As a management challenge, technology is a facet of both the process and the content of design. As part of the process, the contributors in this volume address such issues as 3-D software and modeling trends, criteria for selecting high-tech design tools, and the successful integration of those tools into the development cycle. As part of the content, authors share insights on what it takes to create winning high-tech products and the role of design in shaping and adding meaning to those products. Comments and some fascinating speculation on the nature of high-tech environments round out the discussion.

Articles

Creative Intersections: Where Design and Technology Meet 

Thomas Walton

A Critical Role for Design Technology
Charles L. Owen

Strategies for Design Significance at Non-Consumer Product Companies
James Shook

Switching the Buyer to Buying Mode: How New Technology Is Revolutionizing Product Design
John T. Houlihan

Where Meanings Escape Functions
Klaus Krippendorff and Reinhart Butter

Technology and the Contemporary Design Firm: Reflections on Time, Space, Tools, and the Mind's Best Work
Duncan B. Sutherland, Jr.

Intelligent Design
Robin Baker

Bridging the Gaps: 3D CAD Tools Keep Design and Information Flowing
Jack Harkins

 

Getting the Right Products to Market: A Study of Product Definition in the Electronics Industry

Sara L. Beckman and David Mowery

Architecture and Technology
Wilbur “Tib” Tusler and Jenifer Altenhoff

 

CAID Evaluation, Purchase, and Implementation Primer

Bradley S. Kell

Technology in Graphic Design: A Survey of the Changing Tasks and Environment of Graphic Design
Lorraine Justice