Design for manufacture: communal areas

Design and technology

Explore the context and avoid fixation

Disassemble flat pack furniture

Standardised components

Life cycle assessment of flat pack furniture

Define a brief from design opportunities: communal areas

Sketch modelling: communal areas

Iterate with modelling: communal areas

Design development with CAD: communal areas

Iterate with CAD: communal areas

CAM: communal areas

Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: communal areas

Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: communal areas

Quality assurance when manufacturing: communal areas

Surface treatments and finishes: communal areas

Commercial viability: communal areas

Market testing: communal areas

Digital Media Presentation: communal areas

Pupils will use disassembly to investigate an existing piece of flat-pack furniture, including material sources. They will use this information to inform designs. Pupils will focus on user-centred design to create and develop ideas and then plan the manufacturer for a product.

Iterative design: Student Living

to make the design more aesthetically pleasing

to match the design with current fashion trends

Why must a designer consider how to manufacture their design?

What is the term for the restrictions that can shape and alter a design solution?

What is it called when changes or adjustments are made to improve or alter a design?

What is the process of refining and improving a design called?

Developing your design idea in CAD allows you to see it …

What can be done to help with the development of CAD designs?

it ensures the final design will be structurally sound

creativity is not limited by capability on CAD software

it automatically corrects dimensional errors in the CAD model

Why is sketching over a print out of a CAD design helpful?

What should be done by the designer once a sketch is completed?

Design for manufacture: communal areas

Lesson outcome