Design for manufacture: saving space

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: saving space

Sketch modelling: saving space

Iterate with modelling: saving space

Design development with CAD: saving space

Iterate with CAD: saving space

Laser cutting

Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: saving space

Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: saving space

Quality assurance when manufacturing: saving space

Surface treatments and finishes: saving space

Commercial viability: saving space

Evaluation of market and user testing: saving space

Digital Media Presentation: saving space

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: saving space

Lesson outcome