Delft Design Guide

The Delft Design Guide presents an overview of product design approaches and methods used in the Bachelor and Master curriculum at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Product design at this faculty is regarded as a systematic and structured activity, purposeful and goaloriented. Due to its complexity, designing requires a structured and systematic approach, as well as moments of heightened creativity. In this guide, you will find strategies, techniques and methods that are taught at the TU Delft. Some are unique to the university, but most are commonly known and widely used. The methods and techniques are each described in a practical one-page text, illustrated for further clarification and enriched with further reading suggestions. Design students can use the book as a reference manual in their design projects, managing their personal development in becoming a designer. Design tutors can use it as a reference manual to support students in their learning process. Design professionals can use the guide as a reference manual to support their design processes