Hwmk#2 TED Talk

Picture this: You take a stroll down a forest or city or any scenic route. You see someone or something struggling with a task that can easily be worked around with the right tool or system. So you think to yourself: "I'm sure if I did a, b, and c, then I'm sure I could make this product a lot better." So you start coming up with designs for your marvelous new invention, but then you hit a roadblock. Sure this invention would be used for that one thing the person or thing was struggling with but what could it's other uses be? The design is great but you also need to take into consideration the uses for the thing you're creating. You don't just want to create this really good looking product and it ends up failing due to it not being convienient for the customer. For instance, I may make this really cool looking wrench. Although it may look cool, the wrench is a bit big and isn't really all that great to handle, but it just looks like a cool wrench. If it can't perform the function it was meant to perform, then what's the use in using it? So in the end, you need to make sure when designing the product you take into consideration what it will be used for. Functionality goes hand in hand with design.