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Nigel Cross: Publications
Some of the publications listed below are publicly available through Open Research Online.
Books
Cross, N Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work, Berg, Oxford, 2011. ISBN 9781847886361
McDonnell, J and Lloyd, P, with Reid, F, Luck, R and Cross, N (eds.) About: Designing - Analysing Design Meetings, Taylor & Francis: CRC Press, London, 2009. ISBN: 978 0 415 44058 5
Cross, N Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design (fourth edition), John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 2008. ISBN: 978 0 470 51926 4
(Japanese edition by Baifukan, Tokyo, 2008.)
Cross, N Designerly Ways of Knowing Birkhäuser, Basel, Switzerland, 2007. ISBN 978 3 7643 8484 5
Cross, N Designerly Ways of Knowing Springer, London, 2006. ISBN 1 84628 300 0; paperback ISBN 978 1 84996 573 6
Cross, N Desenhante: Pensador do Desenho (Selection of papers in Portuguese), sCHDs Editora, Santa Maria, RGS, Brazil, 2004. ISBN 85 88961 11 3
Cross, N and Edmonds, E (eds.) Expertise in Design Creativity and Cognition Press, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 2003. ISBN 0 9751533 0 7
Cross, N, Christiaans, H and Dorst, K (eds.) Analysing Design Activity John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1996. ISBN 0 471 96060 8
de Vries, M, Cross, N and Grant, D (eds.) Design Methodology and Relationships with Science Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, 1993.
Cross, N, Dorst, K and Roozenburg, N (eds.) Research in Design Thinking Delft University Press, Delft, 1992. ISBN 90 6275 796 0
Cross, N Engineering Design Methods, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1989. ISBN 0 471 92215 3
Korean edition by Mijin, Seoul, 1993. ISBN 89 408 0132 6
Spanish edition: Métodos de Diseño Noriega Editores, Balderas, Mexico, 1999. ISBN 968 18 5302 4
Cross, N (ed.) Developments in Design Methodology John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1984. ISBN 0 471 10248 2
Cross, N The Automated Architect: human and machine roles in design Pion Ltd., London, 1977. ISBN 0 85086 057 1
Italian edition: L'Architetto Automatizzato Liguori Editore, Napoli, 1985. ISBN 88 207 1171 0
Cross, N (ed.) Design Participation Academy Editions, London, 1972.
Book Chapters
Cross, N 'Understanding Design Thinking' in L. Guerrini (ed.) Notes on Doctoral Research in Design, FrancoAngeli, Milano, Italy, 2010, pp. 19-38. ISBN 978 88 568 3513 7
Cross, N 'From a Design Science to a Design Discipline: Understanding designerly ways of knowing and thinking' in R. Michel (ed.) Design Research Now, Birkhauser, Basel, Switzerland, 2007, pp. 41-54. ISBN 978 3 7643 8471 5
Cross, N and Lawson, B 'Studying Outstanding Designers' in J. Gero and N. Bonnardel (eds.) Studying Designers, Key Centre of Design, University of Sydney, Australia, 2005, pp. 283-287. ISBN 1 86487 743 X
Cross, N 'The Expertise of Exceptional Designers' in N. Cross and E. Edmonds (eds.) Expertise in Design, Creativity and Cognition Press, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 2003, pp. 23-35. ISBN 0 9751533 0 7
Cross, N 'Creative Cognition in Design: Processes of exceptional designers' in T. Hewett and T. Kavanagh (eds.) Creativity and Cognition, ACM Press, New York, USA, 2002, pp. 14-19. ISBN 1 58113 465 7
Cross, N 'Comprendre la Pensée du Concepteur' in M. Borillo and J-P. Goulette (eds.) Cognition et Création: Explorations Cognitives des Processus de Conception, Mardaga, Sprimont, Belgium, 2002.
Cross, N 'The Nature and Nurture of Design Ability' in G. Owen-Jackson (ed.) Teaching Design and Technology in Secondary Schools, Routledge Falmer, London, 2002. ISBN 0 41526 073 6
Kruger, C and Cross, N 'Modelling Cognitive Strategies in Creative Design' in J. Gero and M. Maher (eds.) Computational and Cognitive Models of Creative Design V, Key Centre of Design, University of Sydney, Australia, 2001, pp. 205-226. ISBN 1 86487 108 3
Cross, N 'Strategic Knowledge Exercised by Outstanding Designers' in J. Gero and K. Hori (eds.) Strategic Knowledge and Concept Formation III, Key Centre of Design, University of Sydney, Australia, 2001, pp. 17-30. ISBN 1 86487 114 8
Cross, N 'Design Cognition: Results from protocol and other empirical studies of design activity' in C. Eastman, M. McCracken and W. Newstatter (eds.) Design Knowing and Learning: Cognition in Design Education, Elsevier, Oxford, 2001, pp. 79-103. ISBN 0 08 043868 7
Turner, S and Cross, N 'Small Group Design Activity and Requirements on Collaborative Technologies' in S. Scrivener, L. Ball and A. Woodcock (eds.) Collaborative Designing, Springer-Verlag, London, 2000, pp. 253-260. ISBN 1 85233 341 3
Cross, N 'Design as a Discipline' in D. Durling and K. Friedman (eds.) Doctoral Education in Design: Foundations for the Future, Staffordshire University Press, Stoke-on-Trent, 2000.
