maintenance performance of offsite and in situ bathrooms for student accommodation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper … areas. The main causes of the problems included inappropriate design; poor build workmanship, lack of quality of component … can only be achieved through better design for maintenance with clients' aspiration embodied. The findings should assist …

groups and some interviews with a questionnaire to set context. The research draws on previous cultural, marketing and design … literature and current affairs and follows an inclusive design framework. The results successfully narrowed the research on a … the experiences of health services staff of providing care to EMCs to determine whether and how design may play a role in …

?Design representation is a crucial part of all design activity. Representations provide a vehicle through which design … ideas and decisions are explored, communicated and recorded. Since representation is so fundamental to design, it follows … that a deep understanding of the nature and use of representation has the potential to improve current design practice …

end of service life. In line with the industry environment, and in providing creative solutions to design problems …, product design students are encouraged to take account of the market, technical, functional, visual, and humanistic aspects of … design as well as exploring the possibility of making their designs sustainable. Consideration of factors including waste …

This paper provides an overview of research at the inception stage of a PhD design research project. It describes an … underpinning to the project and the general context for the pilot study. The pilot study seeks to establish what role design might … emotional responses to a product within a fixed time period; and what general and specific aspects of the design influenced …

, and much has been written about the use of industrial or ‘live’ briefs for undergraduate projects within design and … to become involved with a higher education design project have a significant impact on that project. Thus, this paper …

This master's thesis is a reevaluation of the dominant product design methodology. Designing products is not just a …. By separating design methodology into three sub-categories (brand, social need, culture), a more user-focused and … personalized approach can be used to determine what makes a design successful. Rather than looking at success within product design …

business environment. At the same time, breakdowns in supply chains, frequently referred to as supply chain disruptions, are …

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2009. Major: Design, Housing and Apparel. Advisor: Kim K.P. Johnson, Ph …