Hello Mustafa I’m not sure if it is quite what you’re looking for, but you could try: Universal Principles of Design<http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Principles-Design-Revised-Updated/dp/1592535879>, Second Edition by by William Lidwell et al Best Katherine Hepworth On Mar 24, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Mustafa Umut Sarac <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hello there, I am an archaeologist and my hobby is design. I read a MIT books 20 or 25 years ago on American Design History. It was telling about design rules in america as a preparation to Nuclear War . I remember it was saying there were strenght , product life , use and ergononomy rules for everything. For example if you produce a bottle opener , it might work for 1 million bottles , it might be produced x steel , y thickness It opens a whole spectrum of these era military tank like designs. Where can I find these rules ? Thank you, Mustafa Umut Sarac Istanbul ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------