If you have designs for wonderful machines in mind, but aren't sure how
to turn your ideas into real, engineered products that can be
manufactured, marketed, and used, this book is for you. Engineering
professor and veteran maker Tom Ask helps you integrate mechanical
engineering concepts into your creative design process by presenting
them in a rigorous but largely nonmathematical format.
Through mind stories and images, this book provides you with a firm
grounding in material mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and
heat transfer. Students, product and mechanical designers, and inventive
makers will also explore nontechnical topics such as aesthetics,
ethnography, and branding that influence product appeal and user
preference.
- Learn the importance of designing functional products that also appeal
to users in subtle ways
- Explore the role of aesthetics, ethnography, brand management, and
material culture in product design
- Dive into traditional mechanical engineering disciplines related to
the behavior of solids, liquids, and gases
- Understand the human factors of design, such as ergonomics,
kinesiology, anthropometry, and biomimicry
- Get an overview of available mechanical systems and components for
creating your product