Alex Milton – författare

A comprehensive resource into research methods for student and professional product designers.Research Methods for Product Design provides a practical insight into the routine phases of the design process such as observation of people, asking questions, searching for information, making and testing ideas, and ultimately generating solutions to problems.Fully updated for a new generation of designers, this second edition reflects the latest developments in design research and practice. New content covers equality and diversity, sustainable design, data visualisation, social media, artificial intelligence, and design for health and wellbeing.Featuring all-new illustrated case studies including the work of leading designers, updated step-by-step tutorials, and refreshed visual content, the book provides contemporary tools and methods for tackling today's most pressing design challenges.Research Methods for Product Design demonstrates in a clear, highly visual and structured fashion how research methods can support product designers and help them address the very real issues the world currently faces in the 21st century.Reviews of Research Methods for Product Design (First Edition):"The book is part of the mandatory curriculum in my design degree and for good reason. If you want to know how to make better products by researching and understanding peoples needs vs. their wants this is the book to guide you." - Amazon Reviewer"This book is a very good addition to the young designers 'toolkit' and one that I would recommend" - Amazon Reviewer

Research Methods for Product Design provides a practical insight into the routine phases of the design process such as observation of people, asking questions, searching for information, making and testing ideas, and ultimately generating solutions to problems.This second edition has been updated to include new sections on equality and diversity, sustainable design, data visualisation, social media dissemination, AI, and design for good health.The illustrated Case Studies featuring the work of leading designers have all been replaced with new, more recent examples. The step-by-step Tutorials have either been updated or replaced with new information and suggestions for how to address the challenges of today's world.The book's photo selection has also been refreshed to better reflect the greater diversity of the student body.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive, relevant, and visually rich insight into the world of research methods specifically aimed at product designers. It includes practical case studies and tutorials that will inform, inspire, and help you to conduct product design research better.Product designers need a comprehensive understanding of research methods as their day-to-day work routinely involves them observing people, asking questions, searching for information, making and testing ideas, and ultimately generating 'solutions' to 'problems'. Manifest in the design process is the act of research. Huge technological advances in information, computing, and manufacturing processes also offer enormous opportunities to product designers such as the development of "intelligent" products and services, but at the same time raise important research questions that need to be dealt with. Product designers are, in many ways, best placed to address these challenges because of the manner in which they apply their design thinking to problems.