Final Exam Review Flashcards
Designing FOR Culture
-cross-cultural design
-human factors
-understanding use of elements
-who are you designing for?
-who is the client?
Designing FROM Culture
-Using your background to determine what and how you design
-increase diversity of products on markets
-increase diversity of voices in industry
Equitable
largest pool of users without segmenting/stigmatizing
Flexibility
choices in methods of use
Simple
user expectation matter! Unconscious!
Perceptible
multiple modes for conveying essential information
Tolerance for error
provide warnings of hazards/errors
Low effort
can user maintain a neutral body position?
Size and space
accommodate variations in size/bodies/hands/grips
Culture Sells and Increase Competitiveness
If you can appeal to culture through advertising and packing, it resonates with people
Improves user satisfaction
Experience matters to the consumer and a good experience is decided through a cultural lens
Can balance globalization
How do we acknowledge the importance of globalization and the importance of cultural incorporation?
Allows user to express identity
-Research shows that in the current age, people are looking for their own identity more than any other historical age
-culturally adopted products locate something that makes them feel in harmony with their own culture or lifestyle
Can set trends and fashions
designers as cultural gatekeepers-can make new things appealing to different groups with cultural information at hand
Area for design innovation and inspiration
Diversification of ideas leads to innovation! We saw this in the design process
Influences intuitive use
our intuition is related to how we conceive of things, which is influenced by our culture
