Hello all,
Terence's note caught my eye:
> One of the areas of design research relatively neglected is that of
establishing heuristics and bounds to help designers identify what is
possible/valuable. It is often useful to put some figures on these
factors where possible, eg if a vehicle is to be designed to be quieter,
it is helpful to know in measurable terms what 'quieter' means.
I found it especially relevant because of my own investigation into how
different a differentiated product has to be in order for the change,
from one design to the other, to be visually perceptible. For this I
employ psychophysics formulas of Just Noticeable Differences to scale
visible design differences between teapots simultaneously competing in
the marketplace.
I was wondering if anyone else is aware of other academic studies in the
design field using a scientific approach to the investigation of formal
design features contained in shape, as opposed to graphic design, aimed
at quantifying perception instead of qualifying meaning of products.
Thanks and best,
Daniela
:: Daniela Büchler ::
PhD candidate
Faculty of Arts, Media & Design
Staffordshire University
Stoke on Trent
UK
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> Hi,
>
> One of the areas of design research relatively neglected is that of
establishing heuristics and bounds to help designers identify what is
possible/valuable. It is often useful to put some figures on these
factors where possible, eg if a vehicle is to be designed to be quieter,
it is helpful to know in measurable terms what 'quieter' means.
>
>
> A neat example (below) of establishing heuristics of value using
simple reasoning is shown by Bruce Schnier and Paul Kocher on the design
of security of electronic voting machines in Crypto-gram 15 April 04
<http://www.counterpane.com> . The edition also has interesting items on
design issues of suitcase locks and ID cards.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Terence Love
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