Arthur O. Eger, Huub Ehlhardt

On the Origin of Products

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides an evolutionary perspective on the origin of products. Offers a method to give designers directions in New Product Development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9781316638187
• ISBN-10: 1316638189
• Artikelnr.: 50016535

Autorenporträt

Arthur. O. Eger is a Professor of Product Design. He has a broad experience in industrial design engineering, wrote and edited over fifteen books, and published over 100 articles and papers. He is a member and Chairman of the Board of the Department of Industrial Design Engineering of KIVI, the Royal Institution of Engineers in the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

1. On the origin of products
2. Technological innovation as an evolutionary process
3. Lineage
4. Product evolution
5. Evolutionary product development: product phases
6. Retrospective case surveys based on product phases
7. Retrospective case study of general lighting solutions and the compact fluorescent lamp
8. Retrospective case study of the child restraint system
9. Example showing the application of the theory in the work of Maarten Michel
10. Abstracts of the most important theories used in this book
11. Conclusion: evolution in products
Appendix
References
Index.