Cross, N and Dorst, K 'Co-evolution of Problem and Solution Spaces in Creative Design' in J. Gero and M. Maher (eds.) Computational Models of Creative Design IV, Key Centre of Design, University of Sydney, Australia, 1999. ISBN 1 86487 084 2
McFadzean, J and Cross, N 'Notation and Cognition in Conceptual Sketching' in J. Gero and B. Tversky (eds.) Visual and Spatial Reasoning in Design, University of Sydney, Australia, 1999. ISBN 1 86487 090 7
Cross, N and Clayburn Cross, A 'Expert Designers' in E. Frankenberger, P. Badke-Schaub and H. Birkhofer (eds.), Designers: The Key to Successful Product Development, Springer-Verlag, London, 1998, pp. 71-84. ISBN 1 85233 031 7
Cross, N 'Teamwork in Design: some implications for collaborative CAD' in M. L. Maher, J. Gero and F. Sudweeks (eds.), Formal Aspects of Collaborative CAD, Key Centre of Design, University of Sydney, Australia, 1997. ISBN 1 86451 274 1
Cross, N and Clayburn Cross, A 'Observations of Teamwork and Social Processes in Design' in N. Cross, H. Christiaans and K. Dorst (eds.), Analysing Design Activity, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1996, pp. 291-317. ISBN 0 471 96060 8
Glaze, G, Cross, N and Johnson, J 'Elicitation of Rules for Graphic Design Evaluation' in J. Gero and F. Sudweeks (eds.)Artificial Intelligence in Design AID96, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1996. ISBN 0 7923 4080 9
Cross, N 'Discovering Design Ability', in R. Buchanan and V. Margolin (eds.), Discovering Design, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995. ISBN 0 226 07814 0
Cross, N 'The Recent History of Post-Industrial Design Methods', in N.Hamilton (ed.), Design and Industry: the effects of industrialization and technical change on design, The Design Council, London, 1980.
Cross, N 'L'impatto dei Calcolaturi sul Processo di Progettazione Architettonica', in A. L. Rossi and D. Mazzoleni (eds.), Spazio e Comportamento, Guida Editori, Napoli, 1974.
Journal Papers
Cross, N 'Forty Years of Design Research', Design Research Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 3-5, 2007. webpage
Kruger, C and Cross, N 'Solution Driven versus Problem Driven Design: strategies and outcomes', Design Studies, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 527-548, 2006. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Expertise in Design: an overview', Design Studies, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 427-441, 2004. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Creative Thinking by Expert Designers', Journal of Design Research, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2004. webpage
Broadbent, J and Cross, N 'Design Education in the Information Age', Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 439-446, 2003. webpage
Cross, N 'Can a Machine Design?', Design Issues, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 44-50, 2001. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Foundations of a Discipline of Design', Prakseologia, No. 141, pp. 33-44, 2001. webpage
Dorst, K and Cross, N 'Creativity in the Design Process: co-evolution of problem-solution', Design Studies, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 425-437, 2001. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Designerly Ways of Knowing: design discipline versus design science', Design Issues, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 49-55, 2001. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Achieving Pleasure From Purpose: the methods of Kenneth Grange, product designer', The Design Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 48-58, 2001. webpage
Eckert, C, Cross, N and Johnson, J 'Intelligent support for communication in design teams: garment shape specifications in the knitwear industry', Design Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 99-112, 2000. webpage
Cross, N 'Design Research: a disciplined conversation', Design Issues, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 5-10, 1999. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Natural Intelligence in Design', Design Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 25-39, 1999. pdf copy
Cross, N and Clayburn Cross, A 'Expertise in Engineering Design', Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 141-149, 1998. webpage
Cross, N 'Descriptive Models of Creative Design: application to an example', Design Studies, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 427-440, 1997. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Creativity in Design: analyzing and modeling the creative leap', Leonardo, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 311-317, 1997. webpage
Cross, N and Clayburn Cross, A 'Winning by Design: the methods of Gordon Murray, racing car designer', Design Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp.91-107, 1996. pdf copy
Cross, N and Clayburn Cross, A 'Observations of Teamwork and Social Processes in Design', Design Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 143-170, 1995. pdf copy
Cross, N Christiaans, H and Dorst, K 'Design Expertise Amongst Student Designers', Journal of Art and Design Education, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 39-56, 1994. webpage
Cross, N 'Science and Design Methodology: a review', Research in Enginering Design, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 63-69, 1993. webpage
Cross, N and Roozenburg, N 'Modelling the Design Process in Engineering and in Architecture', Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 3, No.4, 1992. webpage
Cross, N 'The Nature and Nurture of Design Ability', Design Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 127-140, 1990. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Styles of Learning, Designing and Computing', Design Studies, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 157-162, 1985. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Designerly Ways of Knowing', Design Studies, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 221-227, 1982. pdf copy
Cross, N, Naughton, J and Walker, D 'Design Method and Scientific Method', Design Studies, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 195-201, 1981. pdf copy
Cross, N 'The Coming of Post-Industrial Design', Design Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 3-7, 1981. pdf copy
Cross, N 'An Introduction to Design Methods', Information Design Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 242-253, 1980.
