PART FOUR
PART FOUR
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
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Development
Development
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CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 13
DESIGN
DESIGN
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What Is Design?
What Is Design?
Has been defined as “the synthesis of
technology and human needs into
manufacturable products.”
In practice, design can mean many things,
ranging from styling to ergonomics to setting
final product specifications.
Design has been successfully used in a variety
of ways to help achieve new product
objectives.
One thing it is not: “prettying up” a product that
Source: James M. Mueller and Molly Follette Story, “Universal Design: Principles for Driving Growth Into New Markets,” in P. Belliveau, A. Griffin,
and S. Sodermeyer (eds.), The PDMA Toolbook for New Product Development (New York: Wiley, 2002), pp. 297326.