Prelim Flashcards (yellow)
Ease of maintenance
Running costs-batteries, chargers
Cleaning access
Repairing broken parts/cost/availability
Changing parts/access-general public or specialist?
Durability
The ability to withstand wear and tear, pressure
Materials, budget, cost
(Childs toy)-materials, construction, finish - price
Ergonomics
How humans interect with products
Anthropometrics-human sizes
5th, 50th, 95th percentile
Physiology-strength, posture, flexibility, reaction, speed, control
Psychology-brain-how you interact with products, colours, textures
Market (then techniques)
Who will buy it?
Market-needs, wants, desires
Market push-existing
Products being continually updated (mobile phones)
Offers
Free gifts
Celebrity endorsements
BOGOF
Planned obsolescence
Products that are designed to wear out and break over time
Mobile phones, light bulbs, electrical appliances, car parts-⬆️ profit
Value for Money
Whats the budget?
Target market-aimed at?
End cost to customer/profit
COSTS-Raw materials, fixtures, fittings, transport, packaging, standard components, advertising, life expectancy of the product?
Safety
CE Symbol
Rigorous testing- all products need to meet safety standards before they can be sold to public
Aesthetics
WOW FACTOR
WHY YOU WANT TO BUY IT
Colour, shape, texture, style, fashion, symmetry, contrast, pattern, line, proportion
Materials and Construction
Material strength, weight, resistance to shock, water, heat-
manufacturing processes used to make the product
Assembly/quality of components used
Function
What its designed to do
Primary function
Secondary function
Research techniques (questionnaire)
A quick way to gather info from a potential target market
Collecting a large amount of responses quickly
Yes or no questions displayed on graphs and charts
Evaluating design factors
consumer preferences
Price
Research Techniques (User trip)
Physically test product by using it (hoover, iron)
How does it perform, different floors/surfaces (hoover)
test ergonomics
unpacking it, reading instructions
assembly? how easy?
then improvements/safety issues
Plastics
-thermoplastic
-thermosetting plastic
Thermoplastics (Recycled)
Soften when heated
can be reshaped
Can return to original shape
Acrylic, nylon, ABS, polypropylene, polystyrene, LOPE, HOPE
Thermosetting plastics
cant be heated and shapes-electrical products
melamine formaldehyde
Wood working tools
Measuring and marking out tools
Steel rule, pencil, marking gauge, try square, sliding bevel (angles), mortice gauge-2 parallel lines
Cutting tools
Coping saw, hegnersaw, tenon saw, chisel, mortice chisel, mallet, cross pein hammer, bradawl, countersink
Metal working tools
Marking out
Scribe, rule, odd leg calipers, spring dividers, engineer square, engineer blue, centre punch
Cutting and shaping
Ball pein hammer, outside and inside calipers, flat, half round and round files, rawhide mallet, hacksaw, junior hacksaw, tin snips, guillotine
