A-C
Action
and material mediation, 57, 73, 194 196
technical, 2, 3, 27, 203 210, 216, 217
and writing, 140, 144, 145, 150
Adversarial relationships, 121, 122
Behavior modification, 57 68
Calculation, 79, 107 112, 115, 129 132
Cognitive artifacts, 186, 187
Coherence, three-dimensional, 113, 114
Communication
in call for tender, 82
and concurrent engineering, 9, 10
with customer, 81
by designers, 103 106
by fax, 32
via graphics, 169, 170, 174, 219, 221
implicit, 211, 212
informal, 18, 19, 32, 80
with manufacturing, 81, 82, 108, 169 176, 193, 194
oral, 195, 196
and performance, 207, 208
and reporting, 81
of requirements and specs, 23, 24, 138, 183, 184, 187 191
via rough drafts, 196 202
and software, 31, 32, 45
of testing result, 128
and work area, 31 33, 80, 90
Compromise, 58 60, 112, 168, 169
Concurrent engineering, 9, 10
Contextualization, 37 42, 51
Conventions, 9, 91, 211, 212
Cooperation, 17, 88, 140, 143 147, 166 175, 186 191
Coordination, 16 20, 34 36, 40 49, 145 147, 187 190
Culture, 210, 211, 222
of design, 93, 94, 97, 98, 104 106
and intermediary objects, 113 116
and prototypes, 122 124
and rules, 107 112
vs. technique, 29
and technology, 206 215
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