This is quite a challenging project, it took our group a very long time to arrive at the final solution, also it is quite hard to find a good product to fit in our system. We keep changing ideas on the system and product every week. Finally, we have decided on the purified water which is used to serve in the apartment lobby that has more than 50 units. Because we need to consider the cost of the machinery, how often the consumer will use it. Lots of issues and problems we need to think of.
Product service system is not only a service, but also contain a product that gives user benefit. The pps must be workable, useable, and sustainable. Our solution is that design a water station that can fit difference size of the bottle, provide purified water to the users. And in the water station we also have different size and colour of the bottle to sell it to the customers.
Our aim to design this PPS is that to reduce the bottled water waste, encourage people to use reusable water bottle that help the environment, and to reduce the environmental impact.
To work as a group, we have divide to few areas to work on: online research, technical drawings, internal look of the machine, shapes, colour, the division of works will save lots of time for us and provide better result as each of us got to focus in a specific area. From time to time, during the process, we will meet up to discuss our findings, to make sure that we are all on the right tract. As an industrial design student, this project is a good challenge for us. We need to consider lots of problems, issues. And also, make us learn a lot of new knowledge.
Monday, 11 July 2011
Home
After watching the HOME video, I realize that it is becoming more and more crucial for us to pay more attention to our environment. Like what it said, everything in the world is link together- air, water, soil and the nature habitat. And the link between them are fragile, they can be easily broken and can’t or hard to recover. The planet is form in 4 billion years ago and human being only has a history of 200 thousands years. Yet we are bless with the natural resources and the environment which is made available to us after 4 billion year of evolution in the earth. Volcano area is a good indication on how it look like in the earth 4 billion years ago, full of dust and fire. Then come the initial life form in the hot spring- bacterial which than lead to other type of life form in the earth. The nature is nicely balance before human being come into the cycle. The layer of ice that form on the top of the ocean in the cold region during winter to make the undersea prevent against the cold, so the living thing under the sea can survive in the winter as well. Then the rainforests which prevent a place for the habitats for the animals, forming the balance food chain and holding the soil from erosion and storing CO2 and producing oxygen. These are some of the example of how nature is balance. With the bless of resources like oil, coal, forest… we are growing faster and faster, especially in the past 50 years, with the oil revolution, we have change the face of earth more than the changes that have taken place in the past generations. In Shaihai for example, 3000 sky towers have been build in the mere 20 years time. Also, the use of fertilizers, pesticides, chemicals and a lot other polluted products, they all contribute to the pollution of the environment. ¼ of the animal species are predicted to extinct in the next 30 years due to destruction of the nature. The video show us how transform of energy occur- the available of fruits in the supermarket at the expense of the drying Gordon river and a lot of other rivers in the world. Also, 100liter of water give 1 kg of potato, 4,000 liter give 1kg rice and 13,000liter give 1kg beef.
Nevertheless, the natural resource is not equally distributed, 1 in 4 persons live in the type of environment same as 6000 years ago, their energy source is from the natural and the season, education is a rare previlange for them. And 1 in 6 people live in place with poor hygience condition. Yet 80 % of the world minerals are being use by 20% of the population only.
We are now in a world that is depleting the natural resources faster than it can regenerate and they are not been equally distributed. We can only do so by changing our lifestyle and helping others in the poor nation. For example, donating, eating more vege than meat products, use water and electricity wisely and recycle our waste and ect. As a designer, this also tell me that designing a product is not only all about the outlook and the function now, but also about the ‘greenness’ of the product. So that as a human being, I will fulfill my responsibility for the nature.
Nevertheless, the natural resource is not equally distributed, 1 in 4 persons live in the type of environment same as 6000 years ago, their energy source is from the natural and the season, education is a rare previlange for them. And 1 in 6 people live in place with poor hygience condition. Yet 80 % of the world minerals are being use by 20% of the population only.
We are now in a world that is depleting the natural resources faster than it can regenerate and they are not been equally distributed. We can only do so by changing our lifestyle and helping others in the poor nation. For example, donating, eating more vege than meat products, use water and electricity wisely and recycle our waste and ect. As a designer, this also tell me that designing a product is not only all about the outlook and the function now, but also about the ‘greenness’ of the product. So that as a human being, I will fulfill my responsibility for the nature.
