Industrial design
This stage in industrial design involves creating physical or digital representations of a product to test form and function.
What is prototyping?
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)?
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?
a typeface that does not have the small decorative strokes at the end of the letterforms.
what is san serif?
a multinational Swedish conglomerate that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, home goods, and related services.
What is IKEA
This principle suggests that the design of a product should minimize the risk of repetitive strain injuries.
What is ergonomic design?
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?
This statistical test compares two design variants to determine which performs better in a controlled experiment.
What is A/B testing?
This term refers to the visual spacing between letters in a word.
What is kerning?
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
In product design, this is the deliberate choice to limit a product’s lifespan to encourage repeat purchases.
What is planned obsolescence?
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?
This button’s function is commonly used to perform negative actions.
What is a secondary button?
In type anatomy, this term refers to the part of a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height.
What is an ascender?
An American multinational computer software company known for its creative, marketing, and document management solution
What is Adobe?
This philosophy in product design prioritizes eliminating waste and maximizing value throughout the entire product lifecycle.
What is lean design or lean manufacturing?
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?
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?
This term refers to fonts designed to mimic handwriting or brushstrokes.
What is Script?
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?
Which manufacturing approach uses adaptable molds to accelerate production of varying designs without creating new equipment?
What is Rapid tooling?
This file type supports lossless compression and transparency, making it ideal for web graphics with flat color.
What is a PNG?
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?
This individual is credited with designing the first moveable type system in the Western world.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
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