Iterate with modelling: 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

Design development with CAD: communal areas

Iterate with CAD: communal areas

Design for manufacture: 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

Evaluate user needs and wants: 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

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Use of equipment that may require supervision for safety, e.g. scissors in KS1, needles, paint, knives, cooking.

The process of refining and improving a design is called?

because original ideas are always perfect

because repeating the same design saves time

Why is it important to iterate design ideas?

When we examine something in detail we ...

Put these parts of the design process in order.

What is this an example of that is often done at the start of designing?

it eliminates the need for feedback from a client

it avoids money being spent on prototypes before working the idea out

it allows for quick idea exploration and visualisation

it allows for the best idea to be drawn straight away

it encourages creativity without the designer being limited

Which of these are benefits of sketching?

The ability to store things in a product would be described as its ...

What can 3D modelling show about your design that’s harder to understand from a sketch?

Why is corrugated card useful for 3D modelling?

What is the name of this timber that is great for modelling?

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