Design for Life
The TV program ‘Design for Life’ is very interesting in that it tell us on the elements that are essentials to become a great designers like Philippe Starck. Starck product design definition is simple- to design beautiful, useful and sustainable object that can be enjoy by everyone. Product designers do affect every part of our life every day. For example, the sofa that we are sitting on comfortably, the laptop that we are using, the table that we are using, the bed that we use to sleep, these are all the result of a product design in a way which deem by the product designer to be the best design. Thus, the role of product designers are very crucial for everyone in the world. Because, through design, we can change the behavior of the everyday life in our community. In the first round, Starck ask everyone to chose one of the follow theme- Function, Ecology or Gender.The first essential elements Starck is looking for is to ensure that the designers can look into the behind of the products, not just the product itself. For example, the 90 Euro bike one of the candidate has bought due to the symbolize of sustainability which is less car, less pollutant gas. Neverthess, he forget to see that the bike at such a cheap price is only possible to produce with the exploitation of the cheap labour in the developing countries. Thus he forget to see behind the meaning of buying such a cheap bike. One of the more successful one is the celebrity products, it is because celebrities are selling their own product with their name on them and a lot of people are buying them not because they are better than their same range of product or anything but only because they have the celebrity name on them. This is unsustainability and not really functionally useful.
Overall, through this video, I learn that we have to really question our product first before we really design something. Are they useful? Sustainable? For male or female? Also, we have to put in feelings and emotions, not just a plain design concept pieces to get a good design. There are already too many pointless product in the market, like the Ipod cases which are being produce, providing that the ipod is already a very strong product with a hard and durable case. So as a design, we have to make sure that our product is not just another product out there in the market with pointless aim and don’t good any good for the society.
Overall, through this video, I learn that we have to really question our product first before we really design something. Are they useful? Sustainable? For male or female? Also, we have to put in feelings and emotions, not just a plain design concept pieces to get a good design. There are already too many pointless product in the market, like the Ipod cases which are being produce, providing that the ipod is already a very strong product with a hard and durable case. So as a design, we have to make sure that our product is not just another product out there in the market with pointless aim and don’t good any good for the society.
Sunday, 17 April 2011
STRETCHER
Rational
The design is an improve version of the existing stretcher design. When existing stretcher really being put into use, people have encounter a few problems. Thus this design is to help to solve these problems or minimize the effect of these problems. base on the existing stretcher in our life occurred when the existing problem, arising from the improved design. Also, this stretcher is especially design for the patient who is suffering in the flood area, this design will enable the rescue people to get the patient out of the area faster and easier.
The saver disaster stretcher is the ideal product for mass casualty and catastrophic situation, constructed of durable and light weight material, which is the recycled PET fabric, stain resistant to the blood and bodily fluids, easy to clean and wash. It will not leave any bacteria on the surface compare to the other material. It also could help to control virus from spreading in that area through stretchers. PE foam is also used as the floating material. It can be quickly deploy onto the rescue scene to accommodate multiple victim. Once finished, it can be conveniently packed into a small size to provide easy storage and carrying.
Now there is a problem with the stretcher in lifting it up, there are 4 separate foams that will not have strong support to the patient when it lift up. There are lots of way to fix these foam together, but will take time to do it. According to the research on the internet, in Asia, there is a special bamboo mat that people normally put it on the bed during the summer to reduce the heat, and the way this type of mat is weave is very tradition and has a special pattern. I am inspired by this after inspecting the mat itself. This stretcher will use this type of weaving method to make it strong when lifting it up . The good design can come from the traditional material or traditional method to use it more easily and faster.
The foldable stretcher just looks like a backpack, which allows people to carry and hold. The dimension of folded is 50cm * 60cm which will just fit onto the back, and the unfolded dimension is 50cm * 203cm, giving patients enough space to lie down. To place the safety belts are very important, most of the injured parts will be around the neck, chest. Itis better to put the belts below the chest and the other one will be place on the leg that prevents the patient from moving around.
Colour is the most important part during the rescue in the disaster area. Colour is a signal to warn or help people. This stretcher use bright orange and yellow to catch people's attention showing that rescue people are coming to save their life.
As the design student, we have lots of thing to learn, for instance, use of colour, material, and faster or easier way to use the product. The main point of designing this stretcher is to help the rescue team to save people's life much more easier and efficient.
