Producing design ideas
Starting with a A set of instructions given to a designer by a client., a designer may come up with a good idea to solve a problem. Using an A cyclic design process of modelling and testing to achieve gradual improvements to the design., a model can be made from a design sketch and then tested against the criteria in the product specification. The test results may suggest failures and A change made to improve something. required to the design. These changes are evaluated, and then the cycle begins again - until the best solution to the problem is found.
The iterative process in design
To help the designer arrive at the best solution, design ideas should be questioned and reviewed during the design process. This could include:
- Does it respond to the design brief?
- Does it meet the criteria set out in the design specification?
- Can it be manufactured to fit with the budget that has been set and with the ideal selling price?
- Do the How something looks. appeal to the user?
- Does it appeal to the users’ cultural values?
- Could it be sustainable or easily dismantled to be recycled or reused at the end of its life? Consider materials and sources of energy, eg solar or wind
- How could it be manufactured?
- materials
- A part that when put together makes a product.
- processes and/or techniques
Designers use Labelling of a diagram. to explain their sketches and models so that other people will clearly understand their design thinking. They also use annotations when communicating their design ideas to address design issues and approaches.
