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The Pocket Universal Methods of Design, Revised and Expanded
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The Pocket Universal Methods of Design, Revised and Expanded

by Bruce Hanington, Bella Martin
December 2021
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
3h 37m
English
Rockport Publishers
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Flexible Modeling

Product or interface configurations generated by users from a component kit of parts

  • In industrial design, Velcro modeling presents physical product forms and features sets such as buttons and controls covered in fabric and fasteners for quick configurations.
  • In interaction design, interface elements may be presented on paper, card, or in digital form for the users to arrange in a way that makes sense to them.
  • For environmental design and space planning, scale model parts or paper templates can be arranged.
  • Ambiguous elements may be configured to represent either realistic or ideal “fantasy” artifacts for participants to overlay their own expressions, needs, and desires.
  • For analysis, configured artifacts can be ...
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ISBN: 9780760372159