Design Strategies Flashcards
Example of Systems Thinking?
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Apples New Headquaters
What is the aim of a circular economy?
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To close the loop of product use and manufacture
Aim of user centred design?
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To understand the wants and values of a wide range of users in order to better focus the design of a product.
What are the limitations of end user consideration?
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- Costly 💲💲
- Subjective information
- Difficult for a company to invest time, money, training & level of expertise needed for the rewards to be shown.
What is a framework?
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Visual representation of a system in order to make sense of data
What is user centred design is all about?
- CT
Empathy and understanding the needs to a wider range of users.
When patterns start to emerge in frame working what do you do ? OH
Draw them
What is a framework?
- CT
It is a visual representation of a system.
How many processes do the Delft Design Guide list?
- CT
8️⃣
Every Problem is ? OH
An opportunity for design
Why might we use the ‘How might we’ format? OH
To show that the solution is possible
What is the objective throughout user centred design?
- CT
To be able to understand users needs, wants,
and values NWV.
What is the aim of the circular economy?
- CT
The aim is being to close the loop
of product use and manufacture, increasingly
using renewable resources as a source of energy.
Systems Thinking. -FW
Understanding every element in a complex process to consider its most positive possible affect.
Before we used which kind of processing? -FW
Sequential.
What does using multi-disciplinary teams in a design process allow? -FW
Getting the design ‘right first time’ on all grounds.
Biomimicry -FW
The use of natural processes and forms as inspiration.
Limits of user consideration. -FW
Extra costs. Potential extra time taken. Data collected is always subjectively interpreted. Have to set up scientific boundaries and logic.
What is Systems Thinking?
HB
A method of streamlining and making the design process more efficient, also known as concurrent manufacturing.
What is BioPol ©?
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A biodegradable polymer, useful when considering a circular economy.
What is Roleplaying?
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Acting out the use of a prototype or design with potential users to understand how to improve the design ergonomically or otherwise, part of UCD.
What are some of the drawbacks to UCD?
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Expensive, Time consuming, may not produce ideal results, results difficult to understand or implement.
…………… is all about empathy and understanding the needs to a wider range of users.
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User Centred Design
What should you do to truly grasp the context and complexity of your users lives according to Emi Kolawole
EW
You should empathise with the users
What is the disadvantage of using User centred design?
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It drives the costs of production up for the designers.
Why would a company hire a design consultancy?
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If they didn’t have the time, training or level of expertise to do user consulting themselves.
Why use a journey map?
EW
A journey map helps you to identify and strategise for key moments in the product or service you are designing.
What is Co-Design an example of?
EW
User Centred Design
One benefit of Systems Thinking?
- HA
Greater efficiency
“Right first time” is an aim of what design strategy?
- HA
Application of Systems Thinking
Key idea behind the Circular Economy?
- HA
Sustainability
Who is Emi Kolawole?
- HA
Editor-in-Residence at Stanford’s “d.school”
Simplest framework example?
- HA
Venn diagrams or two-by-two squares/matrices
What sort of energy sources would be encouraged by biomicry and a circular economy? OH
Renewables - wind, solar, hydro, geothermal etc.
Why would a company of many different teams use systems thinking? OH
It allows for quicker design as multiple teams are working alongside each other and sharing ideas.
What is a fundamental drawback of user-centred design? AC
More time/expertise required to develop products based on user needs, potentially increasing costs.
How can a design consultancy benefit companies in the context of UCD? AC
It can cut some of the workload for a company which might have insufficient R&D resources.
What is the role of a framework in the design process? AC
Frameworks help you to imagine and plan your system. (NB: not immediately a refined view, though)
Name an example of collaborative systems thinking (everyone in the same place or company streamlining the design process further). AC
Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California- inclusive and a good example of a closed design ecosystem.
Name three important design perspectives. AC
Systems thinking, the circular economy, user-centred design (biomimicry allowed)
