If you're just entering the interior design industry, one of the most important tools you will need to win bids is to write a strong design concept statement. This statement provides prospective ...

Table I. In Pugh analysis, user requirements are weighted by importance (Click to enlarge). Table II. The Pugh matrix uses a weighted system to help engineers evaluate and compare their design ...

Design concepts live in that fascinating space between “what if” and “why not,” where the constraints of manufacturing budgets and market research haven’t yet trimmed away the boldest ideas. While ...

Design methodology emerged in the 1960s as an independent scientific discipline. This chapter looks to the theory of design methodology as a source of inspiration to understand the basic concept of ...

BMW’s design language seems to be moving in the right direction with the unveiling of the Vision Neue Klasse X Concept (a mouthful), which previews the first production Neue Klasse model. It’s the ...

Read the original version in Portuguese here. Created by the American architect Ron Mace in the 1980s, the concept of Universal Design deals with the perception of the projects and environments that ...

In pondering the question of design, we must look past the concept that design strictly inhabits the realm of products and architecture, but rather see it as something far greater. As designer and ...