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    Consumer product innovation and sustainable design : the evolution and impacts of successful products / Robin Roy.

    By: Roy, Robin [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xix, 191 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415869973; 0415869978; 9780415869980; 0415869986Subject(s): Product design | Sustainable design | New products | Technological innovations | New products | Product design | Sustainable design | Technological innovationsDDC classification: 658.5/75 LOC classification: TS171 | .R687 2016
    Contents:
    Introduction: patterns of innovation -- Washing machines -- Lamps and lighting -- Television -- Vacuum cleaners -- Mobile phones -- Lessons for product developers and innovators.
    Summary: "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."--Publisher.
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    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.

    "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."--Publisher.

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