- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Architectural Press; 3 edition (17 Nov 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750630736
- ISBN-13: 978-0750630733
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 706,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
'I like the book because it is the sort of book I would not enjoy writing.'
Edward de Bono
'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
Reviews of this edition
"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
'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.
'I like the book because it is the sort of book I would not enjoy writing.'
Edward de Bono
'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
Reviews of this edition
"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
Product Description
This third edition of 'How Designers Think' has been substantially rewritten following the second edition which was first published in 1990. Bryan Lawson has continued to try and understand how designers think, to explore how they might be better educated and to develop techniques, including computer-aided design, to assist them in their task. A completely new chapter on 'Designing with drawings' has been added and all the others have either been fully revised or wholly rewritten.
How 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 twenty-five years' research and shows the author's belief that we all can learn to design better. The creative mind continues to have power to surprise and this book aims to nurture and extend this creativity. This book is not intended as an authoritative description of how designers should think but to provide helpful advice on how to develop an understanding of design.
'How Designers Think' will be of great interest, not only to designers seeking a greater insight into their own thought processes, but also to students of design in general from undergraduate level upward.
* An original look at the changing role of the designer in society
* Fully illustrated
* Completely new chapter on 'Designing with drawings'
How 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 twenty-five years' research and shows the author's belief that we all can learn to design better. The creative mind continues to have power to surprise and this book aims to nurture and extend this creativity. This book is not intended as an authoritative description of how designers should think but to provide helpful advice on how to develop an understanding of design.
'How Designers Think' will be of great interest, not only to designers seeking a greater insight into their own thought processes, but also to students of design in general from undergraduate level upward.
* An original look at the changing role of the designer in society
* Fully illustrated
* Completely new chapter on 'Designing with drawings'
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The very word 'design' is the first problem we must confront in this book since it is in everyday use and yet given quite specific and different meanings by particular groups of people. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The very word 'design' is the first problem we must confront in this book since it is in everyday use and yet given quite specific and different meanings by particular groups of people. Read the first page
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is simply the best book about the design process that is currently available. It is written from the point of view of an architect and for architects, but almost everything it contains is relevant to all other designers - yes, even graphic designers can learn from this book!
11 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While Lawson's ideas are quite interesting, as a graphic designer and design educator, I find the gist of his book more related to architecture and to a lesser degree industrial design. The title is a bit of a misnomer as it sounds as if Design and solving design problems is the main theme. It should be renamed "Problem Solving for Architects".
So far I have very little insight into the visual design process.
So far I have very little insight into the visual design process.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't know about the book rates compared to others but ive got THE Bryan Lawson as my architectural theory lectures teacher and he' great so I can only imagine how good this book is!!
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