New Progress Concerning Research of Product Design Theory and Methods

Abstract

The product design theory and methods based on “the Scientific Outlook on Development” have been set up by our group in recent 10 years, The new progress concerning Research of product design theory and methods include: 1) QCTES was instead of IQCTES including six requirements of product design; 2) traditional design stages were replaced with four new stages including investigation, planning, implement and inspection; 3) green design was replaced with harmonious design; 4) traditional design method was replaced with deep-layer design method; 5) concept and connotation of product top-layer design were proposed; 6) more detailed contents of product synthesis design method were advanced. We got good effects to apply above product design methodology on many product designs recent years.