Researches On The Value Of Using The Prototype In Product Design

With the enrichment of people’s material life, the customers’ request is continuing in-depth study of the proposition; enterprises should provide better products to meet customer needs. Prototype as an integral part of the product design methods for the design of a Multidimensional intuitive way of thinking and scrutiny means, so whether using well or not, it determines the product development. And now, the Chinese product design enterprises in the different levels of using the prototype, but there is a certain gap between the foreign well-known enterprises. So we have to sort out the ways and means through the use of foreign prototype and cross-comparison, to provide operational methods and means for the design of domestic products.Firstly, the study systematically introduces prototype, which concludes the classification, construction, how to use in the design process, the value and so on. Secondly, through the introduction of foreign cases, And its detailed analysis, summed up the prototype use basic way and use characteristics, effects and techniques. Beside on this basis, combined domestic market environment and the development of domestic manufacturing level, using the typical product portfolio strategy as the carrier, we analyzed and summarized prototype application requirements. Applicable to domestic enterprises with the aid of the prototype design thinking to tease out the use of techniques and instruments. At last, through the cases in corporate and university, it provides classification, testing and verification.Through the study, I combed the ways and means of a prototype application, and provide multi-dimensional support for product design thinking. Through the prototype, designers and design teams in the product design process will be able to carry out multi-angle design thinking, thereby discovering new product opportunities, and the way to solve the problem, and to lay the foundation for well-designed user needs.