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On the Origin of Products
In this new work, Arthur O. Eger and Huub Ehlhardt present a 'Theory of Product Evolution'. They challenge the popular notion that we owe the availability of products solely to genius inventors. Instead, they present arguments that show that a process of variation, selection, and accumulation of 'know-how' (to make) and 'know-what' (function to realize) provide an explanation for the emergence of new types of products and their subsequent development into families of advanced versions. This theory employs a product evolution diagram as an analytical framework to reconstruct the development history of a product family and picture it as a graphical narrative. The authors describe the relevant literature and case studies to place their theory in context. The 'Product Phases Theory' is used to create predictions on the most likely next step in the evolution of a product, offering practical tools for those involved in new product development.
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On the Origin of Products
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An Introduction to Evolutionary Product Development
The concept of product phases is related to the economic (or marketing) product life cycle (m-plc) - both consist of six phases. Introducing product phases opens up the possibility of analyzing the relationships between the different fields of industrial design: ergonomics, marketing, construction, and styling. The styling of a product can be analyzed in relation to its (primary and secondary) functionality, its ergonomic qualities, its production technology, and the marketing techniques that are used to sell the product. This book proposes six qualitative product phases - performance, optimization, itemization, segmentation, individualization, and awareness - that are complementary to the (essentially quantitative) phases of the product life cycle. Placed in chronological order, a more-or-less general pattern reveals itself, enabling the possibility of explaining and predicting a product's development. Each product phase can be described in product characteristic terms which apply to the product itself to: its market, its production technology, the services that accompany the product, and the ethical aspects of the product in question.
Design and Emotion
There is considerable interest in and growing recognition of the emotional domain in product development. The relationship between the user and the product is paramount in industry, which has led to major research investments in this area. Traditional ergonomic approaches to design have concentrated on the user's physical and cognitive abil
Manufacturing and Design
Manufacturing and Design presents a fresh view on the world of industrial production: thinking in terms of both abstraction levels and trade-offs. The book invites its readers to distinguish between what is possible in principle for a certain process (as determined by physical law); what is possible in practice (the production method as determined by industrial state-of-the-art); and what is possible for a certain supplier (as determined by its production equipment). Specific processes considered here include metal forging, extrusion, and casting; plastic injection molding and thermoforming; additive manufacturing; joining; recycling; and more. By tackling the field of manufacturing processe...
The Evolution of Technology
This book presents an evolutionary theory of technological change based upon recent scholarship in the history of technology and upon relevant material drawn from economic history and anthropology. It challenges the popular notion that technology advances by the efforts of a few heroic individuals who produce a series of revolutionary inventions owing little or nothing to the technological past. Therefore, the book's argument is shaped by analogies taken selectively from the theory of organic evolution, and not from the theory and practice of political revolution. Three themes appear, and reappear with variations, throughout the study. The first is diversity: an acknowledgment of the vast nu...
