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Design: creation of artifacts in society

This book on design is provided by Karl T. Ulrich – Vice Dean of Innovation at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

The site contains the book chapters as pdf files as they are completed and revised and are divided into the following 7 chapters.

Table of contents:

[1] Introduction to Design
[2] Exploration
[3] Users, Experts, and Institutions
[4] The Architecture of Artifacts
[5] Aesthetics in Design
[6] Variety
[7] Problem Solving and Design

Link: http://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/~ulrich/designbook.html
Author: Karl T. Ulrich
Publication Date: 2007
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/
Rights: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 License.

Topic: Design processes, Principles of design.

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