C. Thomas Mitchell

User-Responsive Design

Reducing the Risk of Failure

An indispensable manual for helping architects and designers better understand, anticipate, and respond to user needs.

This comprehensive guide is the first to show architects and designers in detail how to successfully incorporate user needs into their projects. Filled with real-world examples and tested approaches, the book reveals how to assess user requirements and ensure that all functional demands are satisfied during the design process and once the design is complete. 66 b/w illustrations.

C. Thomas Mitchell is associate professor in the interior design program at Indiana University and the author of Living Design: The Daoist Way of Building.

September 2002 / hardcover / ISBN 0-393-73105-7 / 7" x 9" / 224 pages / Architecture