PRODUCT DESIGN: A CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE IN ENGINEERING TREND. A NIGERIA PILOT STUDY

Abstract

Eight contemporary trends-likely to have a major influence between 2011 and 2015are described. Not all of the trends will affect all of society-indeed some of the trends run counter to one another. Nevertheless, it is expected that each will affect enough people to be significant. The trends have been identified on the basis of professional judgment and crossreferenced against the prediction of others trends specialists1. Possible consequences of each these trends for design are described in the context of their wider implications for commerce, manufacturing and society as a whole.

A Study of Conflict Issues Affecting Ugandan Housemaids who Migrate to Saudi Arabia and How to Mitigate them

March 10, 2026

This study aims to comprehensively analyse the complex interplay between