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Design Books 100 Product Design Books Recommended list of 100 essential books for Product Design: Methodolgy, Issues, History, Firms, Designers, Media, Materials |
 Product Design . Automobile Design . Toy Design . Ergonomics |
How? Design Process: 
Design Methods by John Christopher Jones 'seminal work on design methodology - to find a method that suits a particular design situation' Amazon.com 
Product Design: Fundamentals and Methods by Roozenburg and Eekels Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc; New Ed edition, 1995 'presents the foundations of the design process' Amazon.com 
Product Design and Development by Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger McGraw-Hill 1995, 2000, 2004 ' shows how to bring together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions' Amazon.com 
By Design - Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons by Ralph Kaplan Publisher: Fairchild; 2nd edition, 2005 Amazon.com
Product Design: A Practical Guide to Systematic Methods of New Product Development by Mike Baxter Amazon.com
Access by Design by George A. Covington & Bruce Hannah, IDSA Amazon.com 
Design Secrets: Products: 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered - Industrial Designers Society of America Edited by Kristina Goodrich Publisher: Rockport Publishers June 2001 '50 interesting design projects are illustrated in detail from concept to completion.' Amazon.com
Design Secrets: Products 2: 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered - Industrial Designers Society of America by Lynn Haller, Cheryl Dangel Cullen Publisher: Rockport Publishers (October 1, 2004) 'Fifty design projects are shown in detail from concept to completion - that uncovers the whole design process' Amazon.com
The Art of Innovation - Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley 'Great stories behing IDEO's innovative approch to problem solving' Amazon.com
Creating Breakthrough Products: Innovation from Product Planning to Program Approval by Jonathan Cagan, Craig M. Vogel Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall; 1st edition (January 15, 2002) 'identify the key factors associated with successful products - a revolutionary approach to building tomorrow's great products. Amazon.com
 Creating Breakthrough Ideas: The Collaboration of Anthropologists and Designers in the Product Development Industry by Susan Squires (Editor), Bryan Byrne (Editor) Publisher: Bergin & Garvey, 2002 'Brings out the importance of ethnographic research for product design' Amazon.com
 Design for Success: A Human-Centered Approach to Designing Successful Products and Systems by William B. Rouse Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (January 8, 1991) 'guide to the successful design of products and systems that are market driven and user-oriented' Amazon.com
Product Design - Practical Methods for the Systematic Development of New Products by Mike Baxter Publisher: Chapman & Hall (November 1, 1995) Amazon.com
 Competing by Design: Creating Value and Market Advantage in New Product Development by Craig Erhorn, John Stark Publisher: Wiley; New Ed edition, 1995 'shows how to take out inefficiencies out of designing, developing, and producing critical new products' Amazon.com
 The Right Fit: The Power of Ergonomics As a Competitive Strategy by Clifford M. Gross Publisher: Productivity Press Inc, 1996 'A non-technical introduction to incorporating the human factor into the design of products and workplaces.' Amazon.com
 Dictionary of 20Th-Century Design by John F. Pile Amazon.com
 The Design Encyclopedia by Mel Byers Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (July 1, 1994) 'covers elements of design in eastern and western Europe, Australia, North and South America and Japan.' Amazon.com
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by Who? Designers:  ABC of Design by Lynn Gordon, D Joy Publisher: Chronicle Books (May 1, 1996) 'provides introduction to some of the world's most important designers' Amazon.com
 Buckyworks: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas for Today By J. Baldwin Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996 'wonderfully nontechnical introduction to and celebration of the Buckminister Fuller, his remarkable inventions, and their modern-day relevance' Amazon.com
Work of Charles and Ray Eames by Donald Albrecht Publisher: Harry N Abrams, 1997 'The essays in this handsome and generously illustrated volume examine the Eameses' projects in the contexts of science, corporate patronage, and politics as well as those of modern design, architecture, and art.' Amazon.com
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Sottsass: The Architecture and Design of Sottsass Associates 
Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World by Karim Rashid Publisher: Universe Books 2001 'comprehensive survey of Rashid's designs, his products and the philosophy behind them - by the prolific young designer practicing in America ' Amazon.com
Marc Newson by Conway Lloyd Morgan Publisher: Universe Books, 2003 'features Newson's dynamic body of work, combining personal archive of sketches and plans and traces the development of Newson's distinctive visual language, inspired by such idiosyncratic influences as the architecture of Richard Neutra, Aston Martin sports cars and the films of Stanley Kubrick.' Amazon.com
 Philippe Starck by Philippe Starck Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag; Rev edition, 2000 Amazon.com
 Industrial Design by Raymond Loewy Publisher: Overlook Press; Reissue edition, 1989 'half-century of Loewy's career is offered in a stunning visual presentation of his most famous design achievements together with his personal account of a life in design - Coca-Cola bottle, the Studebaker, the U.S. Post Office logo, streamlined trains and ocean liners, the Shell and Exxon logos, and the Lucky Strike package.' Amazon.com
 Richard Sapper (Design Briefs (San Francisco, Calif.).) by Michael Webb, Marisa Bartolucci (Editor), Raul Cabra (Editor) Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2002 'A review of the many objects that Sapper has designed during his career. They range from his famous Tizio lamp to a newly released Zoombike that can be folded and carried onto a bus as easily as an umbrella.' Amazon.com
Ron Arad by Deyan Sudjic Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. 2001 'features some of his most outstanding work including the Adidas sport cafes, the evolution of the Bookworm installed at the Cartier Foundation and the Tel Aviv Opera House.' Amazon.com
 Stuart Pugh - Creating Innovative Products Using Total Design By Stuart Pugh, Don Clausing (Editor), Ron Andrade (Editor) 'allows the reader to benefit from Pugh's practical experiences that made him a legacy in product design and development. Stuart Pugh, the pioneer of the Total Design movement, created the framework for a structured & methodical design process being adopted today.' Amazon.com
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with What? Materials: Best of Designs in Plastics by Doug Cleminshaw, IDSA  American Plastic: A Cultural History by Jeffrey L. Meikle Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 1997 'history of plastics from a socio-cultural point of view' Amazon.com
Handbook of Plastic Materials and Technology by Irvin I. Rubin  Handbook of Plastics, Elastomers, and Composites by Charles A. Harper Amazon.com
 Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design by Michael Ashby, Kara Johnson Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition (December, 2002) 'includes cases studies, exercises, and material maps' Amazon.com
Handbook of Materials for Product Design by Charles A. Harper Approaches to Prototyping by R. Budde  |
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