Design scenario -- Opening up product design -- Computational design for user co-design -- Case studies of personalizable products -- Shifting design towards meta-design -- Computational concept canvas: a new design tool -- Computational concept canvas: step by step -- Didactic experiences
Summary
"The contemporary material culture - everyday objects surrounding us - is dominated by mass manufactured products, but Digital Fabrication together with Computational Design (also called generative or parametric design) promises a shift towards substantially personalizable products, in a relatively cost-effective way. Considering this shift an opportunity for designers, the book argues that in order to consolidate the practice of developing personalizable products, designers need to change their focus from convergent to divergent user needs and desires, leaving room for the creative contributions of the users in the design of their objects, thus converting them from simple users to (computational) co-designers"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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