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WorksheetsIndustrial design
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 22mins
The birth of Industrial design dates back to
Western Europe,1900s
Eastern Europe, 1800s
United States, 1900s
United Kingdom, 1800s
What is it that involves geometry, precision, simplicity, and economy in the design of products?
European movement
Industrial design
Bauhaus movement
Walter Dorwin method
What is not true about Industrial design in United states in early 1900s.
Most industrial designers in America were theater designers & artist illustrators
They believed that the product's interior is what is more important than its exteriors
Products were created in non-functional aero dynamic shapes to create product appeal
US cars were decorated with tail fins & chrome teeth
In 2000s, the success stories of IBM, Bell, Ford, Deere were mainly because of
Shape and appearance
Integration of Industrial design in their product development process
Sales and marketing initiatives undertaken
The then CEOs
Which of the following is not one of the goals of Dreyfuss (1967) when developing a new product?
Ease of maintenance
Low costs
Utility
logistics
'The development of a new aircraft requires millions of dollars of ID effort'.
What does this imply?
The success of the aircraft depends on its aesthetic appeal
Industrial design is unimportant for such products
Quality of the user is the most important factor
Despite the cost, the relevance of ID is important
What are the two components around which the Industrial design revolves?
Ergonomics and Cost
Aesthetics and value
Ergonomics and Value
Ergonomics and Aesthetics
A typical example of Ergonomics with one human interaction
Door knob
laptop
car
Printer
The cost of ID involves
Direct cost, manufacturing cost & value cost
Direct cost, manufacturing cost & Time cost
Indirect cost, manufacturing cost, value cost
Fixed cost, manufacturing cost, time cost
The benefits of ID include
Note: multiple options
Increased product appeal
greater customer satisfaction
Strong brand identity
Price sensitivity
Examples of ID establishing corporate identity are
Small, upright shape and benign buff colouring of Apple Macintosh
Clean lines and basic colours of Braun shavers
Chrome teeth of Ford
Classic look and solid feel of Rolex watches
ID process has the following steps except one
Investigation of customer needs
Cross functional teams
Preliminary refinement
Control drawings or models
_________ are called thumbnail sketches
Thumbnails added to each folder saved in a computer
drawings of thumbnails collected together
Simple sketches of each concept
3D drawings of Industrial design
Information intensive drawings are knowns as ___________. Industrial designers switch from soft models to these.
Hard models
Soft models
Sketches
Renderings
Control models or drawings generated by ______ & the data are then directly transferred to engineering design system, allowing entire development process to be more easily integrated.
Hard models
Renderings
3D CAD
Which of the following is not true about ID?
ID is incorporated into the product development phase during the Later phases for a technological product
ID process is a sub process of product development process
ID process is a separate process, not parallels
How do you assess the quality of ID? Its based on
inappropriate use of resources
Quality of the user interface
Emotional appeal
Ability to maintain and repair
product differentiation
If you are asked to draw a sketch for "Stapler" in both 'inside out' and 'Outside in' ways.. Which one would be easier and appropriate to use according to you?
Inside out - seems to be a good option
Outside in - seems to be a good option
Both
What do you infer from the term 'Visual equity' - Value of the distinctive appearance of a firm's products.
It can be purchased over a short period of time
It usually accrues slowly
Its no where related to ID
What type of products may not involve ID in the product development process?
Please think it over.
