Product Design and Technologies flashcards

What this deck covers

• Unit 3: Influences and designing for end-users (50 cards, 13 dot points)

  • Design factors and the elements and principles of design: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Designers, intellectual property and copyright: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Designing for end-users and stakeholders: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Economic factors in product design: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Evaluating products through sustainability and ethics: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Generating, developing and refining design ideas: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Influences on the design and production of products: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • New and emerging technologies in design and production: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Primary and secondary research methods in product design: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Proof of concept and selecting design options: VCE Product Design and Technologies (3)
  • Scales of production in industry: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • The product design process and the Double Diamond: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Writing a design brief and evaluation criteria for an end-user: VCE Product Design and Technologies (3)
• Unit 4: Producing and evaluating products (35 cards, 10 dot points)

  • Evaluating the finished product against criteria and feedback: VCE Product Design and Technologies (3)
  • Exam technique and structure: VCE Product Design and Technologies (2)
  • Innovation and entrepreneurial activity in product design: VCE Product Design and Technologies (3)
  • Materials and their properties in product design: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Production processes, tools and equipment: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Quality measures, quality control and quality assurance: VCE Product Design and Technologies (5)
  • Risk management and the hierarchy of hazard control: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)
  • Safe production and the work plan in product manufacture: VCE Product Design and Technologies (3)
  • Speculative design and futures thinking: VCE Product Design and Technologies (3)
  • Sustainability and the product life cycle: VCE Product Design and Technologies (4)

Sample cards from this deck

1. Definition

   Writing a design brief and evaluation criteria for an end-user: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define design brief

   A design brief is a written statement of the design problem that defines what a product must achieve for its end-user, including the constraints (fixed limits such as budget, size, materials or deadline) and considerations (factors to weigh, such as aesthetics, function, sustainability and safety).

2. Definition

   Evaluating the finished product against criteria and feedback: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define Evaluating a finished product

   Evaluating a finished product means judging it against the predetermined evaluation criteria and end-user feedback, supported by evidence, to reach a reasoned conclusion about how well it met the brief.

3. Definition

   Design factors and the elements and principles of design: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define Function, purpose and context

   What the product does, why it exists, and where and how it is used.

4. Definition

   Innovation and entrepreneurial activity in product design: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define Invention

   Invention is the creation of a genuinely new product, process or idea for the first time. Innovation is the successful introduction and adoption of a new or improved product, process or idea that creates value.

5. Definition

   The product design process and the Double Diamond: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define Define (converge)

   Synthesise the research into a clear, specific problem statement and brief.

6. Definition

   Materials and their properties in product design: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define Mechanical properties

   Strength, hardness, toughness, elasticity, ductility and durability, which govern how the material behaves under load.

7. Definition

   Designers, intellectual property and copyright: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define Copyright

   Automatic, free protection of original creative works such as drawings, plans and written material. It protects the expression, not the underlying idea or function.

8. Definition

   Production processes, tools and equipment: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define Cutting and separating

   Removing material to size, using saws, shears, laser or CNC cutters, knives or drills.

9. Definition

   Designing for end-users and stakeholders: VCE Product Design and Technologies

   Define End-user

   The specific person (or defined group) who will actually use the finished product. They have measurable needs, a body, a context and preferences.

10. Definition

    Quality measures, quality control and quality assurance: VCE Product Design and Technologies

    Define Quality assurance (QA)

    Proactive prevention. You design the process so faults are unlikely: test cuts on scrap, jigs and templates for repeatability, calibrated tools, and documented procedures. It stops problems arising.