Cross, N 'The Utopian Design Policy of the Shakers', Design Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 93-100, 1979. pdf copy
Cross, N 'Design Education for Laypeople', Studies in Design Education, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 68-72, 1979.
Cross, N 'Whole Lotta Shakin', Undercurrents, No. 27, pp. 27-30, April-May 1978.
Cross, N 'Problems and Threats of Computer Aided Design', RIBA Journal, pp. 439-440, October 1977.
Cross, N 'Impact of Computers on the Architectural Design Process', Architects' Journal, pp. 623-628, 22 March 1972. pdf copy
Selected Conference Presentations
Keynote speech: 'Understanding Design Ability', Singapore Ministry of Education Conference on Design and Technology Education, Singapore, November 2010
Keynote speeches: 'Creative Cognition in Design' and 'Understanding Design Cognition', DESIRE Network Doctoral Summer School, Aveiro, Portugal, September 2010
Keynote speech: 'The Challenge of Design in Engineering Education', International Conference on Engineering Education, Coimbra, Portugal, September 2007.
Keynote speech: 'Creative Thinking in Design', NSF Science of Design Symposium, Arcata, California, USA, March 2007.
Keynote speech: 'Design and Research: Developing a Discipline', International Symposium of the Swiss Design Network, Geneva, Switzerland, November 2006.
Presidential address: 'Forty Years of Design Research', International Conference of the Design Research Society, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2006.
Keynote speech: 'Creative Cognition in Design', Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research, Douliou, Taiwan, November 2005.
Keynote speech: 'How Creative Design Happens', IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, Kyoto, Japan, September 2004.
Keynote speech: 'Post-Industrial Design Education', Congress of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), Seoul, Korea, October 2001.
Keynote speech: 'Design/Science/Research: Developing a Discipline', 5th Asian Design Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 2001.
Keynote speech: 'Natural Intelligence in Design', Artificial Intelligence in Design AID98 International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1998.
Keynote speech: 'Design and Technology', International Design Forum - Primavera del Disseny, Barcelona, Spain, April 1997.
Interviews
'Design Thinking' Rotman Magazine, Winter 2009. pdf
'Rock Star of Design Research' Ambidextrous, No. 9, 2008. pdf print version; full interview at webpage
Open University Publications
Cross, N 'User Requirements and the Design Brief', Design and Designing, Block 2, 2004.
Cross, N 'Seeing and Believing', Communicating Technology, Block 4, Chapter 10, 1997.
Cross, N 'Communicating With Graphics', Communicating Technology, Block 4, Chapter 3, 1997.
Cross, N 'Case Study: the ball-point pen', Innovation: Design, Environment and Strategy, Block 1, 1996 and 1992.
Cross, N 'Product Planning and the Design Brief', Design: Principles and Practice, Units 3-5, 1996.
Cross, N 'Implications of Computer Aided Design', Computer Aided Design, Unit 16, 1987.
Cross, N 'Introduction to Computer Aided Design', Computer Aided Design, Units 1-2, 1987.
Cross, N 'A Review of Design', Design: Processes and Products, Unit 16, 1983.
Cross, N 'Home', Living with Technology, Block 1, Units 2-6, 1980.
Cross, N 'Methods Guide', Control of Technology, Unit 8, 1978.
Cross, N and Roy, R 'Design Methods Manual', Man-made Futures, Units 13-16, 1975.
Cross, N 'Design and Technology', Man-made Futures, Unit 9, 1975.
Cross, N Elliott, D and Roy, R 'Ways of Seeing the Future', Man-made Futures, Unit 1, 1975.
Cross, N 'Design Failures', Technology Foundation Course, Units 32-34, 1972.
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