Redesign
I can use SCAMPER to redesign and evolve existing ideas.
Redesign
I can use SCAMPER to redesign and evolve existing ideas.
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Key learning points
- 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.
- 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.
Keywords
Design requirements - something which is needed or wanted to make a product successful
Redesign - the process of changing or improving an existing product
SCAMPER - an acronym that stands for: substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use, eliminate and reverse. It is a creative thinking tool that helps generate new ideas
Common misconception
Redesigning and evolving existing products is not really designing and does not show any creativity or innovation.
Redesigning existing products is a part of design work and often requires significant creativity, insight, and innovation. Some of the most impactful design breakthroughs came not from inventing something new, but from improving what already exists.
To help you plan your year 9 design and technology lesson on: Redesign, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
examining a product’s design, function, and performance
guidelines that ensure products meet consistent levels of excellence
the condition of being protected from harm, danger, or injury
