factors influencing t4

• What does purpose for a product mean?


  How suitable a product is for a desired task, essential that the product performs to the optium level therfore needs fo be able to satisfy the deisgn brief
• What are dieter rams design principles?


  1)good design is innovative

  2)good design makes a product useful

  3) good design is aesthetic

  4) good design makes a product understandable

  5) good design is unobstructive

  6) good design is honest

  7) good design is long lasting

  8) good design is thorough down to the last detail

  9) good design is environmentally friendly

  10) good design is as little design as possible
• Who is Dieter Rams?


  A German functionalist designer, worked in 20th century, worked for Braun, modernist his influence was inspiration to Jonathan Ive (apple)
• Who is Jonathan Ive?


  an English industrial designer and former chief design officer (CDO) of Apple Inc., his take is less is more in the design industry
• What is functionality?

  Form follows function- the products aesthetics dictate its visual style or aesthetic eg Phillipe stark
• What is innovation


  the process by which ideas are transformed into new products and services that will help firms grow, are completely original
• What is authenticity?


  the uniqueness of something and has a personality as leading it to be iconic
• What is ergonomics?


  The name given to scientific study of the human body in relation to its surrounding environment
• What is anthropometrics?


  The name given for specific measurements used in order to find out sizes for products based on a particular group of people
• Examples of ergonomic products


  Keyboards to reduce RSI, furniture to support human skeleton, hand tools