1. Safety

2. Safety Vital to the success of any product design
Should not be bolted on at the end, it needs to be considered throughout the design process.
Not considering safety can result in a very bad outcome
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3. Safety: Standards
Products are designed to meet regulations set by BSI (British Standards Institute) or ISO (International Standards Organisation)
They assess risk and likelihood of accident/damage to people/products including risks such as:
risk to health and safety of humans
risk to the environment
risk to the product
Potential risks due to delay in product’s operation or complete failure
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4. Safety: Consumer Demand
Often a conflict between satisfying consumer demand for performance and ensuring the product is safe I.e. cars
Other design issues also often have to be compromised to ensure a product is safe.
A responsible designer will design products which are safe and have market appeal.
Can you think of examples of products where it is safety that sells the product?

5. Safety Features
Impossible to design products which are risk free when it can be misused. Legislation is put in place by organisation to determine what is acceptable.
Designers can try and anticipate this and therefore design features to prevent this from happening.
Think of 5 examples of products you have used that have safety features built into their design.