industrial designJill Butler, graphic designAlan Cooper, technology designBrock Danner, architectureKimberly Elam, graphic designDonald Emmite, design historyLarimie Garcia, graphic artsScott Henderson, product designKritina Holden, human factorsRobert Kingslyn, graphic designJon Kolko, interaction designLyle Sandler, experience designContinue the deconstruction at http://www.deconstructingproductdesign.com.

Gerry Manacsa is a visual designer, artist, and engineer who helped to pioneer the web frontier in areas ranging from mixed-media personal storytelling to interactive learning methods for corporate and industrial environments. He lives in Houston, TX. http://www.manacsadesign.com William Lidwell is the Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston, Texas. He is author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design, which has been translated into 12+ languages; Deconstructing Product Design, a social deconstruction of 100 classic products; and lecturer of two video series on design: How Colors Affect You: What Science Reveals available from The Great Courses, and The Science of Logo Design available from Lynda.com.

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ISBN 13	9781592537396
ISBN 10	1592537391
Title	Deconstructing Product Design
Author	William Lidwell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Year published	2011-10-01
Number of pages	240
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