Abstract
By examining a few case studies dealing with the process of designing various very common devices, I shall try and analyse how the results of science, and/or the use of a scientific method, have affected the design process. The choice of historical and contemporary cases is clearly enormous. I chose to study one device designed by several designers and several devices designed by one designer. In the first part I follow the evolution over the centuries in the design of the lock, a very ancient and common device. In the second part I shall consider a few widely used devices which were conceived and designed by Henri Chretien, a 20th century French astronomer and inventor. From these historical and contemporary case studies, I shall try to draw some conclusions about the clear but intricate interaction between science and the process of design.
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