[H7064F-IPD2] Mid-Term Review

Most traditional degree courses in 'product design' are concerned with what type of product specifically?

• The design of products as the result of any creative process, such as music composition.

• The design of intangible products and services.

• The design of tangible, physical products.

• The design of services and systems.

Explain in your own words what conditions gave place to the rise of the 'consumer society' and why is that relevant in the study of product design.

Why do designers create 'mood boards' at the beginning of a design project?

• In order to understand the project brief better and avoid designing a solution to the wrong problem.

• In order to have a visual reference of the overall aims, goals and values/spirit of the proejct that works almost at a subconscious level.

• In order to stay in a positive mood and excited about the project as to increase performance.

• In order to collect ideas from similar products which they can then use in their own design.

Explain in your own words what a 'market gap' is, and what is the connection of this concept to product design.

A common way in which designers often summarize the insights of a market/groups of consumers, is through the use of?

• Mood Boards

• Personas

• Users

• SWOT Analyses

Who is credited with realizing that there is a 'sequence' in the process of finding solutions to problems, a concept which eventually led to the articulation of the creative process?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Winston Churchill

• Henri Poincare

• Louis Vuitton

What did Poincare discover, that led him to realize that the discovery of solutions involved a particular sequence/process?

• That solutions tended to appear after alternating between reading, drawing and working on the problem.

• That solutions tended to emerge 'out of the blue,' after a period of apparent distancing from the problem.

• That solutions tended to appear 'out of the blue,' after a period of 'heavy drinking.'

• That solutionss tended to appear only if he had followed a specific sequence in the order in which he read reference material.

What is the name of the model of the creative process that is considered to be the 'standard' version upon which other models have been created later on?

• The 'Design Thinking' model of the creative process

• The 'Boden's' model of the creative process.

• The 'super-duper' model of the creative process.

• The 'Wallas' model of the creative process.

Which are the four stages of the 'Wallas' model of the creative process?

• Imagination

  Composition

  Testing

  Implementation

• Instrumentation

  Preparation

  Iteration

  Testing

• Preparation

  Incubation

  Illumination

  Verification

• Research

  Development

  Ideation

  Implementation

Explain in your own words, what the second stage of the creative process is about, why it is important, and what are its implications in terms of planning and time management?