TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roy,Robin
TI  - Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design: The Evolution and Impacts of Successful Products
SN  - 9780415869973 (hb : alk. paper)
AV  - TS171 .R687 2016
U1  - 658.575 23
PY  - 2015///
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Product design
KW  - Sustainable design
KW  - New products
KW  - Technological innovations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: patterns of innovation -- Washing machines -- Lamps and lighting -- Television -- Vacuum cleaners -- Mobile phones -- Lessons for product developers and innovators
N2  - Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design follows the innovation and evolution of consumer products from vacuum cleaners to mobile phones from their original inventions to the present day. It discusses how environmental concerns and legislation have influenced their design and the profound effects these products have had on society and culture. This book also uses the lessons from the successes and failures of examples of these consumer products to draw out practical guidelines for designers, engineers, marketers and managers on how to become more effective at product development, innovation and designing for environmental sustainability
ER  -