Product Design
After successfully completing this course, you can decide to apply these skills by becoming a product designer.
A product designer combines design, engineering, and manufacturing processes in order to create functional products for a particular customer. The customer and/or client are essential to think about prior to creating the concept because it will influence the design and how the product functions. For instance, products created for children are going to look and function extremely differently than adult products.
To begin, a product designer creates a concept. The concept of the product being designed are clear, thought-out sketches.
Sketches include multiple views of the design, color swatches, and color outs.
Call outs are text near a specific area of the design that further explain the design, product, or function.
They are used to draw attention to the important parts of the product and are crucial for the manufacturer or investor to understand.
Developing the concept and drawing precise sketches are the two most important steps in product designing.
They enable you, the product designer, to truly think about every aspect of the product, forcing you to think about the answers to questions that haven't been asked yet, and solutions to problems you didn't know existed. You only have one shot to sell your idea, make it count!
A product designer combines design, engineering, and manufacturing processes in order to create functional products for a particular customer. The customer and/or client are essential to think about prior to creating the concept because it will influence the design and how the product functions. For instance, products created for children are going to look and function extremely differently than adult products.
To begin, a product designer creates a concept. The concept of the product being designed are clear, thought-out sketches.
Sketches include multiple views of the design, color swatches, and color outs.
Call outs are text near a specific area of the design that further explain the design, product, or function.
They are used to draw attention to the important parts of the product and are crucial for the manufacturer or investor to understand.
Developing the concept and drawing precise sketches are the two most important steps in product designing.
They enable you, the product designer, to truly think about every aspect of the product, forcing you to think about the answers to questions that haven't been asked yet, and solutions to problems you didn't know existed. You only have one shot to sell your idea, make it count!
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Do Now; Product Design
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Your Mission:You will be designing your own, original T-Shirt OR backpack, following the same steps as a product designer would.
Step 1: You will sketch a minimum of 3 different designs of your product using the available templates. These must be done using paper and pencil, have a title or name of your product, and your target client. Additionally, each sketch will need color swatches, a minimum of 3 call outs, and at least 1 pattern and/or texture. ** These 3 sketches will be graded separately. Please refer to the provided rubric for all requirements ** Step 2: You and/or a partner will decide on one of the designs to finalize on the computer. Think about your client and your customer. Step 3: Scan your final concept and upload to Adobe Illustrator. Your design must be completed entirely using the pen tool, various lines/strokes, and texture effects. Again, your final design will need the title of your product, the targeted client, color swatches, call outs, and a pattern and/or texture. ** The final design will be graded separately. Please refer to the provided rubric for all requirements ** | ||
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Rubrics
Product Design Sketches Final Product Design
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