Criteria For Designing Digital Products

There are several criteria for designing products or design feature such as ergonomics, manufacturer or designer introduced features, features from requirement of consumer, studied features, artisticness of design.

Ergonomic is designing based on the easiness of human handling the products, coordination of human on the products, the way human hold and use the products when testing a product. Involves padding in giving comfort, large surface area for gripping or holding, designing base on the shape of palm, curvature of face, they way human coordinate themself on the product, such as the mouse side buttons is place just at the points where finger is accessible to click it.

Manufacturer or designer introduced features are design comes from added features in the product, the user has to get used to location of the clicker of the mouse, usb sockets or others but reachable by human coordination and length of finger or have to stretch posture slightly.

Features from requirement of consumer is features added base on survey of most user which wish to improve about the product, or feature chosen by designer or manufacturer to achieve particular requirement from customer based or survey or product testing.

Studied features means features added based on latest study on the product, research, recommedation by engineer.

Artisticness of design means the beauty or how sleek the design of product. It can be drawn prior from electronical components added to the product or after the printed circuit is designed. It is important in product grading as entry level, mid level, or a professional level product. Which also determine its final selling price.