1.14 CHALLENEGES INFLUENCING DESIGNING

Question 1

What factors do designers need to consider when creating and manufacturing a product?

Answer 1

THEY SHOULD CONSIDER:

ethnic impacts
social impacts
economic impacts
green design
life cycle analysis (LCA)
Human capabilities
Sustainability
Carbon offset
Recycling
Material cost
Capability of manufacturing

Question 2

What is green design and why should manufactures take it into account

Answer 2

materials need to be ecofriendly

practices in making it are eco friendly

Question 3

What does it mean to consider manufacturing capabilities?

Answer 3

Basically understanding that you are not some big god and with a wave of your hand you can make anything

you need to understand that your ability to manufacture depends on:

size of your plant/factory
size and weight of product
how good ya tools are

Question 4

what do companies need to keep in mind when cutting costs

Answer 4

compromising the ability of the product

consider whether certain parts are just for show or actually are useful

Question 5

what is human capability and why does it matter

Answer 5

human capability refers to basically the smartness of people to understand your product

old age and illness can affect our cognitive ability

so products for older people and very young people need to be simple.

Not too many knobs and buttons and a simple UI

Question 6

What are the stages of life cycle analysis

Answer 6

Extracting raw material
processing this material into a usable form
manufacturing the product
distributing it to retailers
customer uses it
repair and maintenance of it
they eventually dispose of it.