The process of creating a new product or service is called product design.
What design brief would you give to a design team for a new travel iron?
Design mix:
What do you think these three elements mean?
Task: Think about designing a new driverless car.
What interior features might it have?
Can you draw a sketch of what it might look like?
Do you think the cost of manufacture makes its production realistic?
Function:
A product or service must be 'fit for purpose'.
Think also about -
Ease of use
Convenience
Safety
Having a feature which gives your product a USP.
Aesthetics:
Sensory stimulation. What do you think this means?
Design is an important part of aesthetics.
Products Jony Ive designed:
Economic manufacture (Cost):
A product must be 'economically viable' if it is to succeed in a competitive market.
Not 'economically viable' 1:
Not 'economically viable' 2:
Probably the best passenger plane ever made.
London to New York in 3 hours 15 minutes.
Unfortunately at an unrealistic price.
How does the following product satisfy the design mix?
Click on the picture:
The design mix and social trends:
Public attitudes towards many things have changed as a result of:
Global warming:
The destruction of important natural resources (resource depletion):
Businesses now design for 'waste minimisation'.
Example of over packaging 1:
Example of over packaging 2:
Ethics are a moral code that involves 'doing the right thing'.
Not using suppliers who use child labour, forced labour, indentured labour or who operate in unsafe ways.
Consequences of not acting in this way:
'Ethical' fast fashion:
Eating less meat:
Eating less meat:
