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Design Flashcards

Learn about all the design processes

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Designers Influence

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Provides initial information and creative input for the product

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Accountant Influence

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Manages all costs during all stages of the design process and may set a cap for spending

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Manufacturer Influence

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Ensures the Product can be manufactured and also providing information on how a product can be best manufactured

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Function

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Is the fundamental task of a product for example a kettles function is to boil.

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Aesthetics Meaning

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Human Perception of Beauty

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Aesthetic Features

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Sight, Touch, Sound, Taste and Movement

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Ergonomics

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Aims to improve interactions between people and their products or environment

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Anthropometrics

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Data to ensure full range of intended users of the Product. 95the percentile

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Physiology

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Specific Movements and Characteristics of the human body. Such as range of movement, fatigue and strength. Needs to ensure the design is accessible to a range of users.

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Phycology

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The study of mental processes such as perception and memory. Influenced on how something looks feels sounds and tastes. The product would need to look safe and not over complicated

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Technology Push

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Development of new technology drives the development of a new product

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Market Pull

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Products are produced as a result of market demand

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Target Market

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Group of Coustomers which a company directs it’s products to

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Product 4p’s

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The product should have the right features to appeal to the target market

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Price 4p’s

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Must be able to compete in the market and make a profit

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Place 4p’s

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Must be in the right place at the right time for example retail store, online or at a special event.

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Promotion 4p’s

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The target group needs to be made aware of the product

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Niche Marketing

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Concentrates all marketing on a small segment of the population

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Brand

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Is the logo impression and experiences associated with a brand for example apple can be assisted with quality.

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Maintenance

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Keeps a product working smoothly and saftey, enabling the user to keep their product in working order and extended the life cycle for example parts of a car.

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Planned Obsolescence

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Is a strategy used to give a product a specific life span to it can be replaced. Encouraging the user to purchase another version of the product.

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Style Obsolescence

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When products are designed to be fashionable on thier release date and are likely to fall out of fashion in a couple of years. For example chockers

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Ease of Maintenance

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Lifespan of the product for example razor’s and disposable razors

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Saftey for Coustomer

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The product should be easy to understand. Risks can also be eliminated by warning s and showing and potential risks

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Design Brief

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Normally supplied by a client and should contain an outline for the requirements of a solution.

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Open Brief

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Gives general ideas and allows for a range of possible outcomes.

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Closed Brief

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More specific and detailed of its requirements

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Product Specification

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Is a statement that tells the designer exactly what the product has to do and what the design requirements are.

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Product Evaluation

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Safety and suitability for use by customers includes function and ergonomics

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Questionare

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Questions filled in by a person to show the persons preferences and ideas

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User Trial

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This is when products are tested by real users in a controlled environment, can show potential for improvement.

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Test Rigs

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Are used to perform physical tests on products, can repeat actions of a short period of time and simulate extended use of a product

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Secondary Information

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Information from other people

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Pie Charts

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Compare parts to a whole and percentage distribution, also allowing for make in 3d and detach segments to outline things

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Line Graph

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Allows to display trends in continuous data, for example sales over a number of years

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Bar Chart

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Conpare and display diffrent results

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Analogy

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When you apply existing knowlage into a new contet, can be used to solve a problem by using ideas of another product

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Biommimicry

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Uses analogies of nature, for example animals, plants and microbes

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Brainstorm

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When you come up with many ideas to spark off new and better ideas.

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Setch Models

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Low cost and easy to do, can be done very quickly and easy to create.

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Block Models

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Can form dimensions and surface details of the product can be phyically touched and seen.

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3D Computer Modeling

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Allows for suface finishes and realistic looking image, can also be viewed in multiple angles with ease

Higher Design and Manufacture (4 decks)

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