Group Member : 1. Teo Kuo Chien 2. Jonathan Lim 3. Yen Wei Zheng 4. Tan Yong Chien 5. Loo Tyan Yiing 6. Wong De Vin

7. Tutor: 8. Miss Ann See

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PRODUCT DESIGN

WHAT IS PRODUCT DESIGN???

Product Design is the process of creating a new product in a very broad concept and to be sold as a business item to its customers. Generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.

ROLE OF PRODUCT DESIGNER IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

General Idea :

Job Description

Create a wide range of items, based on the

needs and requirements of the clients.

• Work on new products or improve existing ones.

• The work involves designing, modelling, testing and producing

prototypes.

• Working alongside engineers and model-makers.

• Conduct research and devise a design proposal for projects.

• Work on the budget of the designed item to make sure it is

cost efficiently

THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING AND DRAWING NEEDED TO DESIGN A CHAIR

There are basically three stages of sketching and drawings to design a chair. 1. Process sketching •  Ideation sketching •  Concept sketching 2.Presentation sketching

3.Construction sketching

1

Client meeting

Identify the needs of customers

Shape Size

Color Weight

Quality Function

2

Design brief of a chair

A simple sketch of drawing And several questions

Where will the chair be use?

How much weight can it support?

How often would the chair need to clean?

Process sketching

PRODUCT DESIGNERS WILL COME OUT WITH A FEW IDEATION SKETCHES FOR

DESIGN BRIEF

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Ideation sketching

OR -SIMPLE -MAYBY NOT IN CHAIR SHAPED -FREE DRAWING

Ideation sketching

3

Research

Search for several related chair cproduct with similarities

Gain more information for the chair

Better understanding of the details

Improvement in idea of drawing the chair

Point of research

Product designer will draw several concept sketches with similarities to identify the details of the chair and

come out with several models.

Concept sketching

models

4

Formulating and modifying existing design

Improvement and changes added to the sketching of chair A

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Product designers will also add new ideas in the

previous sketches

Ideation sketching

5

The preferred option

Finalize and choose the most preferred option

Choosing the most Suitable option regarding to the abilities and function from the planning

Presentation sketching with full concept of the chair

6

Detail design and testing

Further into detail on the chosen chair

Select material for every layer of the chair

Calculate the cost of the chair

Run several test for the chair as loading limited weight on it and gain some opinion from some related companies

Product designers will start sketching all details of the chair and make better decision in every detail as sides and length of every parts of

the chair.

Starting of construction sketching of the chair

7

Manufacturing and sale product

Manufacture an amount of product for sell as business item

All chairs at the factory are manufacture under supervision to guarantee quality of product

Lowest the cost of the chair

The chair will be set with reasonable price

Product designers will

complete the construction sketching with different

angles in this stage for factory to manufacture the chair.

Construction drawing

Construction drawing

Construction drawing

Product ready

to sell !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2m5eU8XDVI http://www.michaelpage.co.uk/content/18109/roles-in-product-design.html http://education-portal.com/what_does_an_industrial_designer_do.html http://www.ehow.com/about_6654252_role-product-designer_.html