Strategic outlook in industrial design assessment based on product category

Abstract

Assessing industrial design is an intricate process of product analysis which aims to establish the quality degree of a product and considers all its implications from technical restrictions to appearance. Industrial design is related to mass produced articles obtained through industrial processes and whether products are articles of adornment or machines, both technical and aesthetic dimensions are relevant and influence the design process. All types of industrial products can be assessed using a numerical method based on the same criteria, however the same principles have a different impact on various types of products. The author proposes a customized approach in order to achieve an objective assessment for different concepts of design.

A review on quality from the perspective of industrial product design assessment

“…Interpreting the analysed sections, it can be observed that a main component of product quality is associated with pre-production or production phase, such as quality planning or quality control, especially when error prevention is considered. However, approaching the study from the perspective of assessment, based on the design assessment dimensions [33], the relevant concepts associated to the relation between design and quality were structured and presented in Table 1. In order to eliminate redundancy, the recurring terms were reduced as well as the resembling concepts.…”

“…The proposed approach to quality is user-centered as can be seen in Figure 2 and addresses the assessment dimensions in relation to conformance to the user, taking into account its typology and associated specifications. As can be observed, the functional dimension is approached differently, since functionality in design assessment has the highest ratio of importance and it does not relate directly to the products features but emphasizes the user experience [33], whereas for the other considered dimensions, the degree of conformance of the product's features can be analyzed individually for each dimension, for example the product's shape from an ergonomic point of view is addressed differently compared to its aesthetic approach.…”