Design Methods And Processes Flashcards
Iterative design process
Circular set of steps that a designer will go through to solve a problem
Can you go back to the steps before during iterative design process
Yes, designers or team of designers or engineers may go backwards and forwards between steps
At any point in the design process, they might carry out evaluations. True or False
True
User-centred design (UCD) and what does it ensure
Developing products with the end user fully in mind. This approach to design ensures your product will be easy to use.
Designers who adopt UCD normally work to the principles set down in the international usability standard ISO
True, they are able to obtain more investors or entrepreneurs
The principles of ISO 925-210:2010
-Design take full account of users
-Users are involved
-Design is refined by User-Centred evaluation
-Design process is iterative
-Design considers the whole user experience
-Design is developed by a multi-skilled, multi-disciplinary team
Ergonomics are a key consideration for what type of method?
In products that have been developed using UCD methods
How might a designer achieve a product that is easy and comfortable to use
Through anthropometric data to ensure a product fits their intended user. and through observing people using products, and employ consumer focus groups to identify problems with existing products
what needs of consumers must a designer identify?
-Physical needs
-Emotional needs
-Intellectual needs
-Values and sociological needs
Immersion investigation technique
putting themselves into the environment or situation that the user is in
What does the immersive investigation technique enable the designer to gain?
A real understanding of the problems users have with products
Interviewing potential clients
investigates their needs or wants
Focus groups
Panels of potential customers who represent the target market.
What data do focus groups obtain?
Qualitative data.
Market research
Carried out using questionnaires and surveys. Obtains Quantitative data
What can Market research identify?
The needs of the customers, explains why consumers choose one product over another, and helps designers make more informed decisions about how they will develop products.
What does analysing, dissembling and evaluating existing products help identify?
useful materials, components, mechanisms, structures, and other useful features that can be adapted in a new product
what does practical testing, components, construction, methods and finishes help identify?
what might be used in creating a new product, and how well the product works/lasts in usage
What can human factors such as ergonomic issues can be discovered by observing potential customers using a product help identify?
whether the consumer has difficulties in using a product and potential improvements can be considered, and whether there are any issues in terms of comfort
Why might designers conduct secondary research, such as internet or book research?
- To explore historical and contemporary designers or design movement
- To identify suitable materials, components and construction methods
- To obtain anthropometric data that is relevant to the age group of the target market
The purpose of developing a design proposal
to work out a solution to a design problem
What must design ideas consist of?
Usually annotated with critical and evaluative comments that how ideas meet the specification
what does a designer do once a design idea is chosen?
Develops it into a final proposal
What does a final design proposal include and involve?
Developing the aesthetics of the product, ensuring it is the correct size and proportion, and considering alternative materials and construction methods to select which is the most appropriate.
this involves making test pieces to test different materials.
evaluation drawings
working drawings with dimensions, showing the front, plan and end view of the product and include sufficient detail.
what must be done once the design has been finalised?
the manufacture is planned. this is a step by step plan detailing all the stages of manufacture. This includes tools and equipment that would be used, and a quality control check. and a cutting list.
once the prototype is made what is done?
it is tested and evaluated for improvements before the final product is put into production.
