Imprint: monograph, Moscow, Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I. M. Gubkina, 2012, 64 s. Abstract: The monograph discusses the causes of the emergence and development of human needs. The author of the monograph presents a list of sustainable human needs, as well as describes the mechanism of creation and development of technical systems (technologies, equipment, products) that implement human needs, based on the system design methodology. Described developed by the author of the monograph method of "ascent - descent" and examples of its use for the formation of many new functions Properties, Functional Structures and Other , which can serve as a basis for the qualitative improvement of technical systems (TS) or the creation of new generations of TC. Completes the monograph the recommended procedure for creating and developing a vehicle based on human needs. A number of scientific and methodological results presented in this monograph were obtained in the course of research carried out within the framework of the Federal Target Program "Scientific and Pedagogical Personnel of Innovative Russia" for 2009 2013. Analytical departmental target program "Development of scientific potential of higher education" . The monograph can serve as a training manual for courses directly related to the conceptual design of technical systems, and will also be useful to scientists and specialists involved in the development of technologies, equipment, products. List of headings: Causes of the emergence and development of human needs. Systematics of human needs. Creation and development of technical systems based on human needs and system design methodology . Recommended procedure for the creation and development of technical systems based on the implementation of human needs.