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Hello and welcome to this design and technology lesson.

My name's Mrs. Fletcher and I'm here to help and guide you through this lesson today.

Today's lesson is called Develop a Fabric Pattern in response to Feedback, and it's part of the Textile Pattern Pieces: Hats and Caps unit.

In this lesson, we'll be looking at taking feedback from the user to help add additional features to a prototype hat design, and we'll also be looking at the techniques we can use to do that.

So let's have a look at what we'll be learning about today.

The outcome of today's lesson is I can make changes to my work after user feedback.

So we'll be speaking to the user of our prototype hat models, and we'll be finding out their thoughts on any additional features we can add onto those prototypes to improve their performance.

There are some key words and phrases that we'll be seeing in today's lesson, so let's have a look at those together before we get started.

First of all, we've got the word feedback.

Can you repeat that? Feedback.

Well done.

And feedback is someone else's opinion of your work, so it's their thoughts and ideas about what you've done.

Then we've got the word additional.

Can you repeat that? Additional.

Well done.

And when we say additional features, we mean something extra, something more.

So it's added onto the thing that we've already done.

And then we've got the word features.

Can you repeat that? Features.

Well done.

And the features are the unique or specific details.

So if we are adding additional features, we are adding extra details to our prototype models.

So those are the words we're going to need.

So let's have a look at how the lesson will be broken down.

Today's lesson is going to be broken down into three parts.

First of all, we're going to be looking at using feedback to adapt our design, so that's listening to what the user wants added onto the design.

Then we'll be looking at planning those additional design features, thinking about how we can do them, what we can make them out of.

And then finally, we'll be adding those additional features to our prototype hat designs.

So let's get started with using feedback to adapt designs Additional features, so that's those extra details can be added to a design prototype to improve the look or the performance.

Additional features are extra parts such as decorations, fasteners, or supports.

Here on this hat you can see there's a decorative flower that's been added onto the outside, onto the side panel.

And here we can see a plaited band has been added around that side panel on this straw hat.

So let's look at decoration first.

Decorations are extra details that are added to a design to improve its look.

These could include bands and ribbons, flowers and feathers, gems and beads, embroidery, which is patterns that have been sewn into the product, or applique which are fabric shapes, which are glued down to form a design or a pattern.

Fasteners are another additional feature that can be added onto our hat designs.

Fasteners are devices that can be used on some hats to allow them to be secured into place or adjusted to have the size adjusted.

Now this doesn't work on all types of hats, but they could include ribbons or ties, hook and loop, buttons or snap fasteners.

And you can see here a snapback fastener is commonly used on the back of baseball caps to adjust the size.

Sometimes you might see a hook and loop fastener or another type of fastener on the back that's doing the same job.

Comfort supports and protection are something else that can be added to our hat design.

Additional parts can be added to make a hat more comfortable to wear or to protect the hat from staining or from wear.

These could include a lining which would go inside the hat or a sweatband, which often runs around The main part of the hat, which is going to be in contact with the head.

And sweatbands are strips of fabric found on the inside of the hat and they add comfort to the hats.

They make the material softer on the head, but they also hold moisture and take moisture away from the head if we're warm or we're exercising so that it doesn't stain or change the colour of the hat.

A quick check then.

What is an additional design feature? Is it A, a unique detail that's added on? Is it B, a joining method? Or is it C, an unusual hat style? Pause the video and have a think.

Welcome back.

What did you think? Well done if you said a unique detail that's added on to the hat design? That's exactly right.

Now, Sofia has asked Jacob for some feedback on any additional features that he would like added to his hat design.

So she asked him the question, "Would you like any decorative features added to your hat?" And Jacob has answered that, yes, he would like a colourful band to go around the side panel of his hat.

He would also like a flower to stick outta that band.

So we're thinking of decorative features, things that are there just to look good to improve the look of the product.

So decorative features are not the only thing we could add to a hat.

So Sofia is asking Jacob if he would like any comfort features added to the hat.

He's answered that yes, he would like a sweat band made from a soft fabric that would make the hat more comfortable to wear all day.

So we're thinking about that band that's attached inside the hat to make it more comfortable.

