Design basics Flashcards
What is the 1st principle of good design?
Good design is innovative
What is the 2nd principle of good design?
Good design makes a product useful
What is the 3rd principle of good design?
Good design is aesthetic
What is the 4th principle of good design?
Good design makes a product useable
What is the 5th principle of good design?
Good design makes a product unobtrusive
What is the 6th principle of good design?
Good design is honest
What is the 7th principle of good design?
Good design is long lasting
What is the 8th principle of good design?
Good design is thorough to the last detail
What is the 9th principle of good design?
Good design is environmentally friendly
What is the 10th principle of good design?
Good design is as little design as possible
What does good design is innovative mean?
Every design should be an improvement from a previous design
What does good design makes a product useful mean?
This means that the design is useful even beyond its intended use cases
What does good design is aesthetic mean?
This means that a good design not only is functional but looks aestheticaly pleasing
What does good design makes a product understandable mean?
This means that the product speaks for itself and doesnt need explaining
What does good design makes a product unobtrusive mean?
Products should do their jobs and do them well as oposed to pretending to be works of art
What does good design is honest mean?
It doesn’t oversell itself but instead only shows off what it can achualy do.
What does good design is long lasting mean?
Good design avoids trying to be fashionable but instead stays simple as fashions should move by fast but the product shouldn’t
What does good design is thorough to the last detail mean?
It means that good design should think of everything leaving nothing to chance
What does good design is environmentally friendly mean?
Avoid using essesive matirials but instead only what you need in order to make it work while conserving resources
What does good design is as little design as possible mean?
Less design but better design so products are not burdened with non essentials
What are the 3 main methods of making a 3D design
Isometric (using isometric paper)
1 point perspective
2 point perspective
What is a major dissadvantage of using isometric paper for designs
You lose the sence of scale
When using 1 point perspective where does the veiwer face towardes
The front of the object
When making rough sketches what should the page be like once your fineshed
Full of designs even some overlapping