Design guideline for designing single handle faucets based on the correlations between human lifestyles and design elements

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The reason why there are many kinds of single handle faucet designs, is because there are no design guidelines for their exterior design, correlated to the present diverged consumer values. This study is on making a design guideline for single handle faucets, based on the correlations between human lifestyles and design elements. First, we developed 7 basic formed single handle faucets and had a questionnaire survey on the test subject’s basic attributes, lifestyle and image evaluation on the developed faucets. We used the mathematical quantification theory class III, to find out what kind of basic attributes and lifestyle segments, values most on the exterior designs when purchasing, and what kind of basic design configuration they prefer most. Secondly, in the same questionnaire survey, we made the test subjects evaluate 7 basic single handle faucet form’s images and their purchase intentions, in 6 levels. We used the multiple regression analysis, to abstract the image words, which has a strong correlation with the purchase intention, regarding to the abstracted basic attributes and the lifestyle. Finally, we made a questionnaire survey on the images of the existing gooseneck-type single handle faucet with various design elements, and made the test subjects evaluate the images in 6 levels. We used the mathematical quantification theory class I, to abstract the design elements, which has a strong correlation with the test subject’s purchase intention. Consequently, we were able develop a design guideline for designing single handle faucets, based on the correlations between human lifestyles and design elements.