Product design

Reaction Time Definition: Reaction time is the speed at which the brain responds to a stimulus and formulates a response. This is vital in most sports. The most obvious example is responding to the gun at the start of a race, but another example is a goalkeeper saving a penalty. Importance: Sprinters need a fast reaction time so that they can react to the gun at the start of the race and begin moving as soon as they hear it. This gives them a better start and for such a short race every fraction…

As stated at its definition, the most important thing in remanufacture is to bring the product or the component back to a like-new functionality. Problems arise when this requirement does not be fulfilled. There are some issues that can reduce product’s remanufacturability: • Materials that are not durable. Using non-durable materials can cause damages through the remanufacturing process. Even if the product does not be damaged, will probably be deteriorated during its “second-life” use. •…

Understanding impaired users is an important part of the design process. When designing for the impaired, there are particular physical and social issues that need to be addressed. Viewing the customer as equal in worth to a product, or service, is essential in co-creating value between parties. Designers need to be delivering products that ensure safe practice at all times, due to their loss of confidence, and therefore freedom, from their normal lives. An increasing, more affluent, impaired…

entered the Ruth Prowse School of Art where he completed a diploma in graphic design. After eight years filled with an award winning period, he founded Joe Public with his founding partner, Gareth Leck. Dyeshana is from Mdantsane Township outside East London in the Eastern Cape. At age 11 he enrolled at Selborne College as one of the first non-segregated students. After matriculating in 1998, he studied graphic design at Peninsula Tech in Cape Town. During his time there, he fell in love with…

Graphics and Design 110 deals with the scientific process, which is a highly concentrated methodology focusing on the five-step Engineering Design Process. The five-step Engineering Design Process has been constructed to provide a rigorous, repeatable, formal scientific methodology to engineering problems. These steps are as follows: Define the Problem, Gather Information, Generate Multiple Solutions, Analyze and Select a Solution, and Test and Implement the Solution. This design process is a…

people (Merriam-Webster, 2015). Mechanical engineering is a specific branch of engineering that deals with mechanisms. Michigan Technological University defines it as the application of the principles and problem-solving techniques of engineering from design to manufacturing to the marketplace for any object. The principles that mechanical engineers use are those of mathematics and physics. They apply these and the…

‘Industrial design’ as a profession originated in the west and has continued to flourish in close collaboration with industries there. Concept of industrial design were imparted to India in early sixties through the establishment of formal education programmes in Indian design schools.(MP Ranjan, quality through Industrial design,1990. Craft disciplines such as ceramics, glass, and textiles might fall into the category of applied arts, industrial arts, decorative arts, fine arts, or crafts. They…

contemporary Italian design as well as look aesthetically pleasing to the consumer. Designing the corkscrew around an Italian woman should provide a ‘tongue and cheek’ product that will represent playfulness, whilst bringing out the childish side in the user. Its form will directly impact the overall performance and quality of the product. A more premium yet still effective appearance will carry a higher price because of its unique characteristics (for example a female figure). The products size…

of new cell phone handset designs and other product line designs were to hire new designers. In order to make the Samsung’s brand stand out from the rest, the chairman decided to hire “young hip designers” from America to come up with fresh ideas, therefore bringing recognition of the Samsung brand. Samsung designers were sent to different places so they could get inspired, and bring that inspiration to the company’s products designs. Samsung had a different idea for design centers, they would…

Addressing the issues or expanding the options in Operation Management is the main goal for Apple. The techniques included are the following: supply chain management, designing of products, and sales and operation planning. There are many concerns with competition, emerging technology, customer and market issues, labor concerns, and new laws and regulation. The market for Apple now consists of watches, phones, computers, music players, and TV’s. The problem is Apple is currently having…