Purpose and function in design: From the socio-cultural to the technophysical

Design Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-186

  Rosenman, M A ^a   Gero, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Design rationale; Design theory; Purpose function behaviour structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000714489     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-694X(97)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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