Artificial intelligence in aesthetic and ergonomic product design process

During the process of defining suitable design solutions, the designer has to consider a wide-range of influential factors. Aesthetics and ergonomics certainly belong to the more complex ones. Less experienced designers could meet encounter several problems during this design stage. Although some literature can be found about industrial aesthetics and the aesthetic design of consumer goods, the designer still has to have amassed quite a lot of experience and knowledge in the field of aesthetics, in order to choose and carry out appropriate design and redesign actions for improving the aesthetic value of the product within a reasonable time. On the other hand, the ergonomics of a product, especially product to be manipulated with upper extremities, is also very significant. Only an appropriate equilibration of these factors leads to optimal product design. The presented factors, declared as ontology objects (individuals), are presented trough their attributes and interacting relationships. The paper therefore presents an intelligent framework based on the ontology of aesthetic and ergonomic factors regarding product design, with the emphasis on appurtenant design recommendations.