New things for semester 2 exam Flashcards
What is a working drawing??
They communicate the product specifications as well as fixtures and components.
a working drawing shows how the product will go together
-technical
-cross sections
-used during production
- diagrams
what is a hazard?
a hazard is a dangerous thing, situation, tool or process that might cause injury. eg electrical cords causing someone to trip
what is risk control?
risk control is a list of precautions followed to prevent or reduce the risk
what is risk management?
risk management is a process used to recognise hazards and control risks
What are visualisations?
They are drawings of potential ideas for your design or components of your design
- minimal detail
- basic\ initial ideas
- annotated
- exploring clients needs/wants/ scenario
- rough sketches
What is evaluation criteria ?
Evaluation criteria comes from the specifications (constraints and considerations) and is done before the Production as a commitment, guideline and tool.
Is done by using constraints and considerations to create questions in the past tense. Then how it is important followed up by how you can test or plan to test.
What is ergonomics?
Ergonomics is study of the relationship between people and their living and working environment.
Ergonomic principles are used in design to to analyse and improve comfort and ease of use, to minimise strain and fatigue and for safety reasons.
The study of ergonomics can be defined in terms of: - —Body size
- Body movement
- Body conditons
What are specifications?
Specifications refers to the constraints and considerations.
Constraints meaning: Must haves, no choice, to meet brief
considerations meaning: Things you can consider but they aren’t a must have eg:
-environment
- Sustainability
-Human centered design
What are 6 factors that would show a product to be of high quality ?
1: Good quality timber/materials or glue has been used
2: Hand made with clean joins with a nice tight fit
3: Pass the strength and durability test
4: The processes used in the production eg: Domino joins, provide strength and stability
5: Surface is sanded and smooth
6: The finish is clean, no excess glue, drips/runs, evenly applied.
What are ten Points you could annotate a drawing with?
- Dimensions
- Colour
- Materials
- Client
- Function
- Sustainability
- Construction methods
- Design Brief
- Explain details that cant be seen
- Significant design features
What are the 4 furniture movements that we have focused on?
Bauhaus
De stijl
Modernism
Art Deco
Brief description of Art deco
Range of influences: Cubist, Japanese,Chinese, African and egyptian art
Design features- Sleek, Geometric shapes
-simplified forms
-Very expensive material and techniques eg modern,exotic
dsigners: Otto Wagner, Josef Hoffman
Brief description of Bauhaus
Bauhaus was an art design school in germany during time between the two world wars. Designers explored industrial processes to make objects cheaper and easier to produce in large quantities and reduce bulk whilst retaining functional strength
Design features- Emphasis on function of objects
- Use of industrial methods and materials, increased use of metal
-designed for mass production
-design for the synthesis of architecture and product design: the totality of the building and it’s contents
Designers: Wassily Kandinsky (artisit)
- Marcel breuer
- Walter gropius
Brief description of modernism
Mainly American “modernist designers”
Appllied organic design approaches which were later exaggerated into Biomorphism an moved to Pop Design of 60s and beyond.
Design features: Use of modern materials and processes (expanding use of plastic and veneer)
- Clean organic geometric forms (shapes that mimic curvature of body)
- Strong often vibrant colours
Designers: Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi
De Stijl brief description
A dutch movement 1917-31, founded by artist Theo van Doesburg.
DEsign features: - Searching for simplicity and harmony in abstraction, reducing to purest form
- Use of straight lines and rectangular shapes (later included diagonal lines).
- Limited range of colours (red,yellow, blue, black, and white)
- No surface decoration
Designers: Gerrit Rietveld