Reflection
A disaster is a natural or man made hazard that has come to fruition resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment.
We could not stop the disaster, but we can improve the technology or equipment to prevent the death and lost. As a design student, we could help our country to design something that are usable to them. We need to have a few steps to start designing a usable product, firstly, research the information about these areas, what do they need when they are suffering in a disaster and select a few of them and get into more details about them? Which kind of material do they have locally? Secondly, elaborate the problem, define the problem, and solve the problem. Thirdly, start drawing some concepts that relate to this area, to finalize the product at the end. Fourthly, conclude the previous information to go to the deeper level with material, use, technology, colour, and make the model to test the results. These steps really help me to get better solution on the product concept in order to sort out a product that is really need improving and will be more useful and easier to use during disaster.
To design a product, we need to think lots of ways or even different ways to come up with an idea. To have a good idea is not easy, by working and discussing with the group mate or friends, asking them to inspect my concept and find out what problem I have in this concept that I did not notice. I spent lots of time on the way of using stretcher, but forgot how to make stretcher strongly support the patient when it life up. By keep working on the problem and finding a way to integrate the traditional way of the bamboo mat is weave really helps me to finish this project faster and get a more efficient solution.
In conclusion, this project taught me that keep on thinking different way is best way of design. And don't limited myself to a few things, the mind of a designer should be open to all the things around us and notice their slight differences. Also I will need to learn more about the use of material and technology that will help me to come up an idea quickly. Spending time on this project is the most important, to have a good product we need to spend a sufficient amount of time on it.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Task 2b: sustanable consumption
After watching the two short videos "story of bottled watter" and " story of cosmetics". It reflect the modern lifestyle which produce a lot of unneccessary waste and cost a lot of damage to our environment and people in third world country, also the cosmetics cantain the toxic chemical which is not good for the health, it might cause cancer. If there is no excessive demand, then there will no be extra pollution done to our environment, no harmful to our health.
The consumer will not know how the bottled water will have big impact in our life, because all we see is what we want, which is the finish product, the final product which don't show the pollution,suffering of the people. The cosmetics which make women beauty and getting a beautiful skin, but this story is more focus on the product safety. People use cosmetics everyday, like shampoo, body shower, lotion,ect. Those chemical will harm to our life, even baby will get affect as well. From the marketing perception, they do mak profit from it, but why they still put toxic chemical into the products, also give consumer good package and iamge to atrract them to buy the products.
As the designer, we need to make the product green and recyle. Designers might think of the new way to drink water instead of using bottled water, give people knowledge that the tape water is clean as well. For the cosmetic, the designer should more focus on the package, make package reusable and other method to reuce the pollution in our environment.
The consumer will not know how the bottled water will have big impact in our life, because all we see is what we want, which is the finish product, the final product which don't show the pollution,suffering of the people. The cosmetics which make women beauty and getting a beautiful skin, but this story is more focus on the product safety. People use cosmetics everyday, like shampoo, body shower, lotion,ect. Those chemical will harm to our life, even baby will get affect as well. From the marketing perception, they do mak profit from it, but why they still put toxic chemical into the products, also give consumer good package and iamge to atrract them to buy the products.
As the designer, we need to make the product green and recyle. Designers might think of the new way to drink water instead of using bottled water, give people knowledge that the tape water is clean as well. For the cosmetic, the designer should more focus on the package, make package reusable and other method to reuce the pollution in our environment.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Task2: Recycling
Aluminium, tin, paper, glass, leather, rubber, plastic and so many others can be recycled and some of them can even be recycled 100% for reuse. This really open the eye for industry designer like us. This makes me realize that it is very important for us to understand most of the recyclable materials. So that when we are designing, we can keep this in mind and try to use material that has a high proportion of recyclable percentage. So that we can play a role in saving our already highly polluted earth.
Technology has done a great help for us when it comes to recycling. The rubbish sorting factory and the Reverse Vending machine are two great examples. The rubbish-sorting factory can sort the rubbish into their related and still reduce the work and cost of sorting by more than 50%. The reverse vending machine also help to sort the rubbish people throw away in the shopping center out according to their own category which is in average around 30 ton of rubbish per shopping center. This help to save the massive amount of sorting out work afterward. I believe that with the advance of technology in the future, more and more materials will be able to be recycled at a much lower cost and higher recyclable percentage.
