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Product Design Product design is the process of identifying a market opportunity (needs and wants), clearly defining the problem, developing a proper solution, and validating the solution with real users. The solution is loosely inclusive of products, services, and digital products (apps, webs, etc.).
*Differences between needs and wants?
Needs and Wants
Product Design Process Problem or unmet needs/wants
Problem solved or needs/wants satisfied
Known Unmet Needs and Wants
Unknown Unmet Needs and Wants
Many Designs Fail
Good Product Designs Design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA): develop creative product designs that use optimal manufacturing processes and reduced production cost. (easy to make)
Good Product Designs Design for the environment (DfE, EcoDesign): designs that use less materials (thinner water bottles, detergent in pouch vs plastic bottle, wine in box vs glass bottle) or biodegradable/recycled materials, can be recycled/reused, and cost less in the entire life cycle.
Good Product Designs? Design for profitability: ensuring constant cash flow
with service reminders or proprietary parts.
Product Design Things that make sense…or not!
Eco Design
Popular in Japan and Europe, this wash basin on top of the toilet reservoir is for people to wash hands then (grey) water is stored beneath for the next flush.
Japanese Bidet/Washlet Never run out of toilet paper…
A Real Product Does it make sense, a product that allows women to pee like a guy? Where and when would you use it? Can you sell this? How?
Available at REI
Women Friendly Designs? Which one is REAL women friendly and which one is simply “pink it and shrink it” design to create something that seems to be women friendly?
Pink Tax?
Women pay more for essentially the same products that target them.
Senior Friendly Designs: Oxo
Smart Design. Products and services that matter. http://smartdesignworldwide.com/about/
The $2000 Vacuum
Nike FlyKnit
A material made up of strong yet lightweight strands of yarn that have been woven into a one‐piece upper, securing an athlete’s foot to the shoe platform.
Could Nike bring manufacturing back now that the labor‐intensive part can be fully automated?
Shirts Made to Be Worn Untucked?!
Challenges Here are the problems… any solutions? (too much trash, dried out glue, when to replace Brita filter, air in wine bottle/ice cream tub)
Discussion Questions Please research the following questions and provide evidence to support your answers. Everyone: Show and tell, bring one favorite product of yours to explain why you like/hate its design based on our discussions. Bring/explain another one that’s designed for the environment. Everyone: Respond to one challenge in the previous slide about challenges. Everyone: Do you like Untuckit as a company and why? Is it likely to succeed like Oxo or Dyson?
Group Discussion Be sure your group is ready to lead and/or discuss the following question in class, with research or facts‐based evidence. There are unmet needs and wants out there. We know that. What we don’t know is whether these unmet needs/wants are known or unknown. Could you think of and explain two or three cases of known unmet needs/wants? What would be a good way to systematically uncover unknown unmet deeds/wants? Watching DSC CEO interview and other related YouTube videos may help.