FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DESIGN

• What are the factors that influence design?

  1. Need or opportunity
  2. Function
  3. End users
  4. Aesthetics
  5. Market needs or opportunities
  6. Product lifecycle
  7. Technologies: materials, tools and processes
  8. Ethical considerations
• Need or opportunity


  Identification of the purpose for a product and it why it was made
• Function


  The purpose of a product that makes it fit-for-use for its intent
• End-users


  The human and/or non human consumers of the product for whom the product is intended for
• End-users


  Parts of the product that impact include quality of life:

  Culture & religion

  Emotional & sensory appeal

  Universal design

  Demographics

  Social & physical needs

  Safety

  Accessibility

  Comfort

  Eronomics

  Anthropometric data
• Aesthetics


  Relates to a products form, appearance and feel

  Considerations include design elements and principles
• Market needs and opportunities

  Areas where a product does not already address a need, or where a product does not exist and a new product can fill a gap in the market
• Product lifecycle


  The resource inputs that span a products manufacture
• Product lifecycle - Life cycle assessment

  (LCA) A tool that is used to assess the environmental impact of each stage within a product's life
• Technologies: Materials, tools and processes


  Materials:

  Timber, plastics, fabrics, metals, bio-materials, dyes & finishes

  Tools:

  AI, computer-aided design (CAD), 3D printer, overlocked, fabric printing

  Processes:

  Testing making samples, prototyping,
• Ethical considerations in design- what is ethical design?

  It's concerned with enabling both individual goods and public goods

  Looks at designing products that is ethical for people and public spaces including sustainability and legal responsibilities
• 3 pillars of sustainability

  Environmental dimension: Planet

  Economic dimension: Profit

  Social dimension: People
• Design elements


  Point, line, shape, form, texture, colour, tone, transparency, translucency, opacity
• Design principles


  Proportion & balance, contrast, asymmetry & symmetry, pattern, movement & rhythm, repetition, space, surface qualities