Women in ID
Design Speak
Iconic Products
Materials & Processes
Human Factors
100
The program director of the KU Industrial Design Program who has experience at both Newell and STX.
Who is BETSY BARNHART?
100
This is a color system that is standard across most companies.
What is PANTONE?
100
Every designer dreams of owning one of these chairs, designed in 1956 to mimic a baseball glove, and it could be yours for the low, low price of $8,545.00!
What is the EAMES LOUNGE CHAIR?
100
One of the most common processes for manufacturing plastics. Commonly used for Legos, water bottles, and computer parts!
What is INJECTION MOLDING?
100
This is the percentile range of people that is traditionally considered when designing a product, but it is not a definitive measurement system for what we should design based on.
Who is the 5th to 95th percentile?
200
One of two current drawing professors at KU who has experience working for Garmin.
Who is EMILY BRYSON?
200
A cross-hatched pattern cut into a surface for grip, usually on metal.
What is KNURLING?
200
This product was created so soldiers could carry a variety of tools in their pockets. It is also a phrase used by Dave Starr when discussing a product with many uses.
What is a SWISS ARMY KNIFE?
200
This process shapes metal using localized compressive forces, often through hammering or pressing. It can enhance the strength of the metal and is commonly used for producing high-strength components.
What is FORGING?
200
This refers to a chart made to show a person's emotions during a certain process and can be helpful in designing human-centered products.
What is an EMPATHY MAP?
300
This designer helped define the mid-century modern design language and worked across furniture, architecture, film, and graphic design with her partner, Charles.
Who is RAY EAMES?
300
A technical term for the molds that materials are injected into or otherwise formed using.
What is TOOLING?
300
This famous kitchen tool by Alessi is a much critiqued but widely loved object-symbol, and has even been featured at the MOMA. And oh, our very own Dave Starr received one as a wedding gift!
What is the Juicy Salif - Citrus-squeezer? ($130)
300
This material is found in milk jugs, detergent bottles, and some grocery bags. It is known for its strength and durability, and it is recyclable.
What is HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (HDPE)
300
This refers to how the human brain processes and retains information, emphasizing the limitations of working memory and the importance of instructional design.
What is COGNITIVE LOAD?
400
This Iraqi and British designer is best known for her architectural work, but also designed furniture, shoes, and housewares. She was a pioneer of the "Deconstructionist" style who was known as the "Queen of the Curve".
Who is ZAHA HADID?
400
A touch-screen or control panel that provides a display of selection options.
What is a GUI? (pronounced gooey)
400
This product is largely considered one of the biggest design failures of recent years. It was taken off the market in 2017 after consumers discovered that what the expensive countertop machine did could just as easily be done by hand.
What is JUICERO? ($700)
400
This is the process the refers to refers to the treatment of natural rubber with sulfur and heat, most commonly in shoe production.
What is VULCANIZATION?
400
This involves applying data to design products and environments that fit human needs, focusing on how things should work for users.
What is ERGONOMICS?
500
This designer contributed interface elements and typefaces for the first Apple Macintosh personal computer. She is widely considered to be one of the first UI/UX Designers.
Who is SUSAN KARE?
500
A term that means "mistake-proofing" or "error prevention", and is also sometimes referred to as a forcing function or a behavior-shaping constraint.
What is POKA YOKE?
500
This product was designed in the 1930s by Joseph Friedman, who noticed his daughter was not tall enough to reach traditional ones at their kitchen table. It is widely viewed as the "epitome" of human-centered design.
What is a BENDY STRAW?
500
Plastic #7 refers to this.
What are ANY PLASTICS NOT ENCOMPASSED WITHIN PLASTICS 1-6?
500
This involves the systematic measurement of the physical properties of the human body.
What is ANTHROPOMETRICS?