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LAVOISY (Olivier), « Coordination by design : Key roles of technical graphics in industrial France », The Journal of Design History, June 2004, Volume 17, Issue 2, pp.141-162.

Designing an object and anticipating its manufacturing at the same time is not new: it is probably as old as industry itself, even though it was formulated in various ways throughout history. To understand what was at stake and what the conflicts and interactions of those involved were, this paper will detail some elements of a historical survey of the eighteenth century: design practices will be scrutinised by taking into account instruments and material support (papers, sketches, and so on). At that time, technical illustrations did not deal directly with manufacturing but they were instrumental in its development.

Keywords: design, manufacture, drawing, France, illustration, eighteenth century

VINCK (Dominique) (ed.), Everyday engineering. An Ethnography of Design and Innovation, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, Inside Technology Serie, 2003.

Everyday Engineering was written to help future engineers understand what they are going to be doing in their everyday working lives, so that they can do their work more effectively and with a broader social vision. It will also give sociologists deeper insights into the sociotechnical world of engineering. The book consists of ethnographic studies in which the authors, all trained in both engineering and sociology, go into the field as participant-observers. The sites and types of engineering explored include mechanical design in manufacturing industries, instrument design, software debugging, environmental management within companies, and the implementation of a system for separating household waste.
The book is organized in three parts. The first part introduces the complexity of technical practices. The second part enters the social and cultural worlds of designers to grasp their practices and motivations. The third part examines the role of writing practices and graphical representation. The epilogue uses the case studies to raise a series of questions about how objects can be taken into account in sociological analyses of human organizations.

VINCK (Dominique) (dir.), Ingénieurs au Quotidien. Ethnographie de l'activité de conception et d'innovation, Grenoble: PUG, 1999.

En quoi consiste le travail de l'ingénieur ? Que se passe-t-il dans un bureau d'études ? Qu'apporte un regard sociologique sur le travail technique comme sur la prise en compte des objets ? Pour répondre à ces questions, les auteurs livrent de précieuses études de cas qui permettent de mieux comprendre l'activité et les processus de conception de nouveaux produits.

  • Quatrième de couverture, liste des auteurs, plan de l'ouvrage en format PDF | Bon de commande à imprimer le cas échéant en format PDF
    • LAVOISY (Olivier), «Le graphisme technique comme instrument de coordination industrielle dans le domaine de la mécanique depuis trois siècles», Thèse de Génie Industriel, Mention Sociologie-Economie, Grenoble: Université Pierre Mendès France / INPG, Soutenance du 14 décembre 2000.

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