He's also asking whether Sofia could add a fastener to the hat so that he can adjust the size.

Sofia considers Jacob's feedback, so that means she's having to think about the things that he's requested, and she decides which of those ideas are reasonable, so that means which of the ones that she thinks she's able to do.

the decorative band she thinks is doable.

She can do that on his hat.

The flower decoration, she can easily add that on.

The sweat band is something that she can add onto the hat design.

But the fastener is not something that Sofia thinks is easy to add to this hat design 'cause the style of hat cannot be adjusted with a fastener.

So sometimes a user may request some additional features that are not actually possible to do on that design.

Which feedback here then would not be reasonable, which means it's not really able to be done? So we've got Lucas who's requesting, "Can you add beads as decoration around the side panel of my hat?" Izzy is requesting, "Can you add a snap fastener to the back of my straw hat?" And Andy is requesting, "Can you add a colourful lining to the inside of my hat?" Which of those is not reasonable? Would not be easy to do.

Pause video and have a think.

Welcome back.

Which one did you think was not very reasonable, not easy to do? Well done if you said B, Izzy.

She asked for a snap fastener to be added to the back of her straw hat, but that type of fastener would not work on that style of hats.

Well done if you got that right.

So it is time for a task in this first part of the lesson.

So first of all, I would like you to interview your partner.

That's the user, the person you've designed your prototype hat for.

And I want you to find out which additional features, so that's those extra features that they want added on to their hat design.

Do they want any decorative features? So things like bands, flowers, feathers, beads.

Would they like any comfort features? So the sweatbands or the linings, make a note of their requests, pause the video while you complete that task and come back when you're done.

Welcome back.

So you should have some ideas of the type of additional features your partner would like to see added onto the hat design.

So for the second part of the task, I want you to consider those additional features that they've asked for and decide which ones you think you will be able to add easily onto the design without too much trouble.

Remember, you may not be able to add all of the features that they've added and you will be able to explain to them why you can't add something if it's not doable.

Pause the video while you complete that task and come back when you're done.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? Well, Sofia asked Jacob for his feedback on those additional features that he would like.

She asked him those questions to see what type of additional features he would like, and then she considered his response so that she could see which ones she would be able to add quite easily.

She explained to Jacob why she couldn't add all of the features that he had asked for.

Here you can see she's telling him "I won't be able to add a fastener to your hat because that style of hats is not adjustable." So she's giving a reason why she cannot add that particular feature to the hat.

Well done, Sofia, and well done if you've managed to complete that task.

The second part of this lesson is where we'll be looking at planning the additional features that we can add to our partner's hat design.

So when it comes to planning how we are going to add on these additional features to our designs, the additional features can be added onto the original design drawings that we made for this prototype hat, or it can be planned in a simple diagram.

So to begin, Sofia's made a simple outline sketch of her hat designs.

So you can see here the prototype hat that she's made for Jacob, She's made a very simple sketch of that hat that she can use to plan her additional features.

The things we need to consider when we're thinking about these additional features that we're going to add on.

So first of all is the size.

How big is the additional feature going to be? And we can use the prototype model to help us judge how big we would like the additional feature to be.

Then we need to think about the placements.

That's where it's going to go on the hat.

If it's a band, how high up is it going to go on the side panel? If it's a flower, is it going to go at the front at the side? So we need to think about where those additional features are going to go.

Then we need to think about what material we're going to make the additional features from.

And then we need to think about the joining meth method, so how it's going to be attached onto the hat design.

Sofia has decided where to place each of the additional features that she agreed to add on, and she's drawn them on the diagram.

So you can see here the decorative band, the flower, and the sweat band that Jacob requested have all been added onto the diagram.

So she's had to draw a little extra diagram underneath to show the inside of the hat where the sweat band is going to go.

And she's labelled each of those features as well.

A quick check then before we move on.

Can you match these words to the meaning? So we have the word placement, joining method, and material.

Can you match those to the meanings.

We've got how something is attached, what something is made from, and where something will go.

Can you match those together? Pause the video while you complete that and come back when you're done.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? Well, let's have a look if you manage to match those correctly.

