PDT Terminology- Multiple Choice /98

What does 'accessibility' mean in product design?

• Testing two or more materials to find out how they respond to a particular circumstance (e.g. force, moisture, etc.) And comparing their performance; used to identify the most suitable material for a product
• Designing products to suit users in relation to their abilities and capabilities, particularly digital products and also clothing, e.g. Tommy Adaptive
• The process used in industry to develop (design & prototype), manufacture, distribute, retail and modify/update a product in mass production
• Research performed by oneself, e.g. measuring, taking photos, testing materials, trialling processes, testing or comparing products, interviewing people/end user/s or taking notes when observing.

What does 'aesthetics' mean in product design?

• The visual and textural features or attributes of product, related to one's preferences of style and beauty

• a wide variety of users are considered, relevant to public spaces (built environment) and mainstream products
• Similar to LCA but not scientific, considers the life of a product from materials, manufacture, use and disposal.
• Extended producer responsibility (similar to product stewardship), shifts ownership of disposal to manufacturer

What does 'annotations' mean in product design?

• A visual plan for how production steps will be completed over a set period of time, showing dates
• Written comments on a design drawing
• A material that light passes through but where images seen through it are blurred, fuzzy or indistinct
• Products that don't function as well as newer models due to materials/structures wearing out or not performing well

What does 'anthropometric data' mean in product design?

• The aesthetic/visual building blocks of design: point, line, colour, shape and form, texture, tone, etc.

• More detailed drawings, usually 3D to show what the whole product could look like, realistic, rendered to show texture or materials and annotated
• Measurements of the human body (data from many people collected and averaged)
• Questioning, analysing, making judgements

What does 'CAD' mean in product design?

• A statement that identifies needs or opportunities, contains an end user profile and scope of the project (constraints and considerations)
• Journal or logbook entries describing production experiences and knowledge learnt
• How a product works or does its job

• Computer Aided Design

What does 'CAM' mean in product design?

• Computer Aided Design
• Designed to be pulled apart easily, types of materials reduced
• An object that has parts that mirror each other on each side of a line of symmetry or axis (asymmetry: no mirrored axis)

• Computer Aided Manufacture

What does 'CNC' mean in product design?

• Computer Numeric Control: machines driven by numerical data from a computer
• Written comments on a design drawing
• Exploring new ideas and experimenting, trying different approaches, making unusual combinations
• Computer Aided Manufacture

What does 'circular economy' mean in product design?

• A change to the original design
• Aims for continuous use and reuse of materials
• More detailed drawings, usually 3D to show what the whole product could look like, realistic, rendered to show texture or materials and annotated
• Products that don't have the latest technological features, that are out-of-date due to recent advances in technology

What does 'commercial products' mean in product design?

• Products manufactured in low or high volume to be sold by retailers
• Circumstances, climate or environment of an event, situation, activities in relation to a product’s use
• Quick drawings, sketches and models of initial ideas, experimental and exploratory, usually not highly finished or detailed, annotated to explain positive and negative features
• The chosen product concept with all details defined, perhaps with use of a technical drawing, or an annotated realistic drawing to show exactly how final product will be made, will look and how it will be constructed

What does 'constraints and considerations (the SCOPE of a design brief)' mean in product design?

• Measurements of the human body (data from many people collected and averaged)
• Constraints: aspects that are required, must haves. Considerations: aspects surrounding the context or situation that need to be considered or researched further

• Something new and different that improves or replaces something, for example, a process, a product, or a service. It creates new markets or disrupts existing ones
• A form of IP: legal protection for the technical/mechanical aspects of a product, design or invention