A Study of Factors Influencing Materials Selection within Corporate Culture

Autor: Yu-Xian Liao, 廖育賢
Rok vydání: 2011
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 99
Designers have the responsibility in the product design process, which is to integrate the use of internal and external resources and satisfied consumer demand and corporate image;Product design includes shape, color and material, a sense of the use and touch more important today.We can apply to the materials more diversity and widespread by the science and technology is developed,no longer limitation on natural material resources.The Corporate environment affects designers the innovation and materials expression of novelty,this study investigates the relatedness of Corporate Culture Influencing Materials Selection by the Designer''s point of view and corporate is used to archive material selection factors. This study used Literature Survey Method and In-depth Interview to collect primary and real data to find Corporate Culture, Design Strategy, Materials Selection and Summarized the definition and properties of the design materials applications.There are in-depth interviews with 11 designers in corporate which explore the factors influencing Materials Selection within Corporate Culture. The main findings the factors of Corporate Culture are influencing the designers: 1. Corporate image and slogan is clearly. 2. There are unique product identity in Corporate products. 3. Building corporate image data. The factors of Design Strategy: 1. Detached elements of design and think upon by subject type. 2. Observing the behavior of the design targets and recording long-term. The factors of Materials Selection: 1. The adaption of Corporate products and the Physical of materials. 2. Satisfied with the functions of corporate products. 3. The Market trends and the environment of product using. The result of study, there are five levels of influence which corporate development and product strategy for material selection factors in the future. 1. Corporate image : (1)Establishing the Corporate slogan clear and segmental. (2)Innovative ideas into the corporate mind. (3)The recognition of internal staff. 2. Corporate Resource : (1) Setting the Material database. (2) Recording the progress which Corporate project selects material. (3) Understanding the manufacture method and corporate equipments. (4) Preferring sustainable environmentally-friendly materials in the security strength and the law. 3. The market targets : (1) The behavior of the design targets. (2) Safe to use. (3) Conform to environmental of using. (4) Segmented the groups by product identity. 4. Innovation presents : (1) The establishment of the keywords by Showing a sense of vision. (2) Satisfied with the functions of products. (3) Using Multi-material. (4) Attending to the feeling when using. (5) Need to protect the product of the internal components. 5. Staff training : (1) Using the opening managements will be make designers close and improve efficiency. (2) The design experiences accumulated by knowledge management and helped new designers. The eighteen factors of selection material, that will help Corporate sets design strategy or reforms the organizations .
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