So the placement, we're talking about where something will go.

If we're talking about the joining method, we're thinking about how something is attached.

And if we're talking about the material, we're talking about what something is made from.

Well done if you manage to get those right.

Now, we can use our prototype models and the head measurements from our user to work out the measurements for the additional features.

Sofia has used her prototype hat here to work out the length of the additional band features.

So by measuring around that central band section of the hat, she can work out how long her decorative band will need to be.

She's worked out the length of the internal sweat band in the same way.

So by using the tape measure, she's measured the inside rim, the inside rim of the hat to see how long she will need to make that sweat band to attach in there.

And then she's used a tape measure again to work out the rough size of the flower that she would like to add onto the design.

Sofia then adds those measurements to her diagram.

So you can see here underneath the labels, she's added on the sizes that she will need to make each of those additional features, and this will help when she comes to make them later on.

She then chooses a suitable material for each of the additional features, and she labels that onto the diagram as well.

So you can see she's chosen a leather material for the decorative band, a PVC-coated fabric for the flower, and she's chosen a silk fabric for that internal sweat band.

Now these remember these are the materials that you will use on the final product.

So not necessarily what you'll use on the prototype, but what will be on the final product at the end.

An additional feature can be joined you sing a suitable method such as stitching, which is sewing it into place, glue, tape, or a hook and loop.

Sofia's been considering how she will join that leather band, that PVC-coated flower, and that silk sweat band onto her final product.

And she can see here she's saying she thought about which method would suit the different materials.

She knows that PVC-coated fabric might be tricky to sew, so that's why she's chosen to glue that on, but she's chosen to stitch on the other two additional features.

So thinking about that joining method means thinking about the material you've made it from as well, because that might affect how you will attach that to the hat product.

Sofia also labelled the joining method on the diagram, so she remembers that later on.

A quick check then.

True or falls.

Prototype hat can be used to work out the measurements for our additional features.

Is that true or false? Pause video and have a think.

Welcome back.

What did you think? Well done if you said true.

It is exactly.

You can use a tape measure to measure the length, size, or placement of additional features by measuring exactly where it will go on the prototype.

So by having that prototype in front of you, it helps you to measure where you want those additional features to be.

Well done if you got that right.

So it's time for a task in the second part of the lesson.

So I would like you to draw a simple diagram of your hat design just like Sofia did, and I want you to add on where your additional features will go.

So these are the additional features that you've agreed are doable and easy for you to add onto your design.

Once you've done that, I want you to add the size of each of those additional features using the user's head measurements that you already have or by taking some additional measurements from your prototype model.

Once you've done that, I want you to choose the material and the joining method for each of those additional features, and label those on the diagram as well.

So remember you're thinking about the material and joining method you'll use on the final product, not for the prototype model.

Pause the video while you complete those tasks and come back when you're done.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? Well, Sofia worked out all of the details for her additional features that she's going to add on to the hat design.

She drew them on the diagram.

She added the correct measurements for each one using the user's head measurements and her own measurements from the prototype.

She chose a suitable material for each one and then she chose a suitable joining method for each one as well, and she added all of that information onto her diagram.

So you should have all the that information on your diagram as well.

Either your original design drawing or on a new drawing that you've made for this task.

Well done if you manage to complete that.

So we are moving on to the final part of the lesson.

So this is where we're going to be actually adding those additional features onto our prototype hat.

Just like a prototype, the additional features can be made from recycled scrap or mixed materials.

So if we are not making the final product yet, then we don't want to make those additional features from expensive materials like leather and silk.

We want to use a recycled scrap or mixed materials just to show where they will go on our prototype models.

This will allow the user to see how the additional features will look on the finished product without using those expensive materials.

So Sofia has chosen to use paper to make the sweatband feature on her prototype hat.

So if you remember from her diagram and her decisions earlier on, she chose to use Silk to make this sweatband on the final product, but she's not going to use silk on the prototype to show Jacob what it will look like.

She's going to use paper to show where it will go.

So she measures and cuts a strip of paper to the correct size using those measurements that she labelled on her diagram.

Then she's chosen to join it using a double-sided tape.

