What Influences Product Design

Thinking about the environment, cost of materials, and the technology available is what designers do, its really our job. We take what we have and what we see and we create a vision to create something new. The aesthetics come last, because all great design solves a problem, or at least tries to. It frustrates me to work with simply aesthetics so often, negating research, problem solving, and world influences. Design isn't just limited to "10 factors of good design" because design is infinite, however, good designers can balance all of what is thrown at them and is able to see what we have available and what we need, then creating something useful and something beautiful.