Each of the 200 methods has a condensed one page step-by-step instructions for easy reading. Included are templates, descriptions of each method, instructions on when, where and why to use each method, resources needed and references. The two volumes in this series outline the design methodologies presented in a series of successful international workshops by Rob Curedale based on the methods of the world's most innovative organizations. The author Robert Curedale focuses the experiences of decades of tacit knowledge from managing design for some of the world's leading design brands and design consultancies and teaching at influential design schools and universities in Asia, Australia, Europe, Detroit, Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. This is probably the largest collection of design methods that is available and with the companion volume 2 covering an additional 200 design methods, ISBN-13:978-0988236240, is an indispensable resource for anyone practicing or studying in all fields of design and architecture including product design, interior design, exhibit design, graphic design, user experience design, web design, packaging design, automotive design, branding, design education and design research.
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A list of methods and brief outline of how to use them.
If nothing else, this book and it's sibling, show concretely that ‘the design process', is a vague and irrelevant phrase. It is a ‘design toolkit' - and a large one.
Different tools for different contexts, with different people, to achieve different things.
I'll keep this on my shelf and everytime I start a project refer to it and keep track of which I'm using.