
What Designers Know
Bryan Lawson(Author)
Architectural Press
1st Edition
Published on 8. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
140 pages
978-0-7506-6448-6 (ISBN)
Description
Each chapter deals with a different technique from which we can best represent and make explicit the forms of knowledge used by designers. The book explores whether design knowledge is special, and attempts to get to the root of where design knowledge comes from. Crucially, it focuses on how designers use drawings in communicating their ideas and how they 'converse' with them as their designs develop. It also shows how experienced designers use knowledge differently to novices suggesting that design 'expertise' can be developed. Overall, this book builds a layout of the kinds of skill, knowledge and understanding that make up what we call designing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-6448-6 (9780750664486)
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Person
Bryan Lawson is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. He is however both an architect and a psychologist, which has enabled him to study the nature of the design process.
Content
Preface, 1- Uncovering design knowledge, 2- Why might design knowledge be special?3- Sources and types of knowledge, 4- Drawings and types of design knowledge, 5- Manipulating design knowledge embedded in drawings, 6- Exchanging design knowledge with computers Non-verbal communication. 7- Design Conversations, 8- Theoretical and experiential knowledge in design, 9- Expert Knowledge in Design