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#Design Quotes

Manufacturing process should be part of design

“A well-designed product isn’t well designed if the process needed to manufacture it is unrealistic or uneconomical.”

Matthew Frederick 

A brilliantly conceived alternative-fuel vehicle will not succeed without the design and implementation of a refuelling infrastructure over a large geographic area. A cleverly resolved construction detail isn’t clever if it doesn’t leave room for a construction worker to manipulate the tools needed to construct it. A bridge pier that’s well engineered won’t be built without also engineering a process to excavate earth and pour concrete in the middle of a river.

Remember, there is often design besides the design and a well-designed product isn’t well designed if the process needed to manufacture it is unrealistic or uneconomical.

📚 Source: 101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School by John Kuprenas & Matthew Frederick

#Design Quotes, #Design Theory, #Product Design

You don’t truly understand something until you quantified it

“You don’t truly understand something until you quantified it. But you understand nothing at all if all you do is quantify.”

— Unknown Author

The limitation of quantitative data is that it describes what happened but not why or how it happened. As design researchers, we should seek answers to the questions of why by talking to our customers or stakeholders.

Combining quantitative and qualitative research methods is a good rule of thumb. Remember, quantitative and qualitative methods complement one another; they are complementary, not mutually exclusive. 

📚 Source: 101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School by John Kuprenas & Matthew Frederick

#Design Quotes, #Data & Analytics