1.3.1 Product Service Deisgn

Question 1

What is a product?

Answer 1

Product is the goods and services that the firm provides

Question 2

What are goods?

Answer 2

Goods are physical or tangible products e.g. a car or a television

Question 3

What is the design mix?

Answer 3

The Design mix is the three fundamental elements of product or service design that must be taken into account during the research and development stage

Question 4

What are the three asepects of the design mix?

Answer 4

Aesthetics
Function
Cost

Question 5

What function?

Answer 5

The product or service has to be able to fulfil the primary purpose for which the consumer purchased it

Question 6

What are Aesthetics?

Answer 6

The look and the feel of the product

Question 7

What is cost? (In reference to the design mix)

Answer 7

Whether or not it is possible to provide the good or service within a budget or at a cost point that will still allow the business to make a profit

Question 8

Changes are made to the design mix to reflect______?

Answer 8

Social Trends

Question 9

Some Trends that change the design mix are?

Answer 9

Ethical sourcing
Buying materials from suppliers that are behaving in a morally correct manner
Designing for waste minimisation, re-use and recycling