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