Geometric Design

While I was doing my User center design project, I was asked about design directions, first is inspiration, our group did a research with our friend or family about their kitchen styles, their cooking habits and preferring kitchenware. Try to find the design needs. Then the ideation, barnstorming, searching about the exiting product and analyzes them. The six steps for redesign analysis: Design proposition, Strengths, Weakness. Individuality, Fixes, Transformation. Implementation is the last step, doing experiments and finalized everything. However the above steps can solve the problems of what kind of product and what functions this design has, there is no any step for a product appearance, what shapes of the product is better, more stable and functional. I was inspired by the geometry; one example is APPLE logo— this logo looks like just a simple apple outline, however it was used the golden ratio. Geometric design is a branch of computational geometry. It deals with the construction and representation of free-form curves, surfaces, or volumes, application areas include shipbuilding, aircraft, and automotive industries, as well as architectural design. The goals of geometric design are to maximize the comfort, safety, and economy of facilities, while minimizing their environmental impacts. Such as Geometric design for transportation facilities includes the design of geometric cross sections, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, intersections, and various design details. These basic elements are common to all linear facilities, such as roadways, railways, and airport runways and taxiways.