1. Define the following terms:
You may use your notes and online references.

Brand -kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like
Marketing -the act of buying or selling in a market.
Demographics-the statistical data of a population, especially those showing average age, income, education, etc.
Aesthetics-the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments.
Focus Group-a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.

Respond to the questions below with a short answer response of four to six sentences each.
2. Explain how these terms are used in product analysis and product evaluation (refer to your notes).
These terms are used in the product analysis and product evaluation to help explain what everything means in this project and how it help the whole project.

3. After creating a CD cover, what have you learned about product design?
I learned .

4. Explain the steps you took to translate a concept into a design and then to a finished product (consider the design cycle).

5. How has knowing and understanding your demographic helped you to create a product for that demographic?

6. Reflecting on your own process in the design task, what would you do differently in executing your design (consider investigation, design, evaluation, planning, etc.)?

Journal 5

I was able to communicate my ideas in this design process through information and persuading other peoples.I was very successful when in creating a concept for a particular demographics by creating guiding questions, a design brief that helped me when doing my project. My concept was well received because I did everything I planned and finished my project in an organized way.I made that determination by evaluating my project over and over again. The techniques and equipment was essential to the execution of my design by helping my CD cover.The key terms and ideas in my project is to create , investigate , evaluate , design and reflection.

Journal 4

My opinion on how my project is , if it is successful or finished and ready to become advertised under my name , I would evaluate and keep evaluating until I know that I have finished. The most challenging stage in this process was the designing process because I didn't know which font to use and I didn't know would make my album attractive. I used my problem solving skills and inquiring skills by writing my guiding questions that helped me help out my challenges.

CD-Cover