Modelling

• Modes of research: focus groups, interviews, material testing, questionnaire, online research
• Design Brief - A statement that sets out what is to be designed
• A design brief contains details regarding what the product must do, aesthetics, and other design constraints
• Design briefs do not state the problem that is to be solved
• Collaboration : Working with others, esxpecially at the development stage, can greatly increase creativity
• Example of collaboration: Making of a Heart rate monitor

  • electronic engineer
  • cardiologist (medical expert)
  • Anthropometrics expert
• Collaboration brings more ideas, can help find out which is better and can broaden ideating content.

  -can have lots of difference experts that are part of your team
• User centred design is a design process that puts the user at the centre of the design process.
• A systems approach : Not looking at the one part of the problem, its looking at it as a whole
• iterative design : Continuous cycle of designing, prototyping, testing and evaluating, analysing and refining (failure as a driving force)
• Freehand Sketching - first, primary, quick way of presenting ideas
• Oblique - simpler, not very realistic
• Isometric - equal measure, can measure size to make it to scale, no vanishing point
• Systems diagram - a graphical representation of a logical process
• schematic diagram - what components make up the circuit, and where they sit in relative to each other. circuit diagram, mrt map
• Annotation - a comment used to describe, explain and discuss a design idea to improve your communication of your design intent.
• Exploded drawings - shows how component parts of a product are assembled (customer assembly, manufacturing specification)
• Working drawings - a scale drawing giving technical details (such as dimensions) to enable a product to be manufactured
• why do we model

  • interact in real time
  • see how parts fit together
  • communicate with client
  • trial + error
• Prototype development: model of a product made to the highest quality used to evaluate a design, its performance and its ability to be manufactured.
• Why prototype:

  Satisfy the requirements of the brief, Respond to client wants and needs, Demonstrate innovation,Potentially marketable