Modular Design and Scalability

Modular Design and Scalability

A lunch lecture

Hi, my name is David

I think scalable concepts are the future

Modular design means scalable concepts

How did we end up here?

NowModernism Minimalism Post-modernism

Industrial revolution

Mass-production

Universalisation

Communism & capitalism

Products that anyone could use

Minimalism

Specific user requirements

Features and requirements

Core concept

Specific user requirements

Features and requirements

Core concept

Features and requirements

Core concept

Post-modernism

Fractalisation

Constant change

Everything mixes and diversifies

User requirements of today are outdated tomorrow

Modular design

Features and requirements

Core concept

Features and requirements

Core concept

Specific user requirements

Features and requirements

Core concept

Specific user requirements

Features and requirements

Core concept

An example

Fixed brightness

Fixed height

Fixed brightness

Fixed height

Fixed brightnessFixed shape

Variable height

Variable height

Variable shape

Variable height

Variable shapeVariable brightness

The key is breaking products up into parts based on features

But they don’t have to become separate objects

You only have to make the parts that are not always needed optional

Slides: accommodavid.sexy/modular