As it happens, a good friend & colleague delivered a copy that very book by
Archer to me. Unfortunately, I got it about 2 weeks after the conference
for which that paper of mine was written. Murphy strikes again.
Still, the book is high up in my to-read pile.
Thanks!
Cheers.
Fil
2009/10/19 Evans, Martyn <[log in to unmask]>
> Dear Fil
>
> Your post brought something to my mind. I was recently rooting through a
> book shop in Hay-on-Wye (famous for its Literary festival and numerous
> bookshops) and came across Bruce Archer's 'Design Awareness and Planned
> Creativity in Industry' published in 1974. It is a 'sequel to a series of
> design lectures and discussion seminars organised by the Canadian Office of
> Design and Electrohome Limited during 1973'. It was published jointly by the
> Office of Design, Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce, Ottawa, and
> the Design Council of Great Britain.
>
> While the lectures and discussions occurred in a Canadian context, it's
> obvious that their subject is of broader interest - both then and today. The
> Forward notes that 'The central themes of the conferences - Design - needs
> to be defined in broad terms in order that the lectures of Professor Archer
> and the comments of the panel speakers may be related thereto'. As will much
> of Archer's work, it is as relevant today as it was when it was delivered.
>
> As with your paper, Archer's lectures considers the nature of design (and
> design research)
> and how it can be of benefit in Canada (and the rest of us).
>
> The moral of my tale... For £2 you can always find a gem in a bookshop, if
> you're prepared to look hard enough.
>
> Best
>
> M
>
> Martyn Evans
> Director - MA Design: Management and Policy
> Lancaster University
> T: +44 (0)1524 593435
> W: www.imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/people/martyn_evans/
>
>
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Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ryerson University
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