Transcript GCSE Textiles Technology - Sunderland Learning Hub

GCSE Textiles Technology
Controlled Assessment Handout
Summer 2011
Tips and hints . . . .
What to do
What NOT so do
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Be imaginative and innovative
Show creativity, flair and originality
Consider sustainability
Demonstrate high levels of skills
Use a range of tools and technologies
skilfully
Be rigorous and demanding
Show high levels of accuracy and finish
Be commercially viable
Be suitable for the target market
Involve a wide variety of techniques
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Pretend to design but actually copy existing
designs
Choose and copy a commercial and then
pretend to have designed something original
Produce development samples of
techniques e.g. darts and hems, when the
commercial pattern tells you the most
appropriate technique
As a class activity produce decorative
technique samples that are not relevant to
your design
Make a toile that is actually a practice of the
commercial pattern
Don’t make it clear where a pattern has
come from or how it has been developed
Use a commercial pattern without
modifications or showing little originality
Contents to include . . .
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Task Analysis
Mood Board
Shop Profile/Customer Profile
Existing Products/Consumer Survey
Review of Trip
The Swinging Sixties/Punk
Research
Research Analysis/Design
Specification
Inspiration Sheet
Initial Design Ideas
Initial Design Ideas
Development Planning
Development:
Shape/Size/Colour/Style
Development: Techniques
Development: Techniques
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Development: Construction
Development: Construction
Development: Fabric Choice
Further Development: Designing
an ethnic and environmentally
friendly product
Manufacturing Specification
Planning for Manufacture
Planning for Manufacture
Production Record
Advertising
Testing and Evaluating
Testing and Evaluating
Page 1: Task Analysis
What should I include?
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Context
Design Brief
Time Plan (Gantt Chart)
Task Analysis (see across)
Keywords
Imagery to help ‘set the scene’
Some ‘initial thoughts’ of what the task analysis
page is about
A conclusion – say how the thought shower has
helped you.
Spider Diagrams you could include:
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Theme - Sixties
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Theme – Punk
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Sixties Icons
Sixties fashions
Punk Fashion
Punk Icons
Garments
High Street Stores
Task Analysis
 Research – how/where could you carry out research
that is relevant
 Target Market – age group and profile of the people
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your product must appeal to.
Similar products – what existing products are
available?
Fabrics/Materials – what fabrics/materials could
be used?
Construction – how could the product be
constructed?
Techniques – what techniques could you use for
decoration?
Components – what components could be used?
Processes – What processes might be involved in
making it?
Function – what will the product do?
Environment – where will the product be used?
Safety – How will you ensure the product is safe to
use?
Ergonomics – how will the product be designed to
suit the user?
Aesthetics –how will the product look/ be styled?
Page 2: Mood Board
What do I need to include?
What is a Mood Board?
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Wide selection of images based on your
theme (swinging sixties or punk)
Keywords based on your theme
Experimentation with textures/fabrics
(swatches, rubbings etc)
Evaluation of mood board
– What have you focused on in theme?
– What have you found out/achieved
from doing it
– Which parts are you going to take
further (what has inspired you the
most?)
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A mood board is a tool used by designers to
help them get a good idea of what their
clients are looking for.
Mood boards are basically collages of items
such as photographs, sketches, clippings,
fabric swatches and colour samples.
Page 3: Shop Profile
Page 3: Customer Profile
This should be a few short paragraphs describing a
typical store where your product would be sold.
ALWAYS USE FULL SENTANCES!
 What is the name of the store?
Include the following statement
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Topshop/Primark/Sports Direct for example
How many stores do they have in their chain?
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Use internet to find out
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Is it just based in the UK or is it a worldwide chain?
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What does it sell?
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Use internet to find out
Fashion/sports/work wear
Clothes, accessories/shoes/jewellery/bags/hats
Does it use in-house designers?
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Check their website for this information
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What current trends do they stock?
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What is the store layout typically like?
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Are products on shelves/racks
Are the shops spacious/too crowded
Are all jeans together for example, or are products
arranged by collections?
What is the cost of the products they sell?
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Check their website for this information
Are they at the low/middle/high end of price range
Why is this?
Who are their main target market?
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Male or female?
Children/young adults for example
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Include an image of the shop logo
Include a picture of an actual shop
Include images of the products they sell
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Complete an evaluation of the page (both parts)
 Explain what you have found out and how you
can use this information
‘’Below is the customer profile for the product I
am designing. The profile will help me
develop my designs and target my
advertising and marketing’’.
Describe your ‘typical’ client. Use the following
questions to guide you
Could be done as a list or in paragraphs
 Describe the type pf person who could be your
typical customer
 What is the age range of potential customers?
 Are potential customers likely to be male or female
or does gender not matter?
 What is the geographical location of potential
customers? Where are they likely to live?
