Nico Smeenk industrial designer - the methodological approach

DESIGN METHODS & INSTRUMENTS

User-friendly interfaces and intuitive product graphics enhance the overall quality of a design.

Assembly-simulations by means of parametric design tools facilitate the understanding of complex constructions.

'Superficial' aspects are of fundamental importance in buying decisions: therefore colour studies and texture definitions are an integral part of the project.

3D design tools offer overall control throughout every single phase of the product development.

Technical development and aesthetic design move along in parallel, in order to avoid complex and expensive 'compromises' in an advanced stage.

Models and simulations accelerate projects: they help to evaluate volumes & proportions and to understand complex user/product relations.

Visualisations of all types allow to promptly evaluate aesthetic and functional aspects of different design alternatives.

A wide range of creative proposals facilitates a rapid orientation in the initial phase of a design project.

"...the really innovative
products of the future
already exist, somewhere in
the mind of potential
buyers..."

In order to come up with a convincing answer it's
necessary to thoroughly understand the question...

Every project starts with an analysis,
exploring the problems related to that
particular product in that particular context.
The end user is at the centre of this research.

In subsequent phases of the project, all possible
tools, creative and analytic, are employed in
order to guarantee a precise aim: a product in
which the end user recognizes his needs and
desires - functional, aesthetic and/or economic.