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Ch2. Unwrapping CMF Design on Balancing Between Matters
Ch2. 拆招CMF設計談多方角力之間的平衡

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Since Club House becomes a hot topic this week, I’ve been obsessed with a room of speakers from different parts of the Chinese-speaking world. Interestingly, because of how they grew up and built independent thinking along the way, speakers born in the same region could have very different perspectives on the definition of democracy. (中文請見下方)

That is perhaps the same with how cross-functional teams work together to develop product definition.

As narrow as a screen cling – that tiny little outliner around the phone screen, can cause back-and-forth discussions.

Mechanical Engineer would say: “This is too narrow and fragile. Let’s add glass fiber.”
Designer then says: “Glass fiber will float on the surface. Let’s add coating on top.”
Product Managers jumps out and shouts: “NO MONEY!!!”
Designer sighs and says: “Let’s at least get the tooling to be polished for better matching with the screen.”
Project Manager ends the conversation: “No time for modifying the tooling.”

Although everyone has a different opinions, because each’s logic is based on their profession, everyone is able to join the “aggressive discussion” and convey their perspective (mostly) calmly and rationally.

In contrary, different perspectives also formulated cross-team collaboration. Whether during product definition stage or manufacturing trial runs, it is never a solo act of CMF Designer. Always and always, it is the joined contribution with Industrial DesignerPE Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and more.

As a reminder for design students, once you enter into the real world, you will meet people who hold different perspectives than you do. The ability of empathy will determine the success of your proposals and how many allies you will gather along the journey.



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這幾天ClubHouse成為一大熱門話題。我迷上的房間裡面,有來自於世界各地的華人分享者,每個人對於民主的定義都有不同的見解。即使是生於同地的分享者,也可能因為成長的軌跡和個人意識的蛻變,形成截然不同的觀點(perspective)。

各部門在產品定義的過程,也然如此。
即使細如螢幕邊框,環繞在手機螢幕旁的小角色,也能因為不同團隊的觀點而你來我往。

機構工程師:「這麼窄,純PC易斷,得加玻纖。」
設計師:「加玻纖會有浮纖,必須加噴塗。」
產品經理:「沒錢加噴塗。」
設計師退了一步:「那至少拋光改到最好效果吧!」
項目經理:「別再修模了,趕不上備料了。」

雖然每個人抱持著不同的出發點,但因為自身的邏輯是建立於經年累月建立的專業與信念,所以總能站在自身的角度理性的表達論述、參與討論 —— 講好聽了,或許更常是爭論不休。

不同的觀點形成了爭論,反過來說,也實現了多方合作。無論是初期的產品定義,或者是試產中疑難雜症的解決,都不是CMF設計師的一枝獨秀,更常是與工業設計師PE工程師機構工程師等成員的協力合作。

這或許是我最想跟學生們分享的一課(但我每次都會這樣說):進入現實社會後,你將遇到不同觀點的合作夥伴,而你的換位思考,將決定提案的成敗以及一路上能招攬的盟軍。

這張照片修最久,手指要保養了。
自從進入CMF設計領域,脾氣就越來越大了。
含玻纖的免噴塑膠表面通常會形成浮纖。
Uncoated plastic parts with glassfiber often will cause visible fibers on the surface.

因為螢幕前框很細窄,所以需要塑膠加玻纖改善強韌度,但也因此產生視覺缺陷(浮纖)。市面上也是有浮纖效果比較少的PC+GF(塑膠加玻纖),可以進一步研究價格和供應鏈是否符合公司的規劃。
藉由咬花或紋理的模具設計,免噴塗塑膠注塑件亦可呈現亮霧面、CD紋或拉絲等效果。
Via VDI patterns on tooling, various finishings can be injected on top of uncoated plastic: glossy, matte, CD-spin, brushed, etc.

VDI是德國工程師協會的縮寫(德文),在CMF業界被泛指為模具內的咬花或火花紋,從拋光到霧面分為不同等級。可以Google關鍵字「VDI紋理」查詢更多專業知識。

Problem-solving CMF Fixer. Formerly manages the CMF Design team at Motorola, and currently a New York-based and world-traveling Design Consultant with specialty in CMF Design since 2011. 高雄囡仔,前世帶領摩托羅拉CMF設計團隊,今生定居於紐約並遊牧世界,任自由撰稿人兼CMF設計顧問,持續投入在CMF設計的科普推廣,並為提供CMF專案支持或諮詢服務。
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