Design-bites - Illustrated product design booklets by Andrew Taylor

The Design-Bites series of guides contains over 600 pages of practical help and data for Product Designers. Created over several years by retired designer Andrew Taylor FRSA, the guides cover both Industrial Design and Product Design Engineering - in plastics, metals, wood and ceramics - and are presented in an easy-to-read style for students and professional designers alike. Download guides (pdf) from here, or contact us to order the complete set on CD (price 20.00 GBP). We provide licensed copying arrangements for colleges, with generous volume discounts.

• Forming processes, associated design constraints, real product examples.
• Fasteners, adhesives, and melt joining.
• Product finishes, plating, paints & lacquers.
• Applied graphics, labels and logos.
• Conversion tables and miscellaneous data.
• Links to suppliers, design organizations and design resources.
• Relevant American, European, UK and global standards identified and summarised.

• Industrial design and product design engineering.
• Over 600 pages of practical help, guidelines, and hard-to-find design data.
• Contains 250 illustrations and 130 data tables.
• Product design process and methodology.
• Design Directions (Design for X).
• Human factors, anthropometric data. 
• Product Styling, Aesthetics and Color.
• Materials database with international equivalents.