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Strategies for evaluation
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EVALUATION is an essential part of the design process
In this unit we are going to look at possible strategies to help you to evaluate your products effectively.
We are going to:
• look at why and how designers evaluate their products.
• look at how you can evaluate your products.
Strategies for EVALUATION
Why do designers evaluate their work ?
Designers evaluate their work for a number of reasons.
1. To find out how successful their products are.
2. To find out if it is possible to improve their products.
Producers and designers attempt to improve their products continually in
order that they are the most successful products on the market.
Can you think of products that are continually improved?
Jonathan Ive – IMac company
James Dyson – Dyson company
Case study: DYSON
James Dyson is an example of a
designer that evaluates and
continually improves the products that his company makes. Not only does he improve the products but he frequently
makes significant technological advancements to them.
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For further information visit www.jamesdysonfoundation.com
better
better
James Dyson evaluated
vacuum cleaners on the market and then looked at ways of
designing a more effective product.
Product evolution and development
Can you think of how he has made each vacuum cleaners
more effective than
the previous one?
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For further information visit www.jamesdysonfoundation.com
Case study: DYSON
Innovation in product design
How had James Dyson solved this design challenge ?
Dyson - airblade
Conventional hand dyer
Case study: DYSON
For further information visit www.jamesdysonfoundation.com
photographs courtesy www. jamesdysonfoundation.com
What are the advantages of this product?
Product evolution and development
How had James Dyson solved this design challenge ?
Case study: DYSON
photographs courtesy www. jamesdysonfoundation.com
For further information visit www.jamesdysonfoundation.com
Designers use the following methods to evaluate the products they design and develop -
1. The response of the customer
2. Testing the product in use.
3. Checking if the product reflects the main design specification points.
1. The response of the customer
Can you think of ways a designer can find out what the customer thinks of a product?
2. Testing the product in use.
Checking if the product is safe to use.
Can you think of ways a product can be tested?
Check if the product functions effectively.
3. Checking if the product reflects the main design specification points
1.
Must have a range of colours to allow for consumer choice.
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2.
The product should have a modern style and shape to reflect the ipodstored
Must store the ipodClassic
3.Must be light enough to carry and move around the room.
4. Must be safe to use
etc………………………………………….
Does the product answer these design specifications?
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