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OverviewHow Designers Think is based on Bryan Lawson's many observations of designers at work, interviews with designers and their clients and collaborators. This extended work is the culmination of forty years' research and shows the belief that we all can, and do, design, and that we can learn to design better. The creative mind continues to have the power to surprise and this book aims to nurture and extend this creativity. Neither the earlier editions, nor this book, are intended as authoritative prescriptions of how designers should think but provide helpful advice on how to develop an understanding of design. In this fourth edition, Bryan Lawson continues to try and understand how designers think, to explore how they might be better educated and to develop techniques to assist them in their task. Some chapters have been revised and three completely new chapters added. The book is now intended to be read in conjunction with What Designers Know which is a companion volume. Some of the ideas previously discussed in the third edition of How Designers Think are now explored more thoroughly in What Designers Know. For the first time this fourth edition works towards a model of designing and the skills that collectively constitute the design process. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bryan LawsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Architectural Press Edition: 4th edition Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.620kg ISBN: 9780750660778ISBN 10: 0750660775 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 14 October 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews'An extremely readable book, due in part to the soundbite-sized chapters' Architects Journal, 19.01.06 There is no set path to beautiful design, and as designers we are always moving forward, looking for the next problem to solve. Lawson reminds us, however, that taking the time to engage the issues comprehensively leads to more well-rounded, and ultimately better finished products. As such, developing a solid set of foundation skills and methods are of the utmost importance, permeating into other work and yielding stronger results. - Jeremy Senko, Spacing Magazine Reviews of previous editions: 'It has a great virtue of being thorough and readable... excellent bibliography.' Built Environment 'This book makes a valuable, if individualistic contribution to the literature of design theory.' Science and Technology Press 'The author succeeds in demystifying his subject for the lay reader.' New Scientist 'The chapters are well written in a readable form and packed full of data undeniably valuable to students.' ASI Journal 'Its success is well deserved, because it is clearly written, the arguments are logically presented, and the design process is indeed demystified.' Architectural Science Review 'An extremely readable book, due in part to the soundbite-sized chapters' Architects Journal, 19.01.06 Reviews of previous editions: 'It has a great virtue of being thorough and readable... excellent bibliography.' Built Environment 'This book makes a valuable, if individualistic contribution to the literature of design theory.' Science and Technology Press 'The author succeeds in demystifying his subject for the lay reader.' New Scientist 'The chapters are well written in a readable form and packed full of data undeniably valuable to students.' ASI Journal 'Its success is well deserved, because it is clearly written, the arguments are logically presented, and the design process is indeed demystified.' Architectural Science Review 'An extremely readable book, due in part to the soundbite-sized chapters' Architects Journal, 19.01.06 Reviews of previous editions: 'It has a great virtue of being thorough and readable... excellent bibliography.' Built Environment 'This book makes a valuable, if individualistic contribution to the literature of design theory.' Science and Technology Press 'The author succeeds in demystifying his subject for the lay reader.' New Scientist 'The chapters are well written in a readable form and packed full of data undeniably valuable to students.' ASI Journal 'Its success is well deserved, because it is clearly written, the arguments are logically presented, and the design process is indeed demystified.' Architectural Science Review Author InformationBryan Lawson is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. He is however both an architect and a psychologist, which has enabled him to study the nature of the design process. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |