Research Article

Estimating Designers’ Performance considering Personal Characteristics and External Factors Together

Table 3

Characteristics of the shapes used to fill the DA table.

RuleShape
Sh1Sh2

Combination of simpler, well-known shapes(i) Banana(i) Tape holder
(ii) Mezzaluna knife(ii) Hamster wheel
(iii) Boomerang

Presence of elements to catch the attention(i) Asymmetry obtained thanks to the presence/positioning of the support(i) Cavity throughout
(ii) Cavity throughout(ii) Lower part ending with a through hole
(iii) Cap placed only on the lower extremity of this cavity(iii) Flat surfaces (top and bottom)
(iv) Solid cylinder in the center
(i) Color: yellow (gold and sun reminding of precious and/or spherical and/or warm objects)(i) Color: green (grass and mint reminding of natural and/or fresh/iced objects)

Size concerns(i) Actual size(i) Actual size