Product design with embodiment design as a new perspective

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Product design for elderly-visual design information inspired a new perspective in design education

A workshop Product Design for Elderly was held in Beijing and organized by the School of Digital Media and Design, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. A domestic appliances company had sponsored a part of the workshop and brought in the topics. The objectives of the workshop were creating a product design by each design team. and gaining design competence with use of visual design information. The work method was based on the sequential design process of Pahl and Beitz. The archetype of process design process was the building stone for the proposed product design for elderly process, which had a sequential character and feedback options. During the workshop were held three questionnaires for observation and experience research with a new perspective in design education. Communication and taking design decisions are the two design activities that run through the entire process. The go decision appeared to be crucial, so it could be defined as a separate design step. Visual information will be gathered among other things with a digital camera by taking pictures and making movies. This is “walking design”. The idea generation is based on the gathered visual design information, the problem definition, the design brief and design space that defines the boundaries of the design solution. The concept development can be well presented in a visual way. Cost estimation is also included in the proposed process.Industrial DesignIndustrial Design Engineerin

Shape language - How people describe shapes and shape operations

Many designers do not use CAD tools for shape ideation. They consider CAD systems not appropriate for the ideation phase. This research investigates how designers ideate shape, in particular which terms they use to exteriorize shape. The goal is to be able to propose digital tools that are useful for shape ideation. For the inventory of shape terms, an experiment was set up for two subjects. Both subjects receive a picture of a shape. Subject A receives also a picture of a derived shape. A explains the derived shape to B, who sketches it. The used shape terms are inventoried and categorized. The experiment was performed with two different groups of subjects. The research method is described in detail, the frequencies of the observed terms are presented and the differences between the groups are shown. The results are discussed and implications for digital shape ideation systems are mentioned.Design EngineeringIndustrial Design Engineerin

Product sound design in education

Product Sound Design is an elective course of the Master of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. The educational goal of the course is to make students consciously aware of constructive parts in the design of appliances. The paper details the experience and the design of product sounds. The course runs during the second half year and the students are involved through project teams. Products have mostly moving parts with a certain mass that generate sounds. Clearance is the result of tolerances of two fitted parts and the quality of manufacturing these parts. Two types of sounds can be distinguished: intentional sounds and consequential sounds. In product sound design an integrative vision of perception and engineering is needed to be a successful designer/engineer of products. The content of the product sound design course has three main subjects to explain: product, product sound and product sound design. The first quarter consists of an intentional sound project and the consequential sound project takes place in the second quarter. The education format is two projects, one in each quarter, and supported by lectures. The project is finished with a presentation and report. Results for projects in the academic year 2010-2011 will be presented. Findings of these projects will be adapted in the next course. The experiences of course leaders and students are good, which is translated in relatively good marks. The product sound design course fills the gap that exists between sound experts and product designers.Industrial DesignIndustrial Design Engineerin

Product Sound Design: Intentional and Consequential Sounds

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