With the continuous development of the market and the increasing progress of society, high-tech household appliances are rapidly heating up in China, and the consumption level of domestic residents is continuously increasing. People's requirements for household appliances are also increasing. Household appliances not only need to meet the practical functions of the product, but also need to impress people with unique designs, meet their spiritual needs, and meet their high requirements for the living environment and quality of life. Below is a brief talk about the process and case analysis of household appliance design.

The first step is to analyze the data before product design and develop a design plan. When designing a household appliance product, the first step for designers is to have a certain understanding of the demanders, as well as the general public consumers, experienced users, and so on. Understand their general needs and some special requirements through questionnaires or other effective methods, then conduct certain data analysis, calculate reasonable and feasible design plans, and communicate with customers to determine the plan.

Then, it is necessary to arrange the corresponding product design process, such as product appearance design, product structure design, functional design, etc., and communicate and cooperate with each other, because no matter which design is used, cooperation is required when designing a household appliance product together, in order to make the product design more efficient and the stability of the product better. In the design process, it is necessary to consider intelligence and human-computer interaction, which is also a major feature of smart home appliances at present. For example, the following intelligent door lock design.

This intelligent door lock design is simple and fashionable, with smooth lines and delicate surface treatment, making the body appear more rounded and soft. The color combination of black and gray gives a high-end texture, and visually gives people a friendly, modern, business, and unique feeling. The shell adopts an anti scratch panel, C-level lock cylinder, and supports four unlocking methods: fingerprint, magnetic card, password, and key. A simple and friendly human-machine operation interface, intuitive button layout, comfortable grip of the handle, making it safer, simpler, and more reliable to use.

Checking can help designers detect some small or undiscovered issues during the product design process. At present, almost all designs need such a link to help designers better complete product design, which also improves the efficiency of designers' home appliance product design.

Simply put, the process of designing household appliances can be summarized as the following six steps.

1、 Project initiation

Project initiation and production of a project schedule plan.

2、 Product Planning

Competitive brand analysis, usage environment analysis.

3、 Appearance design

Sketch, draw 2D renderings, 3D modeling/3D renderings.

4、 Structural design

Hardware stacking layout, mold cost budget evaluation, innovative structural methods, and submission of mold 3D documents.

5、 Handboard production

Appearance board production, structural board production.

6、 Mold making

Mold design, product injection molding, product assembly.