Introduction

Question 1

__________ should be deliberate or intentional and should involve careful, organized and systematic logical thinking and planning.

Answer 1

Design

Question 2

The person who devises or executes designs.

Answer 2

Designer

Question 3

The primary purpose of design.

Answer 3

The fulfillment of human satisfaction

Question 4

What are the different goals in design?

Answer 4

• Improvement of function
• Improvement of production method
• Improvement of distribution system
• Design Innovation

Question 5

This goal in design aspires for more user comfort, simultaneous with efficient function, simplicity of operation and a good physical appearance of the final design.

Answer 5

Improvement of function

Question 6

A goal in design which will promote an efficient combination of men and machine tending to reduce the production cost.

Answer 6

Improvement of Production

Question 7

A goal in design that would involve careful and conscious consideration at packing, packaging and distribution problems in design.

Answer 7

Improvement of Distribution System

Question 8

A goal in design that foresees how the product should work or function and how it should look like in the future.

Answer 8

Design Innovation

Question 9

_________ means to make something out of nothing. It involves thinking and it is the process of coming up with new ideas.

Answer 9

Creativity

Question 10

Familiarity to some _______________ will be helpful in activating and stimulating the creativity of a designer.

Answer 10

Creative problem-solving techniques

Question 11

What are the two classifications of creative problem-solving techniques?

Answer 11

• Intuitive Techniques

- Logical or Systematic Techniques

Question 12

A creative problem solving technique that is based on the principle of free association and gives no restriction to imagination. It puts quantity before quality.

Answer 12

Intuitive Technique

Question 13

Aims at setting off the creative forces by directly approaching the subconscious creative part of the human mind. Creativity is stimulated to set off further associations and develop more ideas. It sets no limit to imagination and purposely suspends reason and logical thinking.

Answer 13

Brainstorming

Question 14

This technique was developed from experience with brainstorming session, aimed at increasing the output from brainstorming.

Answer 14

Brainwriting

Question 15

This is a direct way of having 26 or more ideas that pertain to the problem.

Answer 15

Alphabet Listing

Question 16

Combines different, seemingly unrelated elements.

Answer 16

Synectics

Question 17

Generates new ideas by solving the problem in a riddle-like or puzzle-like technique.

Answer 17

Delphi Method

Question 18

Instead of thinking about how you can improve a situation, think about how you could make it worse. This process may increase your awareness enough to give yourself some perspective on the problem.

Answer 18

Inversion

Question 19

Instead of offering a description of something by recording what you read in the dictionary, associate it with something else, preferably something familiar.

Answer 19

Description by Association

Question 20

A creative problem solving technique that is based on the principle of splitting up the problem into sub problems and solving them one by one.

Answer 20

Logical or Systematic Technique

Question 21

This technique redefines the problem first to an underlying more basic problem and then split up into its elements or sub-problems which can be varied independently from each other.

Answer 21

Morphology

Question 22

A technique that does not aim at stimulating the creative idea generating process, but systematically examines and analyzes objects of nature for possible adaptation as solution to some technical problems.

Answer 22

Bionics

Question 23

Instead of thinking about what an object will look like, think about what function it will perform.

Answer 23

Functional Visualization

Question 24

A logical approach where a comprehensive problem is split up into more and more minute sub-problems until the whole problem has become a network of interrelated problems.

Answer 24

Problem Area Analysis and Functional Analysis

Question 25

What are the basic criteria for good design?

Answer 25

• Physiological and Physical Feature
• Historical and Cultural Factor
• Aesthetic Consideration

Question 26

A criteria for good design that seeks its well-designed furniture to provide utilitarian requirements and bodily comfort.

Answer 26

Physiological and Physical Feature

Question 27

A criteria for good design wherein the past culture and the present trend is familiarized.

Answer 27

The Historical and Cultural Factor

Question 28

Making designs visually pleasing as an important factor in creating good design.

Answer 28

Aesthetic Consideration

Question 29

What are the techniques under the aesthetic consideration?

Answer 29

• Structural Form Development
• Morphological Form Development
• Geometric Form Development
• Form Development based on Nature
• Form Development based from Various Sources

Question 30

A technique that makes use of the basic outline of the furniture as a grid. By connecting structural points, which are required either by construction or function, variations on form are performed.

Answer 30

Structural Form Development

Question 31

A technique that makes use of previous designs as basis for improvements. Problem areas are looked into, and a continuous development of small changes is applied to arrive at a more interesting term.

Answer 31

Morphological Form Development

Question 32

A technique wherein variations of forms - size, shape, color, proportion, mass, number or arrangement can spark new ideas.

Answer 32

Geometric Form Development

Question 33

A technique wherein nature provides inspiration for fresh and exciting ideas. It offers immense possibilities of new ideas for design.

Answer 33

Form Development based on Nature

Question 34

A technique where design ideas can be based on various sources other than nature.

Answer 34

Form Development based on Various Sources