Image Boards (IB) are visual reference tools and their application in the Product Development Process (PDP) is currently concentrated in the early project stages, especially in marketing and industrial design.On the other hand, the current facilities for creating, capturing, selecting, assembling, and sharing images using electronic devices increase the possibility of applying IB in other PDP activities. The aims of this study were to identify the PDP activities in which the IB contributed with information that promote alignment, comparison, or visual inspiration. For this was employed a double quantitative and associative analysis between the PDP activities, images and the IB. The results indicated that the use of images could be beneficial for different PDP activities. Moreover, different PDP activities can be associated with different types of IB. In this sense, the use of IB can offer advantages for multidisciplinary areas of PDP, going beyond design and marketing.
Mood boards (MB) are a visual tool used to provide references for inspiration and decision-making in the design development process. However, it isn't easy to obtain objective and precise measures about the MB organization if exclusively qualitative approaches identify how the image composition can affect the visual reading process. In this sense, this study aimed to evaluate how the position and physical image aspects influence an attentive MB visual reading. The results presented that variations in image contrast and positioning influence the observer's visual reading. Besides, the observers' identified tendencies were to concentrate the visualisations in the boards' central, lower and left areas, indicating the importance of this region's MB construction. Moreover, the results evidence that the visual reading of an MB presents a different pattern from those reported by studies directed to analysing the visual reading of websites. Thus, changes in image positioning influenced the viewer's perception, being a relevant point to be considered when assembling the MB's image composition. The results of this study contribute to creating criteria for the construction of MB.
O painel semântico é uma ferramenta imagética utilizada no decorrer do processo de definição estética (design) do projeto e tem, por finalidade, servir como referência estético-simbólica da forma e alinhar conceitos semânticos entre os profissionais envolvidos. Apesar de ser utilizado com frequência nos ambientes acadêmico e profissional, pesquisadores pontuam que o painel possui uma quantidade escassa de pesquisas direcionadas a explorar seus procedimentos de construção e aplicações. Este artigo tem como objetivo identificar as pesquisas publicadas que abordam esta ferramenta como principal elemento de estudo. O procedimento de pesquisa envolveu uma revisão sistemática da literatura, com consulta a oito bases de dados. Como resultado, foram identificadas 22 pesquisas, sendo estas divididas em 5 perfis temáticos e analisadas por suas características e contribuições. Observa-se, neste contexto, uma tendência por pesquisas relacionadas à virtualização e automatização do processo de elaboração do painel. Conclui-se que o painel semântico ainda é uma ferramenta com pequena quantidade de pesquisas publicadas e que estas têm sido, em sua maioria, direcionadas a tornar mais colaborativas e ágeis as práticas de seu processo construtivo, contribuindo com a dinâmica dos processos de projeto.
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