Lesson video

Hello, my name's Mrs. Taylor, and I'm really pleased you could join me here for our lesson today.

Our lesson today is "Redesign," and this is part of the unit "Developments in new materials: Supporting new parents." The outcome, "I can use SCAMPER to redesign and evolve existing ideas." We have three keywords.

Design requirements, which is something which is needed or wanted to make a product successful.

Redesign, the process of changing or improving an existing product.

And SCAMPER.

This is an acronym which stands for substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use, eliminate, and reverse.

It is a creative thinking tool that helps generate new ideas.

There are two parts to the lesson today, design requirements and redesign.

Let's begin with design requirements.

The context in this unit is "Developments in new materials: Supporting new parents." Analysing the words in the context can give clarity and focus on what is the desired design outcome.

Developments in new materials, a new or advanced material.

Supporting, helping someone or something.

And new parents, individuals who have recently had or adopted their first child.

Here we have a check for understanding.

Select the correct context for this unit.

Is it A, iterative design: nature? B, collaborative design: tactile toys to teach? Or C, development in new materials: supporting new parents? Pause the video and have a go.

Wonderful.

Let's check.

That's right, it's developments in new materials; supporting new parents.

Well done.

To support the ideation stage, creating lots of ideas, designers will produce a list of design requirements.

A design requirement is something which is needed or wanted to make product successful and can be presented as a list or structured criteria.

They serve as guidelines to ensure all necessary aspects are considered before creation.

They can also support evaluating ideas after they have been created.

Here we have a check for understanding.

Read the sentence and complete with the two missing words.

Pause the video and have a go.

Brilliant.

Let's check.

A design requirement is something which is needed or wanted to make a product successful and can be presented as a list of structured criteria.

Well done.

A way of approaching a list of design requirements is to revisit the knowledge and information gained when exploring the context.

Andeep says, "Before the ideation stage, I have explored the following: knowledge in smart materials, knowledge in product development and evolution, empathised with users and explored the context, conducted product analysis, explored quality standards and safety requirements." Andeep identifies the key information from exploring the context and summarises it in a list that will support and inform his design ideas.

This will become the list of design requirements for this context.

Andeep's first design requirement is, the design solution must incorporate a smart material.

Here we have a check for understanding.

Complete the missing word from the first design requirement.

Pause the video and have a go.

Wonderful.

Let's check.

The design solution must incorporate a smart material.

Well done.

Andeep continues to produce his list of design requirements by analysing the key information learned so far.

Andeep says, "For number two, the design solution must be intended to be used by new parents with a newborn baby.

And for number three, the design solution must be used to support a parent or parents in the experience of an unwell baby." Andeep's final design requirements are: the design solution must: incorporate a smart material, be intended to be used by new parents with a newborn baby, be used to support a parent or parents in the experience of an unwell baby, be of the highest safety and quality standards, and be an improvement or development on existing solutions.

This is called a redesign.

To support the ideation stage further, Andeep identifies three existing products that he will redesign.

They are used to support parents in the experience of an unwell baby.

This relates to Andeep's list of design requirements.

Liquid teethers, a nasal aspirator, and a medicine dispenser.

We now move to Task A.

Design requirements.

For part one, write a list of design requirements by analysing the key information from the tasks completed during your exploration of the context Consider the following: the intended user or users, the materials, the intended support for the user, safety, and redesigning an existing product.

And for part two, to support the ideation stage, select three existing products that could be redesigned.

Part three, justify the reasons for selecting these existing products.

And for support, use your list of design requirements.

Pause the video and have a go.

Wonderful.

Let's have a look at some of the answers you may have come up with.

Andeep says, "My list of design requirements is: the design solution must: incorporate a smart material, be intended to be used by new parents with a newborn baby, be used to support a parent or parents in the experience of an unwell baby, be of the highest safety and quality standards, and be an improvement or development on existing solutions, a redesign." Well done.

"For part two, the existing products I have chosen to redesign are liquid teethers, a nasal aspirator, and a medicine dispenser.

And for part three, I selected these existing products to redesign as they are products that already claim to support parents with an unwell baby.

I also used these products when conducting a product analysis and found many features that could be improved upon.

I can action these improvements in the ideation stage." Well done.

We now move to the second part of our lesson, Redesign.

Designers use different strategies to support ideation.

One strategy is to redesign existing products.

