Wrap up – Product Design from a Mechanical Engineering Perspective
Key Concepts and Terms
- Aesthetic, Economic, and Technical perspectives of product design
- Characteristic types of design: Selection, Variant, Assembly/Packaging, Novel, Redesign
- The systematic design process: Opportunity Identification, Project Clarification, Conceptual Design, Detail or Embodiment Design, Production and Support
- The nature of design problems: Open-ended, multiple possible solutions, and a focus on stakeholder satisfaction
