Stuart Pugh

Stuart Pugh
Born	1929 Halifax, UK
Died	9 October 1993 (aged 64)
Residence	United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Total Design and Pugh Concept Selection
Scientific career
Fields	Product design and development, engineering and management
Institutions	University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland – Design Division Loughborough University

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland – Design Division

Stuart Pugh, the inventor of the Total Design methodology, created a structured process for product design and development.

Stuart Pugh was a highly successful and exceptional design engineer and manager. His experience within industry led him to pursue a secondary career in academia, where he published his seminal work on 'Total Design'.

Stuart Pugh graduated from London University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and became a graduate apprentice for the British Aircraft Corporation. In 1956 he worked in the Warton Aerodrome as a project engineer for the Mach 6 Wind Tunnel. In 1963 he became the Chief Designer of the Mechanical Product Division at the Marconi Company. In the later stages of his Industrial career, Pugh worked within the English Electric Company as Chief Designer in the Hydraulic Equipment Division, ultimately progressing to become Divisional Manager.

Pugh left industry in 1970 and began his academic career as a 'Smallpeice' Reader in Design for Production at Loughborough University of Technology. Later becoming the Director of the 'Engineering Design Centre'.

Pugh moved to Scotland and in 1985 became the 'Babcock Professor of Engineering Design' and the head of the 'Design Division' at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. It was here that Pugh completed his visionary work, and produced his seminal book 'Total Design: Integrated Methods for Successful Product Engineering’, published in 1990. Pugh Introduced and taught Total Design across the faculty of engineering at Strathclyde University. He ran truly multidisciplinary design classes which included students of architecture and law. He also contributed to the MBA program and taught short courses on Total Design to Industrial managers. Pugh also carried out consultation work, field research and seminars in design method implementation for product success for firms across Europe and North America, including the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and General Motors. Other companies such as Land-Rover and Xerox have benefited from adopting Pugh's structured design process.

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