MILFSGroup Member :

1.Teo Kuo Chien2.Jonathan Lim3.Yen Wei Zheng4.Tan Yong Chien5.Loo Tyan Yiing6.Wong De Vin

7.Tutor:8.Miss Ann See

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PRODUCT DESIGN

WHAT IS PRODUCT DESIGN???

Product Design is the process of creating a new product in a very broad concept and to be sold as a business item to its customers. Generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.

ROLE OF PRODUCT DESIGNER IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

General Idea :

Job Description

Create a wide range of items, based on the needs and requirements of the clients.

•Work on new products or improve existing ones.

•The work involves designing, modelling, testing and producing

prototypes.

•Working alongside engineers and model-makers.

•Conduct research and devise a design proposal for projects.

•Work on the budget of the designed item to make sure it is

cost efficiently

THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING

AND DRAWING

NEEDED TO

DESIGN A CHAIR

There are basically three stages of sketching and drawings to design a chair.

1.Process sketching• Ideation sketching• Concept sketching2.Presentation sketching

3.Construction sketching

1

Client meeting

Identify the needs of customers

Shape

Size

Color

Quality

2

Design brief of a chair

A simple sketch of drawing And several questionsWhere will the chair be use?

How much weight can it support?

How often would the chair need to clean?

Process sketching

PRODUCT DESIGNERS WILL COME OUT WITH A FEW

IDEATION SKETCHES FOR DESIGN BRIEF

LIKE……

Ideation sketching

OR-SIMPLE

-MAYBY NOT IN CHAIR SHAPED

-FREE DRAWING

Ideation sketching

3

Research

Search for several related chair cproduct with similarities

Gain more information for the chair

Better understanding of the details

Improvement in idea of drawing the chair

Point of research

Product designer will draw several concept sketches with similarities to identify the details of the chair

and come out with several models.

Concept sketching

models

4

Formulating and modifying existing design

Improvement and changes added to the sketching of chair

ADDITION

OF

Colours

Material

Cost

Product designers will also add new ideas in the

previous sketches

Ideation sketching

5

The preferred option

Finalize and choose the most preferred option

Choosing the most Suitable option regarding to the abilities and function from the planning

Presentation sketching with full concept of the chair

6

Detail design and testing

Further into detail on the chosen chair

Select material for every layer of the chair

Calculate the cost of the chair

Run several test for the chair as loading limited weight on it and gain some opinion from some related companies

Product designers will start sketching all details of the chair

and make better decision in every detail as sides and length of every

parts of the chair.

Starting of construction sketching of the chair

7

Manufacturing and sale product

Manufacture an amount of product for sell as business item

All chairs at the factory are manufacture under supervision to guarantee quality of product

Lowest the cost of the chair

The chair will be set with reasonable price

Product designers will complete the construction

sketching with different angles in this stage for

factory to manufacture the chair.

Construction drawing

Construction drawing

Construction drawing

Product ready

to sell !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2m5eU8XDVI

http://www.michaelpage.co.uk/content/18109/roles-in-product-design.html

http://education-portal.com/what_does_an_industrial_designer_do.html

http://www.ehow.com/about_6654252_role-product-designer_.html