Design Strategies Flashcards
Collaboration
Working together - more ideas etc
User centered design?
The wants and the needs of the user are a priority.
Their thoughts are given lots of attention through design work
What is systems approach?
Breaking down the design process into a number of different stages and doing each in turn
What is iterative design? What what does it do?
A process that is centred around constant process of evaluation and improvement.
● Improves designs based on the results of testing
● Constant improvement
● Design is improved step by step
● Easy to track problem and fix them early on
What is biomimicry?
Biomimicry is an innovative approach to design that strives to copy nature’s time-tested patterns and structures
What is avoiding design fixation?
Design fixation confines a designer to limited creativity.
What are focus groups? How can they be used to help design products?
They can be helped to design a product because you can brainstorm lots of ideas and pick out the best one. An example of this is that someone could use your product and give you feedback and tell you can improve it.
