東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

Discovering products in contemporary...

DiSalvo, Carl.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Discovering products in contemporary robotics: Toward a theory of product in design.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Discovering products in contemporary robotics: Toward a theory of product in design./
Author:	DiSalvo, Carl.
Description:	202 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: A, page: 2793.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-08A.
Subject:	Design and Decorative Arts. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3227990
ISBN:	9780542812880

Discovering products in contemporary robotics: Toward a theory of product in design.
DiSalvo, Carl.

Discovering products in contemporary robotics: Toward a theory of product in design. - 202 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: A, page: 2793.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carnegie Mellon University, 2006.

Throughout the many fields and definitions of design products remain central because products are what designers create. But despite the fact that products are central to the practice and study of design, we lack substantive theories of products: coherent and comprehensive sets of principles to address and order products from the perspective of design. Put most simply we could ask, "What are we talking about when we talk about products?" The aim of this dissertation is to contribute toward a theory of product that allows designers and those who study design to better characterize the varied nature of contemporary products, in order to produce more insightful and exacting descriptions, analyses, and critiques of contemporary products and of the practice of design.

ISBN: 9780542812880Subjects--Topical Terms:

1024640
Design and Decorative Arts.

Discovering products in contemporary robotics: Toward a theory of product in design.
LDR:03195nmm 2200301 4500 001 1832385
005 20070625074205.5
008 130610s2006 eng d
020 $a 9780542812880
035 $a (UnM)AAI3227990
035 $a AAI3227990
040 $a UnM $c UnM
100 1 $a DiSalvo, Carl. $3 1921113
245 1 0 $a Discovering products in contemporary robotics: Toward a theory of product in design.
300 $a 202 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: A, page: 2793.
500 $a Advisers: Richard Buchanan; Jodi Forlizzi.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carnegie Mellon University, 2006.
520 $a Throughout the many fields and definitions of design products remain central because products are what designers create. But despite the fact that products are central to the practice and study of design, we lack substantive theories of products: coherent and comprehensive sets of principles to address and order products from the perspective of design. Put most simply we could ask, "What are we talking about when we talk about products?" The aim of this dissertation is to contribute toward a theory of product that allows designers and those who study design to better characterize the varied nature of contemporary products, in order to produce more insightful and exacting descriptions, analyses, and critiques of contemporary products and of the practice of design.
520 $a I begin the dissertation by introducing a set of dimensions common to all products: expression, material, form, and function. I argue that it is along these dimensions that products are brought to serve common purposes and enable, engender, and thwart different experiences. But the dimensions of the product are rarely, if ever, in balance with one another, resulting in different kinds of products. These product kinds may be characterized by the distributions of significance and influence across the dimensions and the skew of the relationships between them. In addition, each kind of product has the effect of configuring different agencies between the designer, the product, and the public. I propose four kinds of products ordered along the dimensions of expression, material, form, and function. These are: the authored product, the embodied product, the idealized product, and the performative product.
520 $a I proceed to examine each kind of product and its attendant agencies through the lens of contemporary robotics. I investigate a diversity of robotic products including SIG, PINO, and Posy designed by Tatsuya Matsui, the iRobot Roomba, NASA projects in human-robot interaction, the NEC PaPeRo, and MapMover, a robotic installation I collaboratively designed. I conclude the dissertation by revisiting the question "What are we talking about when we talk about products?" and examine the importance of the product to the practice of design.
590 $a School code: 0041.
650 4 $a Design and Decorative Arts. $3 1024640
690 $a 0389
710 2 0 $a Carnegie Mellon University. $3 1018096
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 67-08A.
790 1 0 $a Buchanan, Richard, $e advisor
790 1 0 $a Forlizzi, Jodi, $e advisor
790 $a 0041
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2006
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3227990