The different type of rubbish recycling and more and more sophisticated way of handling the rubbish, like the disposal of different color glass into different bin, shows that more and more people are caring about recycling and want to make the earth a greener place. In term of consumer point of view, this show that consumer nowadays prefer greener product than the non-green one. This give a great indication to how important is it for industry designer to design a green product if they want their design to be commercially successful.
Overall, Nike give a very good example of “Considered Design”, it shows how it makes use of its 4900 ton of leather waste and 8000 ton of wasted rubber. The key point here come to the design of the shoe that make use of those wasted material which otherwise will be throw away. So when we are designing, we need to pay great attention to the material use, their recyclability, can we make use of the wasted materials and if the materials that we use are bio-degradable after they are being disposed. These are very important if we wanted to play a role in building a greener earth.
Technology has done a great help for us when it comes to recycling. The rubbish sorting factory and the Reverse Vending machine are two great examples. The rubbish-sorting factory can sort the rubbish into their related and still reduce the work and cost of sorting by more than 50%. The reverse vending machine also help to sort the rubbish people throw away in the shopping center out according to their own category which is in average around 30 ton of rubbish per shopping center. This help to save the massive amount of sorting out work afterward. I believe that with the advance of technology in the future, more and more materials will be able to be recycled at a much lower cost and higher recyclable percentage.
The different type of rubbish recycling and more and more sophisticated way of handling the rubbish, like the disposal of different color glass into different bin, shows that more and more people are caring about recycling and want to make the earth a greener place. In term of consumer point of view, this show that consumer nowadays prefer greener product than the non-green one. This give a great indication to how important is it for industry designer to design a green product if they want their design to be commercially successful.
Overall, Nike give a very good example of “Considered Design”, it shows how it makes use of its 4900 ton of leather waste and 8000 ton of wasted rubber. The key point here come to the design of the shoe that make use of those wasted material which otherwise will be throw away. So when we are designing, we need to pay great attention to the material use, their recyclability, can we make use of the wasted materials and if the materials that we use are bio-degradable after they are being disposed. These are very important if we wanted to play a role in building a greener earth.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Ecological Footprint
My life needs 5.06 Earths, which is higher than the average. From the graph, my housing footprint above the country average, and my carbon, goods and services, and food are below average, this shows that the daily transport like car, bus, train plays main role in our life, even the flight trip are strongly affect my carbon footprint. There something I can do to reduce my carbon footprint which is reduce my shower time, plant more vegetables and fruits in our garden, switch off the electronic appliances not be used, also take more public transport instead of drive to uni or city. This result will help me to keep thinking of how to reduce and carry out.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Designing Dream Machines
This vedio shows that the important for designers to understand their design briefs and what they are tyring to achieve.
Designing Dream Machines reflects the importance of the process and the communication between designers,but we should always communicate with our clients or target market to check that our ideas can meet or not.Also designers should know therir
Being an industrial design student,Seymour and Powell influence me that communication could improve our ideas, personal skill, and satisfy our target market.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Video Reflection: The story of stuff
This vedio remind us to stand up for a change, for a change that is crusual for the sustiability of the earth which led to survival of human being. It reflect the modern lifestyle which produce a lot of unneccessary waste and cost a lot of damage to our environment and people in third world country. If there is no excessive demand, then there will no be extra pollution done to our environment.
The consumer in the developed country will not know how our NEW lifestyle will have impact on the third world country, because all we see is what we want, which is the finish product, the final product which don't show the pollution,suffering of the people in third world country and destruction of the natural environment that is being made during the production line. Because of our excessive demand for goods mostly which we only use for less than 6 months. Yes, we must admit that we need the goods to survive, if we said that we don't need any goods, then we must go back to the stone age which is not very realistic. So we must consume responsiblily to reduce the pollution and destruction cause to the environment. At the same time, we must also promote
green and sustiable product to save the planet for further distruction. For example, solar energy product, recycle paper, ethanol... At such, we will be able to break the current linear material economy line.
It is very interesting where Annie said that the government job is to watch out for us and to take care of us, it is their job! This is very important, government should not just helping the major corporation when making policy, they shall put the genaral population into consideration too.
