"本书作者布鲁克斯通过自己丰富的职业经历，为读者介绍了应该如何应对现代工作所特有的设计挑战。本书从一个工程师的角度来思考，既注重效用和效果，也注重效率和雅致。本书的目的是为了督促设计者和设计项目的管理者去认真思考设计的过程，特别是复杂系统的设计过程。本书内容分为六个部分：第一部分描述了设计模型；第二部分描述了如何在设计过程中协作与远程协作；第三部分从不同的设计视角考虑问题；第四部分通过一个房屋设计系统展现了设计的全过程；第五部分着眼于优秀的设计师；第六部分介绍了7个案例，对前文的理论进行总结。本书的目标读者人群为各领域的设计者、设计项目的管理者、设计领域的研究人员。
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Contents
Part I   Models of Designing 1
Chapter 1  The Design Question3
Chapter 2  How Engineers Think of Design—
    The Rational Model13
Chapter 3  What’s Wrong with This Model 21
Chapter 4  Requirements, Sin, and Contracts37
Chapter 5  What Are Better Design Process Models 47
Part II  Collaboration and Telecollaboration57
Chapter 6  Collaboration in Design59
Chapter 7  Telecollaboration 83
Part III  Design Perspectives 95
Chapter 8  Rationalism versus Empiricism in Design97
Chapter 9  User Models—Better Wrong than Vague105
Chapter 10  Inches, Ounces, Bits, Dollars—
     The Budgeted Resource111
Chapter 11  Constraints Are Friends119
Chapter 12  Esthetics and Style in Technical Design131
Chapter 13  Exemplars in Design145
Chapter 14  How Expert Designers Go Wrong159
Chapter 15  The Divorce of Design167
Chapter 16  Representing Designs’ Trajectories
     and Rationales175
Part IV A Computer Scientist’s Dream System for Designing Houses 191
Chapter 17  A Computer Scientist’s Dream System
     for Designing Houses—Mind to Machine193
Chapter 18  A Computer Scientist’s Dream System
     for Designing Houses—Machine to Mind209
Part V Great Designers217
Chapter 19  Great Designs Come from Great Designers219
Chapter 20  Where Do Great Designers Come From 231
Part VI Trips through Design Spaces: Case Studies245
Chapter 21  Case Study: Beach House “View/360”247
Chapter 22  Case Study: House Wing Addition265
Chapter 23  Case Study: Kitchen Remodeling283
Chapter 24  Case Study: System/360 Architecture299
Chapter 25  Case Study: IBM Operating System/360 317
Chapter 26  Case Study: Book Design of Computer
     Architecture: Concepts and Evolution333
Chapter 27  Case Study: A Joint Computer Center Organization:
     Triangle Universities Computation Center341
Chapter 28  Recommended Reading353
Acknowledgments357
Bibliography361
People Index381
Subject Index389