Consumer Choice and Product Design
- Created by: hanrobotham
- Created on: 29-03-16 13:35
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- How Product Design is affected.
- Technology Developments
- Products that can carry devices; MP3 s, phones
- Manufacturing has advanced so products can be made quicker and cheaper
- Encouraging consumers to buy clothes they'll only wear a few times before throwing away
- Fabrics developed for specialist fields; military, astronauts.
- Fashion Trends
- Tend to change more often than just for seasons
- Designers have to keep up with this.
- Economic Factors
- Rich economy
- More disposable income
- More money to spend on luxuries e.g. Leather jacket
- Poor economy
- Less disposable income
- Spend money on essentials; underwear.
- cheaper products or few expensive that will last longer.
- Rich economy
- Social Factors
- Magazines showing what celebs are wearing
- Lifestyle or work e.g. lawyers wearing suits
- Older people have different requirements.
- Cultural Factors
- Religion, tradition, the arts.
- Pop art in the 1950's.
- Indians wear saris. Bikinis wouldn't have market
- Religion, tradition, the arts.
- Ethical Trading
- Concern for those who make the products
- The materials used
- Buy products that ensure they are in safe conditions
- Where the product is made; abroad but some places employ children.
- Concern for those who make the products
- Environmental Sustainability
- The effect of textiles production on the environment
- Consumers buy sustainable products
- Minimising waste and using renewable materials
- Ethical Design Issues
- Age range
- Ethical and moral issues
- Children's clothes appropriate for age.
- No rude slogans
- Children's clothes appropriate for age.
- Technology Developments
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