The cognitive artifacts of designing. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Willemien Visser.
• Other Names: Visser, Willemien
• Contents: Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: Introduction. Focus of This Book. Public Addressed. Some Historical Pointers. Preliminary Terminological Issues. Models of Design. Our Empirical Design Studies at a Glance. Part II: The Classical View on Design. The Symbolic Information Processing (SIP) Approach. Herbert A. Simon. Simon's Framework for Design: The Sciences of the Artificial. Discussion of the Symbolic Information Processing Approach to Design. Part III: Modern Views on Design. The Situativity (SIT) Approach. Situativity and Other Alternatives to the SIP Approach. Early SIT-Inspired Research. Current SIT-Inspired Research. Discussion of the Situativity Approach to Design. Part IV: Confronting Classical and Modern Views on Design. Symbolic Information Processing Versus Situativity Debates in the Literature. Confrontation of the SIP and SIT Approaches. Part V: Design as Construction of Representations. Definition of Design. Representations. Representations at the Source of a Design Project: Requirements and "Design Problems". Intermediate Representations. Representations at the End of a Design Project: Specifications and "Design Solutions". Designing as an Activity: Construction of Representations. Discussion. Part VI: Conclusion. SIP and SIT, Individual and Collective Design. Design Involves More Than Problem Solving. Construction of Representations: Conclusion and Framework for Further Research.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 745.2; Human engineering; Industrial design; Design -- Human factors; Cognitive science; Ergonomie; Design; Design -- Facteurs humains; Sciences cognitives; Cognitive science; Design -- Human factors; Human engineering; Industrial design; Desenho industrial (fatores humanos); Engenharia humana; Ciência cognitiva
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482269529
• Related ISBNs: 148226952X
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