1 Introduction
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From architects and industrial designers points of view, assessing the need for a tool to help the structure of ideas in the early phases of the design process,
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How Design Universal, Usability and the Human Sensorial System can contribute to such a process?
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Finally, is it possible to structure a tool to assist architects and industrial designers during these initial steps of the process?
2 Methods
3 Results
3.1 Contributions from Literature
Usability | Universal design | New denomination |
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Consistency, compatibility, evidence | Simple and intuitive use | Compatibility |
Feedback, error prevention | Fault tolerance | Warning |
Visual clarity, prioritization of functionality and information | Perceptible information | Communication |
Transfer of technology | Materialization | |
Capacity, user control | Flexibility of use and equitable use | Adaptability |
Minimum physical effort | Force | |
Space dimensioning | Dimensioning |
3.2 Requirements List
Functional requirements |
Enable the sharing of project activities performed by users of the tool in real time |
Free choice of combinations of tool concepts and structuring principles to guide design actions |
Be able to form database with developed projects |
Allow insertion of written data (concepts) and images) |
Possibility of printing the data entered in the tool (texts) and by means of boards (images) |
Nonlinear use of the steps that make up the tool roadmap (allow advances, returns, etc.) |
Requirements on data |
Have the combination of a digital structure, paper and three-dimensional elements (physical) |
Allow the possibility of printing papers (boards) of different sizes |
Allow information about the concepts and principles of the structuring themes that form the theoretical content of the tool |
Environmental requirements and contexts |
Be able to use the tool on various platforms (digital and physical) |
Easy access and storage (digital and physical) of data |
Have feature of collaborative use |
Possibility to securely store the collected and developed data |
Easy and cost-effective organizational support (resources, training and management) |
Users requirements |
Appropriate information for users (architects, designers and engineers) |
Simple and clear language |
It can be used by a variety of users for projects with different characteristics |
Usability requirement |
Be efficient in its use |
Be safe about the use and storage of data |
Easy memorization and learning |
Easy in use |