In the world of product design, thousands of small bits of must-know information are scattered across a wide array of places.

Businesses and the HCI and Interaction Design communities have embraced design and design research. Design research as a field blends methodologies from several disciplines - sociology, engineering, software, philosophy, industrial design, HCI/interaction design -- so designers can learn from past successes and failure and don't have to reinvent the wheel for each new design (whether it's a digital product, a building, an airplane or furniture). They...

Bill Buxton and I share a common belief that design leadership together with technical leadership drives innovation. Sketching, prototyping, and design are essential parts of the process we use to create new products. Bill Buxton brings design leadership and creativity to Microsoft. Through his thought-provoking personal examples he is inspiring others to better understand the role of design in their own companies--Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft"Informed...

A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. In his second film, director Gary Hustwit (Helvetica) documents the creative processes of some of the world's most influential product designers, and looks at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets.

Comprender los retos del mundo empresarial y afrontar el desarrollo de nuevas soluciones requiere de un ingrediente básico: la creatividad. Sin embargo, no basta con ser o querer ser creativo... ¡hay que saber entrenar esta capacidad e implantarla para obtener resultados! Es decir, necesitamos de un proceso que nos guíe en el camino y las armas necesarias para salir airosos. Designpedia es un manual imprescindible sobre Design Thinking que recopila...

This book is an action-oriented, accessible guide to design thinking that addresses both the how and why of product design. It encourages designers to look beyond the abstraction of pure forms or the whimsy of virtual objects, and instead to make and test real objects in a studio environment.--[book cover]

"Your customers have choices and you have little room for error when developing any new product. In order to build products your customers love, you need to take a disciplined approach to product design. Using user research methods, tapping into data, and employing design sprints will increase your chances of building the next big success. This collection provides you with these skills."--Resource description page.

With the coming flood of connected products, many UX and interaction designers are looking into hardware design, a discipline largely unfamiliar to them. If you?re among those who want to blend digital and physical design concepts successfully, this practical book helps you explore seven long-standing principles of industrial design. Two present and former design directors at IDEO, the international design and innovation firm, use real-world examples...