Designing a product is no easy task. There are many boxes that need to be ticked to ensure that your product is fit to go out to the general market. Here are just a few key ingredients of product design that you will need to consider when designing a product.
Function
Unless you’re creating an art piece, your product needs to have a clear function. Some products may have multiple functions such as a sofa-bed, while others may only have one function. Make the function the priority of your design.
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a technical term for how your product looks. Visual appeal is important for encouraging people to buy your product and should include the shape, the color or the finish. Make sure that the aesthetics fit the audience of your product (if you’re designing a kid’s toy, you may want lots of bright colors, while this may not be necessary with medical lab equipment).
Ergonomics
Ergonomics is the way in which your product fits the human body. This could be essential if your product is a tool or a piece of furniture. Poor ergonomics could put people in discomfort, which will put people off using your product. This guide offers a more in-depth look into ergonomics when designing a product.
Durability
If you don’t want your product to break, you’ll need to design it to be durable. This could include using sturdy materials and tight fastenings. It could even involve measures such as overmolding electronics to make your product waterproof (which you can click here to find out more about). Make sure to also undertake tests to trial out the durability.
Sustainability
Environmental friendliness is becoming more of a need. Make sure that you only use materials from sustainable sources and prioritize recyclability if you can. Energy-efficiency could also be an important factor to take into account when designing a gadget.
Health and safety
Your product also needs to be safe. Any risk of injury could result in a lawsuit and possibly a tarnished reputation. There are many different factors making up health and safety from ensuring there are no sharp edges to ensuring that no toxic chemicals are used. You can find out more about health and safety in product design here.
Cost
Keeping to a budget is important. The more expensive your product is to design and build, the higher the price you’ll have to sell it for in order to make a profit. Ideally, you want to keep the cost as low as possible without sacrificing quality. This could include shopping around for the right supplier to find materials from and considering cheap manufacturing processes.
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