 What are the most likely occupations of potential
customers?
 What are the general likes/dislikes of potential
customers?
 What does a typical customer want from the product
you will design and manufacture?
 What are the most common design requirements
shared by your potential customers?
 What factors are your potential customers likely to
consider before purchasing your product?
 How will potential customers find out about the
product you are selling?
 Does the cost of your product influence a
customer’s decision to buy from you?
Page 4: Existing Products
Page 4: Survey
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What do I need to include?
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Copy and complete ‘When researching a
project it is very important to look at existing
designs. Often the best ideas are developed
from existing designs because they can be
improved and lessons learned from earlier
mistakes or design faults’.
 Using the internet find 4 examples of
products similar to what you intend to make.
 Copy and complete the table (shown)
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Product
Image
Shop
Descripti
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Price
Value
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money
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Complete an evaluation of the page
 Explain what you have found out and
how you can use this information
Include the following statement ‘’ This
questionnaire will help me design my
product, because it will tell what my
target market wants, and what people are
prepared to buy’’
Identify who the target market is, and how
many people you asked questions to
Write a list of the questions you asked
(approx 6 questions)
 Think about price, colour choice,
pictures or patterns, fastenings, fabric
choices, comfortable or practical and
so on. What questions could you ask to
help you design your product?
Write as many possible choices for your
questions
Draw a bar chart, pictogram, table or graph
of results for each question in excel. If you
choose to draw a pictogram, use pictures
that represent the theme.
Write a summary of your findings at the
bottom of the page. This should clearly say
what you have learnt from the answers to
the questionnaire.
Page 5: Educational Visit
• Introduction:
– Where did you go?
– Why did you go there?
– Include dates, times etc
• Main Content:
– Summary of the visit in the
form of a diary or a summary
of what you did there
• Conclusion:
– How has the visit been
beneficial?
– How will it help you with your
project?
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include?
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Ticket
Pass
Photos
Any leaflets or advertising
from venue
– Programme of events
– Notes of an interview with a
person
Page 6: Theme Research
Page 6: Research into Theme:
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Use this page to research into your
theme
This could be . . .
– Icons of the sixties
– Sixties fashion
– Swinging sixties
– Events of the sixties
– Icons of punk
– Punk fashion
– Punk timeline
– Punk music
 Complete an evaluation of the page
 Explain what you have found out
and how you can use this
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What other things could you
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Photos
Imagery
Keywords
Timeline
Page 7: Design Specification
Page 7: Research Analysis
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Copy and complete the following table
USE FULL SENTANCES!!!
Research
What did I
do?
What did I
find out?
Mood Board
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How did it
help me?
Visual aid
Shop Profile
Customer
Profile
Existing
Products
Say that it
must be
commercially
viable
Copy this statement out – ‘Having carried several
types of research I am ready to start designing,
before I do this I need to decide on criteria for my
designs to meet. I am going to take these criteria
firstly from brief as this was the task I was set, so
these are things my designs must be. I will then
look at what I found out from doing my research and
the things my target market want in a product, as it
is vital that my product appeals to its intended
market so it sells. Finally I will look at things I could
include in my designs either to make them more
original or meet with my own views’.
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A design specification is a list of criteria which my
design ideas are to be based on. I have broken it
down into 3 areas:
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Must Criteria (choose 4/5 things from your brief or
initial research which must be included in your
designs)
Should Criteria (Choose 3/4 things from your
research which you want to include in you designs
i.e colours, style of product, easy care, cost etc)
Could Criteria (Identify 2/3 things that you would
like your designs to include i.e. use natural fabrics,
be recyclable, use specific technique or element in
design)
Survey
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Educational
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Theme
Research
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Think about purpose, target market, theme,
performance, environmental issues, safety, quality,
techniques, time and life expectancy
Page 8: Inspiration Sheet
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Use your mood board and your
research to fill a page with
sketches, doodles, drawings that
are reflective of your them
This will help you with your designs
and developments
An example is shown
Tips
– You could do it all in pencil
and draw attention to certain
parts using a little colour
– You could just colour the main
part, or the one which inspired
you the most
Page 9: Initial Design Ideas
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Do 6 design ideas on this page that ALL meet the specification
 They should be coloured and labelled in detail with written explanation of what idea is
i.e shirt made from 100% cotton, with cad print of graffiti appliquéd on front and
beadwork detail to neck ad hem line. Think about the following . . .
 What do you think of the design?
 What do you think of the colour scheme?
 How much will it cost to produce?
 Is the design safe?
 Will you buy it?
 Will you find it useful?
 Does your idea answer the design
problem?
 Is it designed ergonomically?
 Will it suit the target market that it
is designed for?
 What materials will be used in it’s
manufacture? Why?
 Use BLOWOUTS to show detail
Page 10: Initial Design Ideas
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Complete 2 more design ideas on this page
in the same way you did the last 6.
