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102 Things I Learned in Product Design School

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102 Things I Learned in Product Design School by Sung Jang and Martin Thaler is a concise guide that distils the essential lessons of product design into easily digestible insights. It presents key concepts and practices in the field, offering both students and professionals a practical understanding of how to approach design challenges creatively and effectively. Packed with useful tips and illustrative examples, it serves as an inspiring resource for enhancing design thinking and problem-solving skills.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the creative process and practical insights of product design. It'll likely appeal to those who appreciate learning about the nuances and innovative approaches involved in crafting functional and aesthetically pleasing products. With its accessible format, it's a great resource for both aspiring designers and seasoned professionals in the field.

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An engaging, enlightening, and cleverly illustrated guide to product design, written by experienced professional designers and instructors.

Products are in every area of our lives, but just what product designers do and how they think is a mystery to most. Product design is not art, engineering, or craft, even as it calls for skills and understandings in each of these areas – along with psychology, history, cultural anthropology, physics, ergonomics, materials technology, marketing, and manufacturing.

This accessible guide provides an entry point into this vast field through 101 brief, illustrated lessons exploring such areas as:

  • why all design is performed in relation to the body
  • why every product is part of a system
  • the difference between being clever and being gimmicky
  • why notions of beauty are universal across cultures
  • how to use both storytelling and argument to effectively persuade

Written by three experienced design instructors and professionals, 102 Things I Learned in Product Design School provides concise, thoughtful touch points for beginning design students, experienced professionals, and anyone else wishing to better understand this complex field that shapes our lives every day.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780451496737

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Crown Publications

Illustration: Black-and-white line drawings

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 127.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 216

About the Author

Martin Thaler practices globally as a product design consultant and is professor of industrial design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Sung Jang is an artist, industrial designer, principal of Sung Jang Laboratory, and associate professor of industrial design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Matthew Frederick is a bestselling author, instructor of design and writing, and the creator of the 101 Things I Learned series. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

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