Phases of Product Development: A Qualitative Complement to the Product Life Cycle

Arthur O. Eger studied Industrial Design Engineering at the TU Delft. In 1979 he was co-founder of the design bureau Van Dijk/Eger/Associates (now known as WeLL Design). In 1996 he left the bureau to become the director of Space Expo, a space museum, and the Official Visitors Center of ESA, the European Space Agency. In 2003 he became Professor at the University of Twente, chair: product design. Since 2009 he has been Chairman of the Board of the Department of Industrial Design Engineering of KIVI NIRIA, the Royal Institution of Engineers in the Netherlands.

J. W. Drukker was Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Groningen (1972–2005) and Professor of Industrial Design and Design History at Delft University of Technology (1987–2007). His current affiliation is Professor of Design History at the University of Twente (since 2007). He works and publishes in the fields of economic history, anthropometric history, and design history.