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Idea 1
Must
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Must
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Idea 2
Idea 3
Idea 4
Idea 5
Idea 6
Idea 7
Idea 8
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Compare each idea against the specification
the table shown
Give each idea a tick or a cross to show
whether or not it meets each criteria
Total up ticks for each idea
This will indicate which ideas are the
strongest ones
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Add keywords to your page, such as
innovative, imaginative, colourful, bold,
fashion – anything that springs to mind that
reflects your ideas/the theme/is inspirational
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Evaluation of ideas
– Say which design was your target
markets favourite, which meets
specification the best and which 1 you
prefer and why. Then say that you are
going to take design forward and
develop it in 4/5 ways to improve
design.
Must
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Must
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Must
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Sh 1
Sh 2
Sh 3
Sh 4
Cd 1
Cd 2
Cd 3
Total
Page 11: Development Planning
•Draw a spider diagram for each of the following areas and
add as many ‘legs’ as you can
What needs
developing?
Materials
Why? What do I
need to find out?
What work do I need
to do?
•Materials
•Shape
•Size
Shape
•Fastenings
Size
•Techniques
Fastenings
•Colour
•Texture
Techniques and
pattern
Colour and texture
•Components
•Construction
•Health and safety
Components
Construction
Health and safety
Environment
•Environment
•Copy and complete the table
•USE FULL SENTANCES
Complete an evaluation of the page
Explain what you have found out and how you can use
this information
Page 12: Development of shape,
size, colour and style
 Select your best idea carefully.
 You may decide that selecting
aspects from many designs and
putting them together as one idea
is better than choosing one idea
 Draw your selected idea in the centre of
the page – pencil drawing with accurate
details sketched on
 Identify up to 6 or 7 improvements.
Include headings such as Health and
Safety, cost, shape / colour, Industrial
manufacture, materials, and other
improvements that only apply to your
project
 For each heading, do a spider diagram
or short paragraph exaplaining how you
intend to make improvements
 Include sketches to help visualise what
you are talking about.
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Developments can be done using CAD, or
hand drawings
They must be coloured and labelled in detail
with written explanation of design idea next
to each one.
Evaluation of Developments
 Evaluate your developments stating
what you have learnt, which designs
you like best and why and which
design you are going to develop into
your final proposal.
Page 13 and 14: Development:
Techniques
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START WITH A THOUGHT SHOWER OF
TECHNIQUES – include as many as
possible – highlight ones you think will be
appropriate/effective for your design
You then need to experiment with surface
decoration techniques
DO NOT just do any techniques!
Make sure they are relevant to your
development drawings
• Appliqué, sequins, beading, 3D pints,
decorative stitching, reverse appliqué,
quilting, CAD printing, transfer printing,
screen printing, batik, embroidery by
hand or machine etc
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Evaluation of Developments
– Evaluate your EACH OF YOUR
DEVELOPMENTS stating what you
have learnt, which designs you like
best and why and which design you are
going to develop into your final
proposal.
Page 15: Development:
Construction
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Try to do an initial step by step plan of how
you could construct your garment
What do you still need to find out – make a
list
– For example ‘I still need to make a
paper pattern’ or ‘I still need to find out
about costing’
– For each – list what you need to do and
explain how you will do this
Sketch a front and back view of your
garment (no colour) and label what
construction could be developed
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Test out different seams, hems, shaping
techniques and layering (e.g. use of
interfacing) that could REALISTICALLY be
used on your garment
For each sample, explain how you have
made each one, the benefits of the sample,
where the sample is typically used, and how
it could be used on your garment.
Page 16: Development:
Construction
 Firstly, you need to experiment with,
adapt and modify a commercial
textiles pattern for the product you
have chosen
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To do this, you will be given a
commercial paper pattern which you
will assemble on the sewing machine
using calico
You will then model this, and with the
help of your research, in order to adapt
the pattern to suit your design
developments
Parts can be added, taken away,
adapted, proportions can be changed
and so on
Sketch all your design details and
notes onto the paper pattern
ALL OF THIS WORK WILL BE
PHOTOGRAPHED AS EVIDENCE
This calico pattern will then be used to
make the actual pattern for your final
product, using the garments you have
chosen to dis-assemble.
 DO NOT make a toile that is actually a
practice of the commercial pattern
 Make it ABSOLUTELY clear where a
pattern has come from or how it has
been developed
 When using a commercial pattern
always show your modifications and
your originality
 Evaluation of Developments
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Evaluate your developments stating
what you have learnt, which designs
you like best and why and which
design you are going to develop into
your final proposal.
