DIY design

Developing a toolkit for the layman designer

Master thesis (2014)

Authors

Contributors

J.W. Hoftijzer (mentor)
Department
Design Conceptualization and Communication (IDE) (TU Delft)
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Design Tool DIY Do-It-Yourself
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Published Date

29-08-2014

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Design Conceptualization and Communication

Abstract

This report describes the analysis of design as a profession as opposed to the do-it-yourself practice, and builds upon the results to develop a DIY toolkit that incorporates many design activities and methods found in the professional product design world. this was done by way of a pre-design, in which a small product was first designed. the design process and parameters were analyzed to construct a design space, and method, available to the layman designer and complemented where necessay.