Research interviews

Design and technology

Virgil Abloh and hat design

Fabric patterns

Fabric functional properties

Simple pattern pieces

Select and make a fabric pattern

User feedback to improve the pattern

Develop a fabric pattern in response to feedback

This unit introduces pupils to Computer Aided Design and how it can be used to produce fabric templates. Pupils will develop knowledge of fabrics and apply this by selecting fabrics for functionality and aesthetics to design a product.

Textile pattern pieces: hats and caps

What would a milliner use to measure someone's head?

What is included in a research interview?

How do we describe products that are made to a person's **exact** measurements?

Which of these is **not** included in a design specification?

What did the designer Virgil Abloh originally train to be?

designs and makes clothes and accessories

Match the job titles to the descriptions.

Which of the three main parts of a hat do these hats **not** have?

A design {{}} sets out what a product should have or do.

Starter Quiz