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The connection between product design benefits and customer satisfaction and delight is analyzed. Results indicate that products which meet or surpass the utilitarian need of customers improves customer satisfaction while those that meet or exceed the hedonic wants of customers increases delight. The antecedent feelings of customer delight and satisfaction are also examined.

Pity the poor designers trying to generate eye-popping shapes for products they hope earn 'gotta-have' status. If they alter one curve using traditional surfacing software, another can change without permission [...]

Consumer product designing in late 1990s is suffering from specialization and a crisis of interface design. Often a product's form rarely jells with its function. Better integration among industrial, interface, package, and graphic designers, working on the products from the outset, can give positive results. Plastic bowls, an ergonomic toilet seat, a vacuum cleaner, a camping lantern and award-winner FreePlay Clockwork Radio earn admiration as tangible products. The easy-to-use quality of Aquatica 67 camera, Apple's color printer and a computer headset are also praised.

The consumer products Best of Category award in the 39th Annual Design Review went to a CPR mannequin by Laerdal California Inc for pure functionality. Other products won awards for their innovation, ergonomics, engineering and materials use, and aesthetic value. One new trend is collaboration with the military industry for commercial applications. Winning products included cars, clocks, computer equipment, binoculars, a luggage cart, bicycles and accessories, vases, and home entertainment equipment.

Modern management this century has been characterised by the way the product at the core of business life rises and falls in the esteem of executives depending on what alternative […]

Apple Computer has developed a new design 'language', called Espresso, as part of its aim of diversifying into non-computer high-tech consumer goods. The firm's computer products will retain some common themes and will also be given new, more individual elements. Non-computer products will have more individuality and fewer common themes. The new language replaces the 'Snow White' language which helped to make Apple so successful. Espresso products are more rounded than Snow White products, and focus more on an animal and not a machine aesthetic.

NEW YORK-In a consumer electronics segment driven by slim and sleek designs, flat-panel manufacturers are taking contemporary style cues from everyday objects ranging from furniture to automobiles. HFN provides an [...]

Household and technological items displaying creative thinking and intuitive practicality are presented. Designs of motorcycle racing gloves, combination lock, bath products, and desktop computer are described.

Maybe it was the interminable winter or the longing for a fresh start, but grassy greens sprang up all over at the recent spring markets. From espresso makers to furniture, [...]

Consumer products are assessed with reference to the impact of their design. The best designs including an electronic cello and a walnut opener, which revealed passion, minimalism and were easy to use, are presented.

The Audi TT Coupe was awarded 'Best of Category' (consumer products) in the 1999 Design Review, along with the Apple iMac and Power Macintosh G3 computers. The panel of judges were looking for 'square, cool and beautiful' products. Other products which were commended include the Yeoman Map Plotter, Swingline Contura Stapler, Pickup Vehicle, Oral-B CrossAction Toothbrush, and the Swatch Twinphone.

LIKE clever advertising, good design is both instantly recognisable yet maddeningly hard to pin down: money spent on design may be money wasted, or it may be a way to [...]

Engineering polymers and chemicals are playing an important role in the development of new products for the home consumer market. It has helped in cutting cycle times, and is fast and cost effective.

After years of hype, vertical interconnects finally are starting to replace horizontal connections in actual products. While the longer-term potential for increasing speed by using shorter interconnects is perceived to […]

A description is presented of the design awards given to a number of consumer products that displayed innovative and stylish features in their design. The best in category winner for consumer products is the Mac G4 Cube.