Affordance based design: A relational theory for design

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-27

  Maier, Jonathan R A ^a   Fadel, Georges M ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordance based design; Affordances; Design theory

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

AFFORDANCE BASED DESIGN; AFFORDANCES; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN THEORY; DESIGN THINKINGS; EXPLANATORY POWER; FUNCTION-BASED APPROACHES; NEW APPROACHES; PERCEPTUAL PSYCHOLOGIES; RELATIONAL THEORIES;

DESIGN;

EID: 61349105272     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-008-0060-3     Document Type: Article

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