Functional Design

How to design the technical functions of a remote control

In this first design phase, the functional design, you, as an user interface designer, have to come up with the technical functions design: what effect should the apparatus have.

Remember from the explanation of the general design method (check your mail-box), the technical functions design of the coffee machine was: change coffee beans and water into coffee

You are asked to

1. Search the web for inspiration from similar devices (go to the home page of the web browser).
2. Write your findings down in the pre-structured PowerPoint slides, which will be send to you by e-mail. You can easily copy text or images from the documents and websites (just right-click the pictures) to your PowerPoint slides.
3. Save the PowerPoint slides in the shared folder on your desktop.
4. Prepare your presentation for the next meeting.

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