Industrial design
Visual communication design
UX/UI Design
Typography
Designer's bias
100

This stage in industrial design involves creating physical or digital representations of a product to test form and function.

What is prototyping?

100

This term describes the deliberate use of empty space around and between elements to improve clarity and focus.

What is white space (or negative space)?

100

a basic visual guide, like a blueprint, that outlines the structure and layout of a website, app, or other digital product.

What is a wireframe?

100

a typeface that does not have the small decorative strokes at the end of the letterforms.

what is san serif?

100

a multinational Swedish conglomerate that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, home goods, and related services.

What is IKEA

200

This principle suggests that the design of a product should minimize the risk of repetitive strain injuries.

What is ergonomic design?

200

This theory suggests that a composition is more pleasing when elements are placed according to a specific mathematical ratio, approximately 1.618.

What is the golden ratio?

200

This statistical test compares two design variants to determine which performs better in a controlled experiment.

What is A/B testing?

200

This term refers to the visual spacing between letters in a word.

What is kerning?

200

a Japanese retail company known for its minimalist, no-brand approach to consumer goods. This brand focuses on functional, high-quality products with a simple, unbranded aesthetic, emphasizing sustainability and reducing waste.

What is MUJI

300

In product design, this is the deliberate choice to limit a product’s lifespan to encourage repeat purchases.

What is planned obsolescence?

300

The collection of visual and verbal elements that a company uses to create a specific perception of itself in the minds of its customers.

What is brand identity?

300

This button’s function is commonly used to perform negative actions.

What is a secondary button?

300

In type anatomy, this term refers to the part of a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height.

What is an ascender?

300

An American multinational computer software company known for its creative, marketing, and document management solution

What is Adobe?

400

This philosophy in product design prioritizes eliminating waste and maximizing value throughout the entire product lifecycle.

What is lean design or lean manufacturing?

400

An acidic solution, commonly made with diluted acetic acid, used in film and photographic paper processing to halt the development process by neutralizing the alkaline developer.

What is a stop bath?

400

This type of in person interview involves talking to people in their everyday environment to understand how they live, think, and act.

What is ethnographic research?

400

This term refers to fonts designed to mimic handwriting or brushstrokes.

What is Script?

400

a type of notebook known for its distinctive features and historical connection to famous artists and writers. It is characterized by its hard or soft cover, rounded corners, elastic closure, ribbon bookmark, and expandable inner pocket.

What is a moleskin?

500

Which manufacturing approach uses adaptable molds to accelerate production of varying designs without creating new equipment?

What is Rapid tooling?

500

This file type supports lossless compression and transparency, making it ideal for web graphics with flat color.

What is a PNG?

500

1 of Jakob Nielsen's 10 general principles for interaction design - Minimize the user's memory load by making elements, actions, and options visible.

What is Recognition Rather than Recall?

500

This individual is credited with designing the first moveable type system in the Western world.

Who is Johannes Gutenberg?

500

a global design and innovation consultancy known for its human-centered approach to design, particularly its pioneering of the "design thinking" methodology. They help organizations innovate and grow by identifying unmet needs, developing new products and services, and fostering creative cultures.

What is IDEO

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