4.3. Conclusion

We define the optimal design as the particular configuration of characteristics of a new object that best serves the aims of all actors involved in the design process best and does not violate any (physical) limitations.1

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Suggestions for further reading: Roozenburg, N.F.M. and Eekels, J. (1995). Product Design: Fundamentals and Methods, Wiley.; Dyme, C. (2013). Engineering design: A Project-Based Introduction, Wiley.; Simon, H.A. (1969) The Sciences of the Artificial, MIT Press.