Notes on design BUSINESS TERMS for design section A. these notes are concise and will get you the marks you need! Finished with a high A for matric design finals.
Design business terms
Biophilic design:
- Connects architectural model to nature, focuses on human connection with nature
- Eg. singapor airport
Branding
- personality/identity being signed to a logo for a business
- Eg. mcd shows playful
- Important because it creates an impression on client, distinguishable from other
competitors
Consumption culture
- Social behaviour of spending money on goods due to aesthetic influence
- Buying into trends eg. shein
Cultural bias and stereotyping
- Closed minded
- Cultural bias; predisposition of something, don't consider other viewpoints
- Cultural stereotyping; one assumes people of one culture all act the same a do the
same thing
D4S
- Focuses on creating products, systems and services that are environmentally
responsible.
- Takes the entire lifecycle of the product into account making sure it is environmentally
sustainable.
- Three things with d4s; people, planet,process
Design efficiency
- System that optimises resources and skill for minimal costs and effort with maximum
outcomes.
- Eg. green roof- acts as natural insulator
Ethical consumerism
- Supporting businesses that have good morals, ‘positive buying’
- eg . bodyshop: no animal testing
Fabrication
- Construction of items in different parts
Globalisation
- Integration of different cultural and design elements into a single concept
IN SITU
- Construction of a building carried out at building site (fabrication is when things are
made separately and then assembled while IN SITU is made on site)
Information architecture
- Organisting and labelling information in a way that is effective and sustainable for
people to have information.
Merchandising
- Practise of promoting a product
- 5 types;
Open source design
- Designs created for public platforms in order for people to participate
Product distribution
- Selling and delivering products from suppliers to consumer
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