What makes a product successful? How it looks? The way it functions? Its ease of use? Or do factors like price and marketing dominate? In a quest to find answers to these questions, Deconstructing Product Design engages readers in a process of critically analyzing a diverse collection of 100 innovative products, from well-known classics to contemporary objects of desire. New in paperback, this books aims to support critical thinking about design, facilitate discovery of patterns of success (and failure) across products, and enable designers to apply lessons learned to their own design work. Experts from multiples design disciplines contribute commentary, including: —Robert Blaich, industrial design —Jill Butler, graphic design —Alan Cooper, technology design —Brock Danner, architecture —Kimberly Elam, graphic design —Donald Emmite, design history —Larimie Garcia, graphic arts —Scott Henderson, product design —Kritina Holden, human factors —Robert Kingslyn, graphic design —Jon Kolko, interaction design —Lyle Sandler, experience design Continue the deconstruction at http://www.deconstructingproductdesign.com.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 9093 Kettle Absolut Vodka Bottle Aeron Chair AIBO ERS-110 AJ Cutlery Angled Measuring Cup Ball Clock Ball Vacuum Cleaner BeoCom 2 Phone Bratz Doll Bubble Lamp Cabbage Patch Kids Cameleon Stroller Cifra 3 Clock City Hall Clock ClearRx Pill Bottle Coca-Cola “Contour” Bottle Coldspot Refrigerator Crescent Adjustable Wrench Cristal Ballpoint Pen Crocs Shoes Diamond Chair Dish Soap Bottle Dixon Ticonderoga Pencil Egg Bird Feeder Forehead Thermometer FuBar Functional Utility Bar Garbino Trash Can Glock 17 Pistol Good Grips Peeler HomeHero Kitchen Fire Extinguisher Hug Salt and Pepper Shakers HurriQuake Nail iBOT Mobility System il Conico Kettle IN-50 Coffee Table iPhone iPod 5G Jaipur Foot Jawbone Wireless Headset Jelly Fish Watch GK 100 Joystick CX40 Juicy Salif Kryptonite-4 Bicycle Lock LC4 Chaise Longue LCW Chair LED Watch PH-1055 Lil’ Pup Dog Bowl Lounge Chair and Ottoman Macintosh Maglite Flashlight Model 302-F1 Telephone Moka Express MoneyMaker Pump Mouse M0100 Museum Watch Natural Nurser Baby Bottle No. 5 Flacon Officer’s Knife O-Series Scissors PalmPilot Pencil Sharpener Phonosuper SK 4 Pleo Pocket Survival Tool POM Wonderful Bottle Post-It Note Pot-in-Pot Cooler Power Mac G4 Cube Q-Drum RAZR V3 Phone Remote Control — Series 1 Roomba Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Round Thermostat Rubik’s Cube Safety Razor Segway i2 Selectric Typewriter Silent Cello SVC-200 Sixtant Electric Shaver Soda King Siphon Sonicare Toothbrush Stand Mixer StarTAC Mobile Phone SX-70 Camera THUMP 2 Sunglasses Titanium Series Padlock Tizio Table Lamp TMX Tickle Me Elmo TOUCH! Tableware Transistor Radio TR-610 Tykho AM/FM Radio Variable Balans Stool Vespa 150 GS Walkman TPS-L2 Wiggle Chair Wii XO-1 Laptop Zippo Cigarette Lighter ZX81 Contributors References Index Acknowledgments Credits About the Authors