quick, freehand drawing of ideas or concepts, often as a rough outline

the process of creating physical or digital representations of design ideas to visualise and test them

Sketch 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

Iterate with 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

What should the sketching of initial ideas be?

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

A design {{}} is a chance to create or improve a product, system, or service by identifying a problem or unmet need.

Put these design stages into the correct order:

it can stop you from seeing a better solution

Why is it important to avoid design fixation?

the person who you are designing the product for

to create a list of materials for the product

to outline the design opportunity and identify a user's initial needs and wants

to finalise the product's colour and style

Starter Quiz