Bryan Lawson: 5 books

Book cover of How Designers Think
by Bryan Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2005

How Designers Think is based on Bryan Lawson's many observations of designers at work, interviews with designers and their clients and collaborators. This extended work is the culmination of forty years' research and shows the belief that we all can, and do, design, and that we can learn to design...
Book cover of Design Expertise
by Bryan Lawson, Kees Dorst
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013

Design Expertise explores what it takes to become an expert designer.It examines the perception of expertise in design and asks what knowledge, skills, attributes and experiences are necessary in order to design well. Bryan Lawson and Kees Dorst develop a new model of design expertise and show how...
Book cover of Language of Space
by Bryan Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007

This unique guide provides a systematic overview of the idea of architectural space. Bryan Lawson provides an ideal introduction to the topic, breaking down the complex and abstract terms used by many design theoreticians when writing about architectural space. Instead, our everyday knowledge...
Book cover of The Design Student's Journey

The Design Student's Journey

understanding How Designers Think

by Bryan Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018

Being a professional designer is one of the most intellectually rewarding careers. Learning to become a designer can be tremendous fun but it can also be frustrating and at times painful. What you have to do to become a designer is not often clearly laid out and can seem mysterious. Over the past...
Book cover of What Designers Know
by Bryan Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012

Each chapter deals with a different technique from which we can best represent and make explicit the forms of knowledge used by designers. The book explores whether design knowledge is special, and attempts to get to the root of where design knowledge comes from. Crucially, it focuses on how designers...
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