The Industrial Design Reference & Specification Book Everything Industrial Designers Need to Know Every Day

To make designs that work and endure (and are also legal), designers need to know-or be able to find-an endless number of details. Whether it's what kind of glue needs to be used on a certain surface, metric equivalents, thread sizes, or how to apply for a patent, these details are essential and must be readily available so designers can create successful products efficiently. Industrial Design: An Indispensable Guideprovides designers with a comprehensive handbook they can turn to over and over again. These pages are filled with information that is essential to successful product design, including information on measurement conversions, trademark and copyright standards, patents and product-related intellectual property rights/standards, setting up files for prototyping and production runs, and manufacturing and packaging options to optimize the design. It is an essential resource for any industrial or product designer.

Dan Cuffaro is a professor of industrial design and the chair of industrial design at The Cleveland Institute of Art. Prior to that, he worked as design director for a design firm where his clients included Compaq, Polaroid, Symbol Technologies, Tupperware, Lego, Black & Decker, DeWalt, and Sunbeam.

Isaac Zaksenberg is an Adjunct Professor in the Robert Busch School of Design at Kean University in Union, NJ.

INTRODUCTION
10 CHAPTER 1:DESIGN IN THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS
10 Overview
13 The Business of Marketing Design
15 Strategy
16 Competitive Forces
18 Brand Basics
20 Basic Brand Concepts
21 Conclusion
22 CHAPTER 2: PROCESS
22 Overview
24 Macro Process
24 Planning
28 Conclusion
30 CHAPTER 3: MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
30 Overview
32 Plastics Overview
32 Tooling
36 Forming (Plastic)
46 Finishing (Plastic)
51 Joining (Plastic)
53 Metals Overview
54 Forming (Metal)
58 Finishing (Metal)
59 Joining (Metal)
67 Ceramic Overview
71 Glass Processes
73 Rapid Prototyping
78 CHAPTER 4: MATERIAL SELECTION
78 Overview
80 Glossary of Materials
88 CHAPTER 5: ELECTRONICS
88 Overview
95 Power Distribution and Safety
104 CHAPTER 6: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTy
104 Overview
106 Types of IP Protection
112 Preparing Your Design for Patent Application
114 Patent Resources
116 CHAPTER 7: ERGONOMICS
116 Overview
118 Percentiles and Anthropometrics
122 Static and Dynamic Measurements
128 Link Event Analysis
132 Safety and Human Error
134 Safety Legislation
138 Child Development
147 Text, Graphics, and Symbols
151 Seating
154 Ingress and Egress (Enter and Exit)
155 Computer Workstations
162 Hand Tools and Devices
169 Ergonomics and Anthropometrics Web Resources
170 CHAPTER 8: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
170 Overview
174 Sustainable Design Strategy
175 Resources
176 CHAPTER 9: DESIGN DOCUMENTATION
176 Overview
178 Orthographic Drawings
181 Layout
193 Dimensioning
208 Calculating Volume
212 CHAPTER 10: GRAPHICS AND TyPE
212 Overview
214 Typographic Terms
220 CHAPTER 11: MEASUREMENTS AND CONvERSIONS
220 Overview
222 Weight
222 Length
223 Capacity
224 Area
225 Volume
225 Metric System (Overview)
226 Standard Inch Fractions to Decimal Conversion
227 Type Conversions
248 GLOSSARy
264 RECOMMENDED READING
266 INDEx
270 ABOUT THE AUTHORS &
ACKNOwLEDGMENTS