What is the Criteria?
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The criteria is the expectations of your product, it is what you create before you make your product. All the research you do can affect the criteria you make for your product. It is making and setting the goals you want to attain for your product, and in the end it acts as a checklist.
Criteria
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The criteria I created for my product:
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1. Software
- Planner 5D. This software is created to make the interior of the house, it shows a 2D and 3D model of your product
2. Rooms
- How many bedrooms will there be? There will be 2 bedrooms so this will apartment for 3. A bedroom for the parents, the mother is 45 and the father is 46. The child is 15 years old so the room will be adapted to her age group.
- Kitchen: It will have a rather big working top with a sink, over and washing machine included, I will have floating shelves, there will also be a stove on the work top and a ventilator on top to take all the warm air out so the house won't become steamy. I will have a kitchen island which will be across from the work top where people can sit and talk to others while they are waiting for food. The island can also act as a dining table as you can eat there as well, there will be chairs of course and a window to look out of and open incase the ventilator does not do the job of taking the hot air out. I will also be including some plants to make it look nicer as well.
- Living room/Dining room: As for the kitchen I will make the living room a grey and white, this theme for a living room will give it a cozy atmosphere. The living rooms will have a sofa, a coffee table, two comfortable chairs at each side of the sofa, a big wall with a flat screen TV. The living room will also contain a big window that takes up most of the wall so that it has nice natural light a nice view and natural air. As for the dining area I will have a glass table chairs around it with a window behind it and a book shelf.
- Parent bedroom: The parents bedroom will go along with the theme of the rest of the house, the parents bedroom will have a bed, wardrobe, TV as well as some paintings and some plants
- Childs room: Has a calm feeling to it, the Childs room will have white walls plants, a double bed a mirror, big window, a wardrobe, some paintings, a desk and a TV.
- Bathroom/laundry room: The bathroom is a shared bathroom and will have a bath, shower, a toilet, a bidet next to the toilet and have two sinks with a mirror above it. The laundry room will only have the necessary things such as a washing machine, a vacuum, a washing basket, an ironing table and a drying rack.
3. Themes/colours:
Kitchen: Greys, Blacks and whites and a wooden floor it will have some plants to give it some life
Living room: mainly different shades of grey a carpet along with a wooden floor, it will have a splash of blue and have some plants
Bathroom/laundry room: The bathroom will be white with tiles, this room will be quite light
Parent bedroom: The parent bedroom will be mainly different shades of white and greys
Childs bedroom: It will be white with wood and plants as I want a calm atmosphere
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