Monday, December 26, 2011

Eighth Lecture: Physical Design: Getting Concrete.

Physical Design
Physical Design is a design process that make sure the product works rightfully if the product is going to sell to global and international. It work as a process to make sure the product reach the balance before it sells to the users. This is because some design may be not on purpose but make some user felt uncomfortable. The things happen because of the different races, culture and tradition over the world.

A same thing may be have different meaning to different people. Just like the V hand sign, for some people, it is a victory sign. But for some people, it may become a foul language sign. So, a good design must be make sure that it wont make the target audience feel uncomfortable, that's why a designer have to make sure his design works well to his target audience.

Generic icon is recommended for designer, because the icon design is simple, easy to understand and memorable. Besides, the color used must not be associated with national flags or political movements. The design must up to date and make sure doesn't associated with those sensitive issues.



Using scenarios in Design.
Scenarios in Design is a prototype that works totally same with the actual product. Just like some touch screen phone design, mostly Scenarios is used. It helps users to interact with the product and test the feedback before it is manufacture.
Four roles for scenarios:
1. Basis for the overall design
2. For technical implementation
3. As a means of cooperation within design teams
4. As a means of cooperation across professional boundaries i.e in a multidisciplinary team.

Generating Storyboards from scenarios
A storyboard represents a sequence of action or event that the user and the system go through to achieve a task. A scenarios tells users how to use a product.

Card-based prototyping
It is a process using material like paper, card and etc to prototyping the product. This method is the most widely use between international to express the design idea. The process is very easy and doesn't consume much time. This prototyping helps designer can test their product easily and make sure their product is works.




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