The item I chose to analyze for this excercise is a Fender Stratocaster. It is an example of industrial design, and it also employs visual perception cues. What one may notice is a lack of color on the controls, but this is made up for by labels on the knobs. The 3 knobs are labeled volume, volume, and tone. The two volume controls and tone knob utilize spatial grouping and shape to be easily reached by the guitar player. There is also a toggle switch above the knobs which switches the pickups (for those of you who don't know what a pickup is, it is a magnet which picks up the vibration of the string). Motion plays a large factor in these controls. One must turn left or right to increase or decrease volume and tone, and this is especially important while playing to a live audience. This particular guitar is oriented to a right handed player. It is very intuitive and easy to play live, due to the well thought out controls which require little visual perception, but feeling instead.
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