section 6

• Feedback

  responses from clients and 3rd partys
• primary data

  facts and figures that are newly collected for the project - surveys, site visits, interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, case studies, materials testings, product analysis
• secondary data

  facts and figures that have already been recorded prior to the project at hand - articles, journals, studies, magazines, radio, tv
• Ergonomics

  the study of the human factors that affect the design and operation of tools and the work environment
• Anthroprometrics

  A science of measuring the human body that is used to help design and engineer products to be comfortable and safe for people to use.
• design brief


  A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and its constraints. The design brief is used to encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution.

  
  

  The brief itself should be brief
• Design specification

  A detailed description of the conditions, requirements and restrictions with which a design must comply. This is a precise and accurate list of facts, such as

  conditions, dimensions, materials, process and methods, that are important for

  the designer and for the user. All appropriate solutions will need to comply with

  the design specification
• user-centered design

  Changing the design to fit the user rather than asking the user to accommodate the design.
• systems approach

  a way of designing and laying out electrical circuits, intdicating inputs, process', outputs.
• Iterative design

  A design methodology based on a cyclic process of prototyping, testing, analyzing, and refining a product or process. Designs developed through user centred evaluation.
• Intuitive design

  concise and complete designs that are achieved the first time.
• design fixation

  When designs a designer is stuck in the same way of thinking and produces an array of very similar designs.
• Sketching

  An effective means of communication that utilizes drawing
• Modelling

  a developmental stage that captures the excitement of concepts but shows further refinement.
• Non-destructive Testing

  Methods of testing engineering designs without having to destroy the build objects.
• Destructive Testing

  Test methods used to examine an object, material, or system causing permanent damage to its usefulness.
• market testing

  the stage of the new-product process that exposes actual products to prospective consumers under realistic purchase conditions to see if they will buy
• Freehand Sketching

  A method of making a drawing without the use of instruments.
• oblique projection

  three dimensional drawing where the front faces forward, and the depth dimensions go back at angles, usually 15, 30, or 45 degrees. Used when most information on drawing is on the front of the object.
• Isometric Projection

  Three dimensional drawing made up of equal angles of 120 degrees, most common 3-D drawing used in industry.
• two point perspective

  A realistic way of drawing objects in three dimensions using a horizon line, a key edge, and two vanishing points.
• construction lines

  Thin lines that serve as guides while sketching or drawing.
• schematics

  diagrams; plans
• systems diagram

  a graphic means of displaying the way we understand systems to be structured and/or to function
• Orthographic Projection

  A method of representing views of a three-dimensional object by projecting the visible faces in each view on a two-dimensional plane.
• Exploded drawing

  Drawing in which parts are moved out of a position along an axis so that each individual part is visible
• scale

  the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
• commercially viable

  capable of making a profit
• Sir James Dyson


  Born in UK 2nd May 1947, studied at the Royal College of Art (1966–1970)
• James set up his own company, research centre and factory based in the Cotswolds. His first mass-produced vacuum cleaner – DC01 - was launched.


  1993
• Dyson vacuum cleaner

  • First of its kind to function without a bag
  • First vacuum cleaner to maintain 100% suction 100% of the time
• Development of Dyson vacuum cleaner

  1. 5,127 prototypes

  2. Over a span of 4 years
• Plastics used in Dyson products

  • PP Polypropylene
  • PNT Polybutylene Terephthalate
  • PC Polycarbonate
  • PU Polyurethane
  • ABS Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
• Components of Dyson products

  • Metal Screws
  • Electric Motors
  • Electronics
• Dyson employs over 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries
• Dyson remains family-owned and plots their own path, unshackled from conventional thinking
• Dyson's core values

  • Different - Ingenious thinking, challenging convention, seizing opportunities
  • Authentic - Respecting others, working collaboratively, upholding integrity
  • Better - Embracing sustainability, making decisions, constantly improving, being first
• Dyson's policy is to conduct all our business in a legal, ethical and responsible manner
• Sustainable growth of Dyson

  • Reliant on environmental stewardship
  • Protecting Employees and supply chains
  • Ensure that any business decisions consider the effect on the environment
  • Impacts are appropriately addressed and sufficiently mitigated
  • Consider product manufacture, packaging and end of life
  • Reduce primary material demand through the reduction, recovery and reuse of resources