This is a core part of true design work and often requires significant creativity, insight, and innovation.

Impactful design can come not from inventing something entirely new, but from improving what already exists.

To support the redesign of existing products, a thinking tool called SCAMPER can be used.

Scamper is an acronym that helps designers generate new ideas, develop ideas, and redesign existing ideas.

It works by getting you to look at designs differently and uses keywords to prompt development and improvements.

Here we have a check for understanding.

What is the purpose of the acronym SCAMPER? Is it A, to organise your tasks and manage your time better? B, to learn how to build things step by step using instructions? Or C, to help to look at designs differently using keyword prompts? Pause the video and have a go.

Great.

Let's check.

That's right, it's C.

To help to look at designs differently using keyword prompts.

Well done.

Each letter stands for a prompt to experiment with when designing or developing ideas.

S is substitute.

C, combine.

A, adapt.

M, modify.

P, put to another use.

E, eliminate.

And R, reverse.

What do they mean? S for substitute means swap one feature for another to make better or different.

C, combine, means mix two designs together to create something new.

A, adapt, change the design to make it work in a new way or place.

M, modify.

Make your design bigger, smaller, or different to improve it.

P, put to another use.

Use the design for something different.

E, eliminate.

Remove parts that aren't necessary to make it simpler.

And R, reverse, change the order or how it's put together.

Here we have a check for understanding.

What does the M stand for in SCAMPER? Is it A, move? B, modify? Or C, minimise? Pause the video and have a go.

Wonderful.

Let's check.

That's right, it's B, modify.

Well done.

Before approaching a redesign task, it is a good idea to revisit or even complete a product analysis for the existing product you are redesigning.

Here we can see a GIF showing testing the functionality of a medicine dispenser.

Function.

Push to dispense medicine.

There is a small hole to allow the medicine through and pullback motion, similar to a syringe mechanism.

Andeep uses SCAMPER to support his redesign of a medicine dispenser for babies and children.

He substitutes the hard polymer cylinder for a softer silicone teat.

He says, "I printed out some images of the existing medicine dispenser and sketched my improvements over the top.

I then added annotation to explain my idea further." Andeep now uses combine from SCAMPER.

Combine.

The baby will apply pressure and then medicine will be slowly dispensed.

The medicine is dispensed through small holes in the surface.

Andeep says, "I combined another existing product with the primary function of the medicine dispenser." Andeep now uses adapt from SCAMPER.

Adapt.

Piezoelectric material used to turn the energy from a baby's cry into flashing lights that will distract the baby.

Andeep says, "I adapted the existing product to incorporate a smart material.

This is a design requirement." We have a check for understanding now.

What does the A stand for in SCAMPER? Is it A, add? B, adapt? C, amplify? Or D, animate? Pause the video and have a go.

Wonderful.

Let's check.

That's right, it's B, adapt.

Well done.

Andeep uses the prompts that he can from SCAMPER to complete a fully sketched and annotated redesign page.

The softer silicone teat is added to the medicine dispenser.

Thermometer could be a teether too, and he has added hydrochromic ink, a handle which would enable the parents to use with one hand and a wider base to control better.

Taking the idea from the nasal aspirator, which uses air to remove snot, he thinks we could use air to dispense medicine.

Baby will apply pressure to the teether, which will dispense medicine slowly through small holes.

And a piezoelectric smart material would convert sound energy into light.

We now move to Task B.

Part one.

Redesign one of the existing products identified for new parents in Task A.

Create a redesign page using sketches and annotation.

Use whichever SCAMPER prompts you want to, but try to fill the page.

Here they are.

As a reminder, substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use, eliminate, and reverse.

Pause the video and have a go.

Good luck.

Wonderful.

Let's have a look at some of the answers you may have come up with.

Here we have an example of a redesign page.

Printed out images with sketches over the top and annotation to explain each of the ideas.

Well done.

We now have a summary of our learning today.

To support the ideation stage of the design process, designers will produce a list of design requirements.

A design requirement is something which is needed or wanted to make a product successful and can be presented as a list of structured criteria.

Designers use different strategies to support ideation.

One strategy is to redesign existing products.

To support the redesign of existing products, a thinking tool called SCAMPER can be used.

SCAMPER is an acronym that helps designers generate new ideas, develop ideas, and redesign existing ideas.

I'm really pleased you could join me for our lesson today.

Well done.