At last, the survival of the earth and human being is in our hand. It all depend on how we use the earth resources and how we adjust our life style to ensure a better earth tomorrow.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
The consumer in the developed country will not know how our NEW lifestyle will have impact on the third world country, because all we see is what we want, which is the finish product, the final product which don't show the pollution,suffering of the people in third world country and destruction of the natural environment that is being made during the production line. Because of our excessive demand for goods mostly which we only use for less than 6 months. Yes, we must admit that we need the goods to survive, if we said that we don't need any goods, then we must go back to the stone age which is not very realistic. So we must consume responsiblily to reduce the pollution and destruction cause to the environment. At the same time, we must also promote
green and sustiable product to save the planet for further distruction. For example, solar energy product, recycle paper, ethanol... At such, we will be able to break the current linear material economy line.
It is very interesting where Annie said that the government job is to watch out for us and to take care of us, it is their job! This is very important, government should not just helping the major corporation when making policy, they shall put the genaral population into consideration too.
At last, the survival of the earth and human being is in our hand. It all depend on how we use the earth resources and how we adjust our life style to ensure a better earth tomorrow.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Monday, 5 October 2009
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Ross Lovegrove
Ross Lovegrove- his philosophy is DNA- Design/ Nature/ Art. He is the translator of modern technology to the products we use everyday using mostly organic materials and related them beautifully with nature.
He believes in paying respect to the things we dig out from the earth and use them wisely. He even thinks of making things with flower, sugar, polymer, wood chips or even human hairs. This is a very interesting idea because if human can use all organic materials in making products, then the pollution problem will be resolve. He also look into the details of everything: the structure of the bones, how plastic molecules are form, the structure of the silicon etc. Just like how nature design by taking away everything it don’t need and let it develop it maximum beauty. Ross tries to create energy in invention in his studio everyday to deliver new idea to the world. He deems that passion for design is very crucial to the success as a designer. That is true, because no great achievement can be achieve without the injection of passion in it. There aren’t many designers like him who will follow his instinct in developing idea. Ross work purely with his instinct, even if he known with the currently technology, some shapes, form or products are not possible to create, he will still create it if his instinct tells him that it is possible. This might make Ross create some fabulous and unique products but it also makes him a bit unrealistic sometimes. For example, when Sony asked Ross how to beat Apple, Ross tell them to get into bio-polymer and Ross idea was denied. Because with the high cost of bio-polymer, the products make from it will be more expensive and it will not help to compete in the market.
Overall, Ross is correct that designer shall follow their instinct because instinct has no limit and boundaries, design is about uniqueness and special and instinct is one of the elements to achieve that.
He believes in paying respect to the things we dig out from the earth and use them wisely. He even thinks of making things with flower, sugar, polymer, wood chips or even human hairs. This is a very interesting idea because if human can use all organic materials in making products, then the pollution problem will be resolve. He also look into the details of everything: the structure of the bones, how plastic molecules are form, the structure of the silicon etc. Just like how nature design by taking away everything it don’t need and let it develop it maximum beauty. Ross tries to create energy in invention in his studio everyday to deliver new idea to the world. He deems that passion for design is very crucial to the success as a designer. That is true, because no great achievement can be achieve without the injection of passion in it. There aren’t many designers like him who will follow his instinct in developing idea. Ross work purely with his instinct, even if he known with the currently technology, some shapes, form or products are not possible to create, he will still create it if his instinct tells him that it is possible. This might make Ross create some fabulous and unique products but it also makes him a bit unrealistic sometimes. For example, when Sony asked Ross how to beat Apple, Ross tell them to get into bio-polymer and Ross idea was denied. Because with the high cost of bio-polymer, the products make from it will be more expensive and it will not help to compete in the market.
Overall, Ross is correct that designer shall follow their instinct because instinct has no limit and boundaries, design is about uniqueness and special and instinct is one of the elements to achieve that.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Saturday, 5 September 2009
Project 1: Experience Enrichment
Poster
Mood Board
My target users are children who love to do some fun in the kitchen.
This is a special spoon which can let people use it informally. This spoon is quite different from the others. The spoon has two components which is the spoon head and handle, because it has two design features which can use it left-hand side and right-hand side. the spoon head can be take it out and twist to the opposite side, that can make left hand side user feel more comfortable and relax to use it. The handle has arc shape that make us feel comfortable when people use it, also to improve the normal appearance.
