I have my questions about this low user effort: to what level? Is it effort an attribute of the product? Let's take for example a video game, if it is too easy people will soon lose interest, get bored, if is too hard, people are going to feel frustrated and give up on the game. Also, are talking about cognitive demand (stress, attention, logical thought) or human resources (visual, auditory, tactile). There is a need to expand this criteria in terms of what is required from the user.

According this description of Design Strategy, what makes it different than other design processes? My understanding is that this are underlying stages of any design methodology. I also wonder if planning is not part of the strategy itself instead of given reason to it, and the start of the strategy be when the idea is born or the problem observed. Another question is: According to design strategy, what is the end stage of a crib-to-crib project? How does design strategy works with supply chain management? Where one finishes and the other starts?

I wonder how Critical Design relates to the dimension of symbolism found in the Industrial Design. In ID, Symbolism pledge that an object is not only formed by it's functionality and aesthetics but also by the value that the user attributes to it. This value can be by industry by attaching the product to a certain status (i.e. luxurious car), or by the user itself through analogies (i.e. a sentimental value, or something more abstract like the combination of a deerstalker hat and a pipe that makes people think about Sherlock Holmes).