This week we have been selecting our 3 top designs and then the last final design. My 3 final designs are shown below. I picked these because they scored best in the matrix evaluation but also I could see them being more desirable and applicable to the gaming industry. Then I decided to take the folding one forward as I can see more people using that than my other two designs.
Constellation had a few moments that applied to design in general today but also product design specifically. Firstly the question of what is art, and more specifically is design art. I found this an interesting question because, you don’t necessarily intend on things looking good, however, they sometimes do and then that means it must be art? And the point that directly applied to product design was that our lecturer went on a rant about how the power button on an iMac was badly placed, it is placed behind the bottom left corner. This means when you o to adjust the angle of the screen you accidentally press the button. This was a moment that truly highlights that testing is everything in a successful product.
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