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Industrial design
chunking
Design; Industrial design
The human ability to group information into related small sets, which can then be stored in short-term memory. By keeping information in smaller pieces, the functional storage capacity of the brain ...
seven, plus or minus two
Design; Industrial design
This term refers to the limits on our brain to processing information. The number of items that can be held in short-term memory or that can be the focus of attention, as stated by George A. Miller ...
conspicuity
Design; Industrial design
The characteristics of a graphic element that enable the audience to differentiate the element from its surrounding environment. Conspicuity is achieved when each element can easily be distinguished ...
ethnography
Design; Industrial design
The process of gathering information about users and tasks directly from users in their normal work, home or leisure environment. Traditional ethnography focuses on long-term studies spanning weeks, ...
graceful degradation
Design; Industrial design
Design considerations that allow the content to maintain effectiveness for the user when a product’s new features (such as those taking advantage of the latest technologies) are disabled. For ...
cross section
Design; Industrial design
The cross section is a diagram or drawing representing a cut at right angles to an axis.
deprovement
Design; Industrial design
The opposite of improvement, but not exactly decline or deterioration. Would be used in context of a next-generation product coming out (e.g., mac operating systems, industrial products made more ...
