Addressing the disabled

Addressing the disabled

1. Aesthetics

   • Colour
     • Bright
       • Turquoise
         • Indigo
           • Orange
             • Violet
               • Yellow
     • Dull
       • Black
       • Grey
         • Browm
   • Design
     • Art noveau
     • art deco
     • Memphis
     • futurism
     • minimalist

2. Cost

   • will your client be willing to pay the price for your product?
     • My product must be affordable and within my client's budget and willing price to pay for their product in order to keep it reasonable and actually purchasable my client . If its outside th ebudget it would be completely ridiculous as my client wouldn't even be willing to pay the price .
   • is it a reasonable price range for your particular product
     • The cost must be reasonable for the sort of product it is , the size it is and also fro the materials that it's made out of . This makes the cost reasonable and also appealing to my target market. For example if I charge £100 for a back rest it would be unreasonable due to it's materials and size.

3. Client

   • Elderly tend to be around 50 - 90 and usually have more severe pains and movement limitations such as back pain , paralysis , leg pain so if my client would be part of this group I would have to address these problems to provide my client a better and more comfortable life . For example if they have leg pain I could design a leg rest or knee support or if they have back pain I could design a back guard to aid them with their problem. Just like with the youth I would have to maximize their comfort by adding ergonomic features like comfy materials , ergonomic dips and adjustable features so it could be adjusted into being used anywhere an by more people.
   • Youth is mainly a group under the age of 20 and they tend to have problems to do with sports such as joint pains , muscle pain and fatigue and also in some cases complete lower movement so if my client is part of the youth group I would make sure my product knows how to overcome these pains or at least reduce their pain so I would definitely include ergonomics and adjustable features such as a adjusting knob to maximize the comfort and percentile range so it could aid the youth .

4. Environment

   • recycle
     • I should make my product at least recyclable to an extent so if the product breaks not all the materials will be wasted and this is sustainable for the environemnt
   • reuse
     • To make my product reusable as I should include materials that are scratch resistant and tough so it won't break easily.
   • rethink
     • Throughout every stage, I should be considering if there is a way that I could improve the sustainability of my product.
   • reduce
     • My material should be long lasting to reduce the demand for too many makesof the product to limit the waste of natrual resources.
   • refuse
     • There should not be any unneccesary materials as that would be a waste and I should refuse any extra material for packaging to limit wasteful resources.
   • repair
     • It's more sustainable to fix things than to throw away things as it causes lanfil so I should make sure my product could be easily repaired or provide replacement parts.

5. Size

   • Is it too small or big for my client or for manufacture?
     • My product should not be too large as it would not as useful to my client if it doesn't fit his or her size and also if it's too large it would be hard to manufacture and costly due to the amount of material needed. If it's too small it would be useless to my client so I must make sure that it's the right size by using anthropometric data.

6. Safety

   • what are the risks in using the product
     • I need to make sure that the risks of using my product are minimized so it won't cause more problems than what it's already fixing. I would have to avoid sharp corners, weak joint methods so my product won't collapse and other risk factors to make my product user-friendly. This is especially important when designing a product for the disabled as they can be fragile so it would endanger them to have high risks.
   • precautions before using the product
     • If there is to be a risk I would have to make completely sure I destroy those risk factors or make it clear to my client that there are risks by potentially adding a red note with bold text on the packaging or product.

7. Function

   • How will it satisfy the need of my client ?
     • I would have to make sure that the function of the product will directly handle my client's problem or problems as otherwise it would be completely useless to the client. It is important that I'm constantly thinking about how to improve their everyday lives and what is th ebest way to design my product to help them overcome their pain and struggles.
   • ergonomic
     • anthropometric data
       • Using anthropometric data would be great for my product as I could ensure that I'm using th e5th to 95 th percentile measurements for my product. For example if I'm going to make a back rest it would be important that I use data of back sizes to make my product ideal for my client and target market or perhaps if I have to handle leg pain I would need lower leg and upper leg measurements for the length of a leg rest and also for the adjustable feature.
     • It is absoutely manditory to include ergonomic features to maximize comfort but also make it easy to use and adjust as a product for the disabled should be as easy to use as possible . I would have to use fibres in my product to increase comfort (silk , wool or synthetic fibres) and moreover having lumps or dips to make sure the shape is aabsolutely suited to the body part would be essential to handle leg , arm or back pains .

8. Manufacture

   • What mechanism would I have to use?
     • blow moulding
     • line bending
     • vacuum forming
     • injection moulding
   • materials
     • metal
       • Alluminum
       • Tin
       • Copper
     • plastic
       • Acrylic
       • HIPS
       • Polyethylene
     • wood
       • Birch
       • Oak
       • Mahagony