Design Factors Flashcards
What is Ergonomics?
Making things easy to use for the consumer using comfort, safety and anthropometric data
what is Aesthetics?
it relates to how something appeals to the consumers senses
How can the designer experiment with Aesthetics?
by using shape, proportion, colour, pattern, texture, materials, line and symmetry
What is anthropometric data?
Data that relates to any size of the human body
What percentiles are there?
5th 50th 95th
The main function of something is its …
Primary function
Any other functions are its …
Secondary functions
To analyse a products performance we look at the …
Materials, build quality, safety regulations
What are the factors of influencing the market?
Market Push and Technology Pull
What is technology push?
It is when the advances of new technology which push the market forwards
What are the 5 design factors?
Ergonomics, Aesthetics, function, performance and market
What is market pull?
It is when the market need/require for a new product or solution to a problem
What is marketing?
The process of promoting or selling the product to the target market
What is question would you ask your self if trying to promote a product?
What could we do to make sure our target market knows about this product?
What is question would you ask your self if trying to sell a product?
What can we do to make sure our target market buys thousands of this product?
