1.3 Flashcards
What do designers need to consider when developing ideas (4)
How to target a variety of users
Hwo to maxamise who can use it
Usability of products
Legsilative guidance
What does good usability allow
Effectiveness
Efficency
Satisfaction
Simplicity
What does inclsuive design include (3)
Taking into accoutn a raneg of demographics
Excluding few as possible
Promoting equality and idnepndence
What does ergonomics mean
Relate to the inetraction or fit with people and their actvivies, products and eviorments
WHat are the 3 areas of ergonomics
Safety
Efficiency
Comfort
What can good ergo do
Reduce stress
Icrease comfort
Imprve efficicency
What does ergonomic fit include
Both physical and phsycological factors
Examples of ergo factors to improve usability (5)
Colour
Layout
UI
Weight
Haptics
What are anthroprometrics
Human measurements
What do aesthetci considerations include
All the senses
What to do when talkign abotu anthro data
Be specfic to the conetxof use
What is intuitive design
When designs can be instinctively uses in the way we expect them to work
What is affordance
A term used to describe the way aprodcut suggests it should work
Dieter Rams’ 10 pricniples
Good design is
Innovative
Useful
Aesthetic
Undertsandable
Unobtrusive
Honest
Long lasting
Thoroguh
Enviro friendly
Minimalistic
What si a throwaway society
The dieas consumers dispose prodycts as opposed to repair them
What does aesthetic appreciation involve
Shape
Form
Colour
Points to consider when using anthro data
Dynamic measurments
Strength and force measurements
What does ergonomics also provide
Data for designers on the way users interact with products adn their levels of comfort in doing so
Examples of ergonomci data
Temperatures
Noise and virbation leevls
What is user interface design
Design where the main focus is on the effectiveness of hwo users ineratc with the product
Factors that coudl eb icnldued in UI (3)
How to avoid distractions
Sizes of text
Colour and contrast
