Engineering Field : Design And Management

There are 25 major specialties in engineering that are recognized by professional societies. In any one of those 25 specialties, the goal of the engineer is the same. The goal is to be able to come up with a cost effective design that aids people in the tasks they face each day. Whether it be the coffee machine in the morning or the roads and highways we travel, or even the cars we travel in, it was all an idea that started with an engineer. Someone engineered each idea to make it the best solution to a problem. Even though engineer 's goals are similar, there are many different things that engineers do within their selected field of engineering. This paper will focus on the architectural field of engineering.

The boundaries and scope of design have broaden massively and the limits blur amongst the different endeavours and practices.

Alice Rawsthorn starts her Ted lecture with a statement that design has different meaning at different times. However, the all Inspiring designs have something common: they were created by dreamers: people who have big dreams and rebels the conventions. As a proof to her statement, Rawsthorn brings examples from the human history. The first example is about Ying Zheng who designed the all fighting tools in identical way. This case emphasizes the importance of design tools as a response to unique needs as war: defense/attack. Moreover, he gave solution of necessity of maintain product consistency in order to keep the maintenance and

In 1988 Australian design theorist and philosopher Tony Fry published his book Design History Australia. In this book Fry provides a contemporary perspective of design and its history. The book covers a wide variety of topics related to design history that are focused on the field of industrial design. Design History Australia provides reasons as to why a history of Australian design is important as well as giving a critical analysis of texts written on this topic. Fry also highlights the importance of designers having knowledge of design theory and he suggests a method of design study that he deems appropriate for Australia. In his final chapter Fry applies this method to three case studies: The Great White Train, MacRobertson’s Ltd and Australia’s

All engineering companies are different in the procedure they use when designing a new product. However, some basic steps should always apply to ensure a successful outcome.

On the other hand, Buchanan sees design as a general theory of design, unsettled yet a field of discipline. Furthermore, “it has got no special key problems of its own “Rethinking design thinking Kimbell.L. (2011)

In this report I am going to be talking about sustainability in Design, and how the life cycle considerations determine the focus for design interventions and explain relationships between lifecycle deign, innovation and sustainability.

Today, people can feel the changes that have happened to the design, and how the design is different from what we used to know. The design is not merely about how the product looks, but also it is about how the product works. The success of the design process depends on new and creative ways of thinking. In her article " ZIBA Design and the FedEx Project," Maggie Breslin describes the changes in thinking and working ways that being done by ZIBA design, which is a product design company that provides consulting about design and innovation. The article relies on the FedEx project as a case study on ZIBA design to illustrate the idea that design process might shift. The change in the design process periodically focuses on three major subjects:

This case study came from the Case Study Research and Development Program at the Design Management Institute’s Center for Research. The Center conducts research and develops educational materials on the role of design and design management in business success. Case studies, the Design Management Journal, reprints from the Journal, and other educational materials are available from the Design Management Institute Press. Design Management Institute Press The Design Management Institute 29 Temple Place, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02111-1350 USA Phone: 617-338-6380 Fax: 617-338-6570 Email: dmistaff@dmi.org Web site: www.dmi.org Harvard Business School

A design process is more experimental rather than technical, the insights that are reflected in the journey of design or research leads to transformations in the behavior of the practitioner. The possibility of outcome can be influenced either in positive or negative ways as it generally develops from the current issues in the society. This affects the whole process and choices a designer make, it can be related in terms of cultural, economical, global, political or environmental issues they can be considered as the contemporary influence.

Hemmis, Pat in Introduction to Design thinking [PDF Document]. Retrieved from Lecture Notes Online Web Site: https://ay13.moodle.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=4023

In the 1960s, the ecological movement in the United States drew attention to large environmental issues such as high levels of pollution and the depletion of the world’s resources. Designers were pressed to find a greater range of implications of their actions in terms of societies in the future. This concept later lead to an upsurge of ‘Green Design’ and eco design due to an increased interest from businesses and consumers. ‘Green Design’ aims at environmental issues as recycling, energy efficiency or design for durability. Eco design takes a product’s life cycle into account, from material extraction through to its eventual disposal; along side this, designers should attempt to link environmental issues with the social and economic factors related to quality of life, this is also know as ‘Sustainable Design’.

Since the 20th century, there has been an increasing number of people beginning to pay more attention to environmental issues from global climate change to local waste disposal problems. There are many reasons that have caused the environment pollution. Graedel and Howard-Greenville (2005) give one of the reasons that in the process of traditional producing, the environmental pollution can not be avoided. In order to deal with this issue, eco-design as a new concept is proposed by people. The definition of eco-design given by Wrisberg et al.(2012) is that the designing of a product is based on a science to reduce the impact on environment. Therefore, Pigosso (2013) claims that eco-design is very important in industry and companies will be provided support and guidance. But, Moultrie et al.(2015a) state that the cost as a barrier is the most prominent difficulty when eco-products are designed. However, the rest of the paper will argue that there are many obvious benefits for eco-design such as less pollution, sustainable development and increased profits. In the following, this paper is going to analyse this issue in terms of environment, firms and individuals.

The Classical theories focus on designing “the one best way”- the universal design. Take in account the well known theory

The next step after reaching the maximum potential is to concentrate on design as the survey by Brenda Reichelderfer substantiates that design influences more than 70% of the