She's going to sew it when it comes to final product, but for this one, she can just use tape.

And she sticks that on and removes the backing, and then she presses that paper band into the inside of the hat to show Jacob where the sweat band will go.

So this is helping her user to see those additional features.

On the prototype model, she's chosen to use a ribbon to make the decorative band feature on her prototype hat.

So if you remember, she chose leather as the final material that she'll use for this on the final product.

But in order to show Jacob the user where it will go and what it will look like, she chosen to use a cheaper material, a length of ribbon.

So again, she measures and cuts the ribbon to the correct size using those measurements from her diagram, and she pins a ribbon into place on the hat.

Now, because this is ribbon, it's a little bit harder to stick using tape, she uses a simple running stitch to join that band onto the hat.

So this will keep it into place and help Jacob to see what a band will look like on his hat.

Sofia has then chosen to use a felt product to make the decorative flower feature on her prototype hat.

So remember from her diagram she chose a PVC-coated fabric for the flower, but in order to make this a little bit less expensive, for her prototype, she's chosen a scrap of felt to use for this.

So she draws a flower onto the felt and this can just be an off-cut, which is what makes it easier for a prototype.

Then she cuts it out carefully keeping the shape that she's drawn, and then she uses glue to join the flower onto the hat.

Now, she has actually chosen to use glue as her final joining method, so this can be a little bit of a practise as well of using glue to join that additional feature.

A quick check then before we move on, additional features on a prototype hat should always be made from the same material as you've written on the design.

Is that true or false? Pause video and have a think.

Welcome back.

What did you think? Well, that is false.

We do not need to use the same material.

Prototypes are designed to show what a product will look like, but you can use recycled or less expensive materials or fabrics to make them.

So we don't need to use the same materials we're going to use in the final product.

Now Sofia presents her prototype hat to Jacob the user and explains each of the features that she has added.

She explains the material, each feature will be made from on the final product, and she explains how each feature will be attached onto the final product.

So she's using the prototype to help her explain to Jacob how she's going to do it, to give him a visual idea of what it will look like.

A quick check then, what type of additional feature do you think Izzy's user asked for? Here you can see Izzy's prototype hat.

She's added a prototype additional feature, but what do you think it was that her user asked for? Do you think it was A, an additional fastener, B, an additional lining, or C, an additional decoration? Pause the video and have a think.

Welcome back.

What did you think? Well, by looking at that prototype additional feature we can see there, we can see that it looks like an additional decoration that her user asked for.

A aligning would be inside the hat and a fastener would be something that we recognise as a button, a hook and loop, a ribbon, or something like that.

So Izzy's prototype hat has an additional decoration on there.

Well done if you got that right.

So it is time for the final task in this lesson.

First of all, you're going to measure and make those additional features for your hat design.

You're going to attach each one using a suitable joining method, and then you're going to present your prototype to your user and explain each of the features that you've added on, including the material that you've used or the material that will be used for the final product and the joining technique that you will use as well.

Make sure you follow the plans you have on your diagram to help you with the measurements and the placement of each of those features.

Pause the video while you complete that task and come back when you're done.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? Well, Sofia has added the additional features to her hat prototype.

She presented it to Jacob, who is the user of her prototype hat, and she's explained each of the features that she's added.

She explained what each feature was, she explained the material that would be used on the final product, and she's explained how each feature will be attached to the final product so that Jacob can get an idea of what that final product will look like.

And Jacob is saying that the prototype has helped him to see what that final product will look like.

So well done if you manage to complete that task as well.

Now we have reached the end of the lesson, so we've gone through lots of steps to help us get that feedback from our user to develop those additional features to add on to our prototype hat designs.

We've learned that prototypes can be improved through user feedback, so getting those thoughts and opinions from the user of your product can help us develop our ideas.

We've learned that prototypes can include additional features, so those extra things, those extra details that can be added onto our design.

And we've learned that additional features can be added to prototypes using mixed materials.

So we don't necessarily need to use the final material that we'd use on the final product.

We can use recycled products off course or less expensive materials for our prototypes.

Thank you for joining me for this lesson.

I hope to see you again in the future.

Goodbye for now.