TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF AESTHETIC PRODUCT FORM

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 113-120

  Smyth, Stephen N ^a   Wallace, David R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

aesthetics; Conceptual design; form synthesis; geometric modeling; industrial design; product design; styling

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BRAND IDENTITY; ESTHETIC; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FORM SYNTHESIS; GEOMETRIC MODELS; PRODUCT FORMS; PRODUCT GEOMETRY; STYLING; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; SYSTEM USE;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

EID: 84862592468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/DTM-14554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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