The shape of my spoon looks like smile shape. This is the main thing why i designed this spoon. For example, children like to eat food in different ways, and this spoon can let them to feel like devour with fun. Also for the housewife, they spent most of their time to stay at home,cooking,cleaning,etc.This is the reason why most of the designers start to design utensils, because this is the most important tools in out life. And i have changed the traditional shape to this smile shape, because i want people to feel very happy and refresh to use these tools and make their life comfortable, relax, easy and fun.
This spoon can use in any ways, you can use it to eat food, also you may use it to bit your boyfriend, or you can just personalize it, and makes really yours.
Mood Board
My target users are children who love to do some fun in the kitchen.
This is a special spoon which can let people use it informally. This spoon is quite different from the others. The spoon has two components which is the spoon head and handle, because it has two design features which can use it left-hand side and right-hand side. the spoon head can be take it out and twist to the opposite side, that can make left hand side user feel more comfortable and relax to use it. The handle has arc shape that make us feel comfortable when people use it, also to improve the normal appearance.
The shape of my spoon looks like smile shape. This is the main thing why i designed this spoon. For example, children like to eat food in different ways, and this spoon can let them to feel like devour with fun. Also for the housewife, they spent most of their time to stay at home,cooking,cleaning,etc.This is the reason why most of the designers start to design utensils, because this is the most important tools in out life. And i have changed the traditional shape to this smile shape, because i want people to feel very happy and refresh to use these tools and make their life comfortable, relax, easy and fun.
This spoon can use in any ways, you can use it to eat food, also you may use it to bit your boyfriend, or you can just personalize it, and makes really yours.
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Yves Behar: Designing objects that tell stories
Yves insisted that the design is not about designing the skin to suit the technology. Design shall be designing the skin as well as the inside, the body and function. We have to ensure that the function of the object is useful and user friendly, it shall not just purely be an extra function. So design shall be working from the inside out, to bring the most unique, comfortable feeling and best visual experience to the final user.
Yves believe on being original and unique to give a new experiment on the design. For example, the mini cooper watch that Yves designed, the display of the watch can change to vertical and horizontal just by moving your hand. Another example is the 100 dollars laptop. Yves had help in designing this affordable laptop for children in developing country, so this laptop has an attractive appearance and useful function of a real laptop.
Also, the design has no boundary; it can go to any type of products. Yves has design a condemn distributor machine which is catchy, streamline, comfortable and easy to use.
Just like what Yves had said, “If we keep in mind the value of the work we do, we can change the work we do, we can change these value, we can change the company we work with and eventually, together maybe we can change the world.”
Image: http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/2b.jpg
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGn8F4j6pH8
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Don Norman: Emotional design
Don bring out a very interesting idea which said that the ability to personalise something make something yours. If you can’t personalise something, which is to use the thing your way, then you are just using something common and ordinary, not special. For example, Don shows a juicer, but asks not to use it as a juicer as it will damage the gold plate of the juicer. So one of Don’s friends use the juicer as a hat hanger and personalise the juicer. In today society, where most people want to personalise things and they did so by getting expensive and exotic goods, but Don is suggesting an easier way to achieve this- use the things your way and you will personalise it.
As the car user nowadays want more and more features in the car, the switches and function controller in the car is getting very complicated- so carmaker like BMW and Mercedes tried to simplify it. They did so by making the exterior looks neat and clean, but the controlling of the actual function is not as how the exterior look. Instead the controlling of the actual function is getting more complex. For example, BMW claim to come up with an “easy” way to simplify the function of the car, which is a screen and a knob that can control 700 functions! We don’t even know that our car have 700 functions! Another example is the Mercedes, it also claim to have a more simplify design, whereas just like BMW, the exterior look perfectly clean and organise, but it is a disaster when come to the actual functions. In order to adjust the volume of the radio, one has to go the screen and select Menu - Entertainment System - Radio - Volume, that is a total of 4 steps before one can adjust the volume!! So Don is pointing out that designers are doing a bad job in simplifying the car, a good design not only need to look perfect, clean and neat from the exterior, but it must also be user friendly, easy to operate and safe to use.
Image source: http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/de2008/images/day_images/don_norman.jpg
Monday, 17 August 2009
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