a gap or a need where a new or improved product would be beneficial

focusing so heavily on one idea that creativity and problem-solving becomes limited

a statement which explains what you are going to design and manufacture

Define a brief from design opportunities: saving space

Design and technology

Explore the context and avoid fixation

Disassemble flat pack furniture

Standardised components

Life cycle assessment of flat pack furniture

Sketch modelling: saving space

Iterate with modelling: saving space

Design development with CAD: saving space

Iterate with CAD: saving space

Design for manufacture: 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

Design {{ }} is when you only consider one possibility and then sometimes miss an even better solution.

Different users have different wants and needs.

It's important because all users want the same thing.

It's important so you can skip user research.

Why is it important to identify who your user is?

A short statement outlining the design opportunity and identifies a user's needs and wants is called a ...

A design brief should be _________ to avoid design fixation.

a marketing strategy used to promote new products

the stages a product goes through while aiming to reduce environmental impact

the process of designing only reusable products

A linear product life cycle is also called 'cradle to ...

What is it called when a designer creates products that are not only sustainable but also ethical, and inclusive?

to focus solely on reducing production costs, regardless of environmental impact

to make products more complex and difficult to manufacture

to evaluate and minimise the environmental impact of a product at every stage

Why do designers carry out life cycle assessments?

At what stage of the product life cycle would you consider energy consumption, resource use and emissions from material processing?

Starter Quiz

What is a product life cycle?