Unit 6 (Investigating Primary and Secondary Data, Companies, Design Strategies, Communicating Design Ideas) Flashcards
Types of research
Primary: new data that is gathered by a researcher
Secondary: reporting on primary data
Define market research
Research that can help designers develop the market need for a new product
Define product analysis
To know what else is on the market and to consider how it is made
Define focus groups
Engage a business with customers by gaining small group feedback
What can be considered when making a product to make sure it is comfortable for user
Ergonomics and anthropometrics
Define design fixation
Where companies become fixated and limit creativity on an idea
Process of design
Sketching: can be quick to enable designers to explore an abundance of opportunities
Modelling: helps to visualise and even prototype an idea
Testing: can be getting opinions or checking measurements. It can be destructive, non-destructive and market (see the below)
Market testing: group tries product and gives feedback
Ways of designing and prototyping a product
Collaborative: can be working with others of different skills sets and increases creativity
Systems approach: a sequence of actions, such as a flow chart
User-centred: focus on the client or user group. Usually meets a brief, but may create limitations
Iterative: refines work with prototyping
Types of design drawing
2D: shows ideas and dimensions
3D: express feel of an idea
Oblique: used at earlier stages of design and are drawn at 45 angle
Isometric: are drawn corner on (30 angle)
Perspective: are 1, 2, 3 point perspective sketches
Orthographic: shows all measurement of each section of the product, all lined up in accordance of each other
Define toile
Are made on a mannequin to help determine dimensions and shape
Define breadboard
Are used in early developments of electronic products. They are boards containing a series of holes that electrical components can be pushed into
Define schematic diagram
A diagram that shows the layouts of certain components eg: circuit diagram
Define systems diagram
Systems approach uses systems diagrams and depicts the functions that will occur in a system to give a result
Define lay plans
Used on fabric to determine the layout of pattern pieces to reduce waste. This is because fabrics have a nap (look different from all angles)
Define nesting
Software (eg: CAD) used to nest irregular shapes as close together as possible, ready for manufacture
Define tessellation
Where shapes are arranged to be fitted together to increase amount shapes produced
What is tolerance and how is it measured
The range of values the product is capable of being cut to still achieve a very accurate product
Measured in mm
