What is an 'iconic design'?
Mind map on what makes an iconic design with examples and definitions
- Created by: Sian
- Created on: 25-05-13 17:37
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- What is 'Iconic Design'?
- Recognition
- Through branding
- USP
- Design Provenance
- An item or product with historical pedigree. This can be tracked back through time to the original designer
- Tendency to re-emerge in future
- Have an influence on current design
- The modern day mini cooper has also had influence through its colour and overall aesthetics with companies such as Citroen and Skoda opting for much more customisable paint-work
- For example: Mini Cooper
- The aesthetics for the 1959 model were tangible for its age and easily discernible from other motors on the market
- Have an influence on current design
- Market Push & Pull
- Designers often push the market
- MARKET PUSH- Designers driving design forward to be innovative
- Breville Toaster
- MARKET PUSH- Designers driving design forward to be innovative
- Consumers Pull the market
- MARKET PULL- Driving a design compared to what a consumer wants or needs
- the 1959 Mini Cooper was influenced by market pull to reduce the size of the car and create a transverse engine as consumers needed something smaller to run. This was due to post-war petrol prices spiralling
- Designers often push the market
- Desirability
- Appeals to a large market through the meeting of its specification and criteria (identified through market push and pull factors)
- Recognition
- Desirability
- Appeals to a large market through the meeting of its specification and criteria (identified through market push and pull factors)
- For example: Faberge Eggs
- An item or product with historical pedigree. This can be tracked back through time to the original designer
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