Design Methodology and Relationships with Science

Many business corporations are faced with the challenge of bringing together quite different types of knowledge in design processes: knowledge of different disciplines in the natural and engineering sciences, knowledge of markets and market trends, knowle

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Design Methodology and Relationships with Science edited by

M. J. de Vries Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

N. Cross Open University, Faculty of Technology, Milton Keynes, UK and

D. P. Grant Architecture Department, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.A.

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Design Methodology and Relationships with Science Eindhoven, The Netherlands September 29 - October 2, 1992

ISBN 978-90-481-4252-1

DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-8220-9

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface

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Theme 1. Design methodology as an emerging discipline Design methodology and relationships with science: introduction M.J. de Vries A history of design methodology N. Cross

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Theme 2. Historical and contemporary case studies Science and the design of mechanical and optical devices: a few case studies F. Le Guet Tully

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