Designing with information and empathy: Delivering human information to designers

Design Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-206

  McGinley, Chris ^a   Dong, Hua ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Empathy; Human information; Resources; Tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960387094     PISSN: 14606925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175630611X12984592780005     Document Type: Article

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