A short course in industrial design. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eskild Tjalve.
• Authors: Tjalve, Eskild
• Contents: 1. Creation of a Product; ; 1.1 The Idea of Form; ; 1.2 Life of the Product; ; 1.3 Properties of the Product; ; 1.4 The Step by Step Creation of the Product; ; Main Functions; ; Sub-functions and Means; ; Basic Structure; ; Quantified Structure; ; Total Form; ; Form of the Elements; ; Product Synthesis; ; 2. Methods Used in Form Design; ; 2.1 Limitations; ; 2.2 Structure Variation; ; The Structure Variation Method; ; Structure Variation of the Main Elements; ; Range of Solutions for Two and Three Elements; ; Structure Variation in Connection with Function; ; A Coherent Example: A Teamaker; ; Structure Modeling; ; 2.3 Form Variation; ; The Idea of Functional Surfaces; ; The Method of Variation of the Functional Surfaces; ; Restrictions on Form Design; ; The Form Variation Method; ; The Form Division Method; ; A Coherent Example: A Pulley; ; Application of Form Synthesis Methods; ; Making Models; ; 3. Form Factors; ; 3.1 The Origination of Form Requirements; ; 3.2 The Interdependence of the Basic Properties; ; 3.3 Design Factors; ; The Designer; ; The Company; ; The Society; ; 3.4 Production Factors; ; The Manufacturing Process; ; The Manufacturing Process: Feasibility; ; The Manufacturing Process: Economics Involved in the Choice of Process; ; The Manufacturing Process: The Operator; ; The Manufacturing Process: The Economics of the Detailed Design; ; Assembly; ; 3.5 Sales and Distribution Factors; ; 3.6 Factors Concerning the Product in use; ; Process Realization: Input, out Put and Function; ; Process Realization: Realization of the Function; ; Process Realization: Quality of the Function; ; User or Operator: A Survey of the Factors; ; User or Operator: Normal Operations; ; User or Operator: Occasional Operations; ; User or Operator: Subjective Circumstances; ; Environment; ; 3.7 Destruction Factors; ; 3.8 Evaluation of Form Design Suggestions; ; 4. The Appearance of the Product; ; 4.1 The Idea of Appearance; ; Aesthetics; ; Unity; ; Order; ; 4.2 Form Elements; ; 4.3 Combining Form Elements; ; Visual Balance; ; Rhythm; ; Proportions; ; Lines and Planes; ; Joints; ; 4.4 Means of Expression; ; Lightness; ; Weight and Stability; ; Movement; ; 5. Case history: Chromosome Apparatus; ; 5.1 Introduction to the Project; ; 5.2 Basic Structures; ; 5.3 Quantified Structures; ; 5.4 Form of the Total System; ; 5.5 Form of the Elements; ; Index;
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Newnes
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 745.2; Industrial design
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483104928
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