1.3.1

Question 1

What is Product and Service Design?

Answer 1

The combination of factors needed in designing a product

Question 2

What are the 3 Factors that are part of the Design Mix?

Answer 2

• AESTHETICS
  more stylish and beautiful products tend to sell better and charge a premium
  price
• FUNCTION
  will the product/service be fit for purpose? what does it do? how well does it
  perform
• COST ( ECONOMIC MANUFACTURER )
  design time might ask production : can it be made efficiently? can it be produced for a lower cost than the competitors?

Question 3

What is Bespoke design?

Answer 3

Means custom built, tailor made to the consumer

• could be a product - car/cake
• could be a service - wedding

Question 4

What is Standard design?

Answer 4

Products or services that are sold as standard, the customer can’t add any extra features or benefits

Question 5

What is Ethical sourcing?

Answer 5

Means ensuring that the products being sourced are created in safe facilities by workers who’re treated well and paid fair wages to work legal hours.
Also implies that the supplier is respecting the environment during the production and manufacture

Question 6

What are 2 Changes in the elements of the design mix to reflect social trends

Answer 6

1) WASTE - minimise wise, encourage the reuse of materials or to increase recycling
2) ETHICAL MATERIALS - source raw materials from ethical suppliers to minimise the depletion of resources in response to changing social trends