Exploration through drawings in the conceptual stage of product design

Design Computing and Cognition '06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 83-102

  Prats, Miquel ^a   Earl, Chris F ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; LOGICAL PATHS; PRODUCT DESIGNERS; TASK SPECIFICATIONS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 77957334205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5131-9_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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