00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862137807 Buklod 20230619090610.0 g||| | || || ta 181211s2012 nyu rb |||1 u|eng d 9780071782401 (hardback) 0071782400 (hardback) (iLib)UPBAG-00032369649 DLC BAG rda eng HF 5415.157 A33 2012 Adams, James L. author. Good products, bad products essential elements to achieving superior quality James L. Adams. New York McGraw-Hill [2012] xiv, 255 pages 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index. The Nature of Craftsmanship -- Some Suggestions -- chapter 6 Products, Emotions, and Needs: Love, Hate, or Blah? -- How Emotions Play a Role -- The Complexity of Human Emotions -- Diversity in Emotional Responses -- The Mechanisms of Emotion -- Human Needs -- Needs and Emotions -- Need Finding -- chapter 7 Aesthetics, Elegance, and Sophistication: Wisdom Through Experience -- Aesthetics and Industrial Products -- A Bit of Background on Industrial Design -- Elegance and Sophistication -- Product Form and Function -- Some Concerns on Today's Aesthetics -- chapter 8 Symbolism and Cultural Values: Who Are We? -- Products, Symbolism, and Cultures -- Products and National Cultures -- Products and Subcultures -- Globalism and Cultures -- chapter 9 Global Constraints: Does the Product Fit a Finite Earth and its Inhabitants? -- Big Problems -- The Role of Industrially Produced Products -- Why These Problems? -- Response to Change -- Revolutionary Approaches -- The Iceberg -- Regulations and Laws. Now What? -- chapter 10 Conclusion: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go? Discussion of all the elements that go into producing superior products. Maximize your product's performance and minimize the cost - appeal to your customer's emotions with elegance and sophistications - make sure your product is a perfect fit that's human, cultural, and global. Quality of products. Manufacturing industries Quality control. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HF 5415.157 A33 2012 Book