Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Volume 4, Issue 3 of the International Journal of Design is published online at www.ijdesign.org. All contents are freely available online. You can read, download, or forward these articles to your colleagues. The journal is now indexed in ProQuest Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) and Ergonomics Abstracts. It is included in ProQuest ABI INFORM, EBSCO Computers and Applied Sciences Database, and the Web Archives of The United States Library of Congress. According to Google Scholar, the articles published so far have been cited 300 times, averaging 4.11 per article. The journal statistics for the period up to December, 2010 is summarized at http://www.ijdesign.org/materials/Journal_Statistics.pdf. We sincerely invite you to submit your best work to the International Journal of Design. Please refer to Author Guidelines online at www.ijdesign.org. Best Regards, Lin-Lin Chen Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Design www.ijdesign.org -------------------------------------------------------------- International Journal of Design Vol. 4 (3) December 2010 | Table of Contents Original Articles A Material Strategy: Exploring Material Properties of Computers Anna VallgÄrda , Tomas Sokoler Investigating the Haptic Aspects of Verbalised Product Experiences Jessica Persdotter Dagman , MariAnne Karlsson , Li Wikström Time-Based Strategy and Business Performance under Environmental Uncertainty: An Empirical Study of Design Firms in Taiwan Tung-Jung David Sung , Yi-Ta Lu , Shu-Shiuan Ho User-Material-Product Interrelationships in Attributing Meanings Elvin Karana , Paul Hekkert Information Use in Conceptual Design: Existing Taxonomies and New Approaches Andrew J Wodehouse , William J Ion State-of-the-Art Reviews An Agenda for Research on the Relationships between Industrial Design and Performance Marina Candi , Gerda Gemser Acknowledgement of Reviewers -------------------------------------------------- International Journal of Design www.ijdesign.org