Itp 326 final

When an industrial designer is developing a product, which aspects are included in his/her considerations?

Aesthetics, ergonomics, cost, manufacturability, and material selection

What product's characteristic is mostly responsible for attaining products that are easily understood by users?

Affordances' perceptual information

In 2016, the Apple vs. Samsung case reached the US Supreme Court, one of the critical debates among the US Supreme Court's judges was related to the definition of...

Article of manufacture

In which historical period were these nesting tables designed?

Bauhaus

Which criteria must be met by a compostable material?

Biodegradation, disintegration, no toxic residues

What are the product life cycle categories used to classify eco-design guidelines?

Materials/energy, production, distribution, use, recovery

The needs of which three elements must be met in order to have a sustainable development?

Environment, society, and economy

"Form, line, proportion, and color are used to integrate the product into a pleasing whole". Who proposed this concept?

Henry Dreyfus

What is the name of the industrial designer who designed the first Polaroid camera?

Henry Dreyfus

The circular button of the Braun coffee grinder depicted below is an example of which perceptual principle?

Law of Focal Point

LCA stands for...

Life Cycle Assesment

What are the three requirements for design patents? a. Useful, new, feasible b. Usable, innovative, non-obvious c. Usefulness, novelty, non-obviousness d. None of the options Correct e. Useful, novel, functional

None of the options

PLA is replacing which materials in some packaging applications?

PET and PS

The first products produced by the entire production process are called _______?

Preproduction prototypes

What type of products depends critically on industrial design for commercial success?

Products that are used and/or seen by people

Tips for Quick Sketching:

A) Preparation B)Draw w pencil c)Draw w fine black marker d)Draw w a broad black marker e)Color w prismacolor or color pencils

What is the name of the industrial designer who designed this radio receiver?

Dieter Rams

Before the 80's, Japanese watches were primarily digital (quartz based) while Swiss watches were primarily mechanical. T or F?

True

Glass is infinitely recyclable T or F?

True

Henry Dreyfus, the man who worked extensively for John Deere, made significant contributions to the fields of anthropometrics. T or F?

True

Packaging made of cellulose, wheat straw, or sugarcane fibers can be backyard-composted. T or F?

True

Product architecture affects all three functions: marketing, design, and manufacturing. T or F?

True

Prototypes are good to reveal unanticipated phenomena. T or F?

True

Prototyping is a form of problem solving T or F?

True

Stereolithography (SLA) and Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) 3D printing technologies fall under the "Vat Photopolymerization" ASTM category. T or F?

True

The Gestalt Theory postulates that when we look at an object we see the whole before seeing the individual parts that make up that whole.

True

The layer thickness of a 3D printing technology is directly related to the surface finish of a 3D printed part. T or F?

True

The © symbol replaces the word "copyright". T or F?

True

The ® symbol is used to signal a registered trademark or service mark. T or F?

True

The ℠ symbol is used to signal an unregistered service mark. T or F?

True

The ™ symbol is used to signal an unregistered trademark. T or F?

True

What are the principal components of usability theory?

User, task, product, context

Product architecture can be used for...

-Product modularization -Product differentiation -Product innovation -Cost reductions -Component standardization

A "Patent Pending" legend indicates that...

A patent application has been filed

Industrial Design is..

A profession that creates and develops concepts and specifications that optimize function, value, and appearance

Product Architecture is usually visualized as...

A scheme by which the functional elements of the product are arranged into groups

In which phases of the product development process product architecture is typically decided?

Concept development and system-level design

Which type of LCA is more comprehensive from a sustainability viewpoint?

Cradle-to-cradle

When a designer/engineer tries to design for the widest possible audience. She/he is using the anthropometric approach called:

Design for all

You have designed a container with a very distinctive shape that has no functional purpose, what legal mechanisms can you use to protect your design from being copied...

Design patent and trademark

A new product architecture allowed a well-known Swiss watch manufacturer to improve their current analogic mechanisms. T or F?

False

According to the model developed by Nielsen & Landauer, in usability testing, a panel of five users will reveal approximately 95% of the problems. T or F?

False

Acer's new PC design aimed to facilitate hardware upgrades so technical support at retail stores could be more efficient. T or F?

False

Alpha prototypes are a type of comprehensive, physical prototypes made with parts manufactured using actual production processes. T or F?

False

Any 3D printer using Fuse Deposition Modeling (FDM) can manufacture any type of shape. T or F?

False

Any biobased polymer materials are environmentally friendly. T or F?

False

Coca Cola renews the design patent for its contour bottle every 14 years. T or F?

False

Design language is defined as all the specific terminology used by designers when explaining design features. T or F?

False

In the US, patents do not require a formal application. T or F?

False

PLA containers can be composted at a home's backyard. T or F?

False

Raymond Loewy, the man who redesigned the Coke glass bottle in its current shape, made significant contributions to the field of ergonomics.

False

The affordances of a product define its usability while the perceptual information that specifies those affordances defines the product's usefulness. T or F?

False

When defining the dimensions of a product and its features, the safest approach is to design for an average subject.

False

Works-like prototypes are examples of comprehensive prototypes. T or F?

False

In 2016, the Apple vs. Samsung case reached the US Supreme Court, what was the Court's ruling?

Samsung infringed Apple's patents but Samsung only needs to pay damages on the infringing components of those smartphones, rather than the smartphones themselves

A 3D printer has a container filled with a photopolymer resin which is hardened with an ultraviolet light source. What type of 3D printing technology fits that description?

Stereolithography

The use of aerodynamic shapes on every object is a design strategy known as streamlining, which design movement made extensive use of it?

Styling

What happens when a design patent is challenged in court and it is established that it has practical utility?

The design patent can be invalidated

Why a patent examiner recently rejected an application for an "Scrotal Support Garment"?

The design was not novel

A design patent provide the legal right to exclude someone from producing and selling a product with the identical ornamental design described by the design patent. T or F?

True

A new product architecture allowed a well-known Swiss watch manufacturer to create new designs quickly. T or F?

True

A new product architecture allowed a well-known Swiss watch manufacturer to reduce number of components. T or F?

True

A new product architecture allowed a well-known Swiss watch manufacturer to reduce product thickness. T or F?

True

A primary distinction between manufacturing and prototyping processes, that in a manufacturing process, raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. T or F?

True

According to Whitehead, aesthetic enjoyment comes from recognizing patterns. T or F?

True

Affordances are all the product's features that communicate action possibilities or its utilitarian functions.

True

A patent is a temporary _______ granted by __________ to an inventor __________.

monopoly, government, to exclude others from using an invention