Page 17: Development: Fabric
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General Introduction – describe why
you are doing this
Thought shower on fabrics and their
properties to help you decide what to
use
Then, more detailed research into 3 or
4 of the most likely fabrics you will use
for your garment
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Samples of each of these fabrics
Table of the cost of fabrics you may
use i.e. cost per metre
Suggested fabric specification outlining
exactly what the fabric MUST do in
order to be used on your product i.e. be
strong and durable, be sustainable, be
affordable and within the price range of
my target market
Any fabric testing you have done i.e.
with dyes.
 Evaluation of Developments
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Evaluate your developments stating
what you have learnt, which designs
you like best and why and which
design you are going to develop into
your final proposal.
Page 18: Further Development:
Designing an ethnic and
environmentally friendly product
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What to include:
– A general introduction – why are you doing this page?
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Your responsibility as a designer – explain why you should take these issues into account.
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Research into how your product could be made ethical end environmentally friendly
• Sustainability
• Product life cycle
• Organic cotton
• Fair-trade
• Recycling
• Re-use of components/fabrics
• Environmental issues when using textiles
• Use of dyes and their environmental impact
• Social and moral issues
• Labelling – giving the consumer advice on how to care for the product – eco label?
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Conclusion: what have you learned from this page? How will it help you?
Page 19: Manufacturing
Specification
– Working drawings are normally
presented in a very formal
manner.
– This means that colour and shade
are not used. Outline drawings are
the usual mode of presentation.
Colour can hide or mask detail.
– A working drawing is a precise
piece of work and colour or
shade could make a drawing look
more complicated than it actually
is.
What do I need to include?
– You need to draw detailed
drawing of front and back of
design, complete with;
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Sizes
Fabrics used
Stitches used
Seams used
Hems used
Components used
Textile techniques used
Costing
Pattern pieces
Care labelling information
(appropriate to fabric etc you have
used)
 Fabric ‘swatches’
 Industrial production suggestions
Page 20: Planning for Manufacture
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Make a list of materials
Make a list of equipment
Make a list of all the steps to make your
project
Include any decisions with the steps you will
take in the making process
Place the steps in order
Decide what shapes each of your steps will
be
Draw out your plan of making
Link all the steps with flow lines
Start / stop
Flow line
Process
Decision
Page 21: Planning for Manufacture
 Gantt Chart
 A Time Chart is a way of planning
your project.
 A simple grid and the stages of
the production process should be
listed down the left hand side.
 As part of your project you need to
show how much time you intend
to spend making each section of
the project.
 You should include a key which
shows the amount of time that
each unit represents.
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Start your production record on this page
also.
See next page for details.
Page 22: Production Record
 As you make your product keep a
note of what you achieve each
lesson, any alterations you’ve had
to make and why, how you feel
about product, and if your time
planning was realistic.
 PHOTOGRAPH EACH STAGE OF
THE MAKING PROCESS
 This page should be displayed
as a series of
photos/sketches/diagrams in a
logical order with accompanying
notes.
 Production records are essential when a product is being
made as it records all the manufacturing problems and
suggested solutions. This means that improvements can
be made to the manufacturing process.
 Keep a note of any problems in the production record.
Use it to suggest changing the way tools and equipment
are used. A simple improvement to the way a product is
manufactured may lift the overall quality of the finished
product.
 A good production record will outline every stage of
making the product.
 A GOOD production record incorporates quality control
procedures which means that the product is constantly
checked during its manufacture. This should ensure that
the finished item is manufactured to a high standard.
 A production record plays a significant part in keeping a
work efficient, productive and competitive.
Page 23: Advertising my Product
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Describe what advertising is
– Types of advertising
Describe what marketing is
Describe the functions of packaging
Describe what labelling is
– Its purpose
– types of labelling
FROM ALL OF THIS RESEARCH,
SUGGEST HOW YOU WILL ADVERTISE
YOUR PRODUCT AND EXPLAIN WHY
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Sales Team
Website
Point of Sale
Surveys
Communications
Distribution Department
Research & Development
Marketing Literature - through the post.
Direct Mail
Exhibitions
Advertising - TV, Radio, Internet, Magazines,
Newspapers, Billboards etc....
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Testing and Evaluating
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Designers evaluate their finished products or
prototypes in order to test whether they work
well and if the design can be corrected or
improved. Whatever you have designed it is
important to evaluate your work constantly
during the project.
Evaluation can take a variety of forms:
– General discussion with other pupils,
staff and others.
– Questionnaires / surveys carried out at
any time during the project.
– Your personal views, what you think of
existing designs.
– Most important of all - what do you
think of your designs, prototypes and
finished products ?
– Can you think of any other ways of
evaluating your work ?
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What do you think of the overall design ?
What changes would you make ?
Are you happy with the materials you chose
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Is the colour scheme exactly what you
expected ? What alterations would you
make ?
Did the project take too long to make ?
Would this alter the cost of manufacture ?
Would it be easy to set up a production line
for the manufacture of your solution ?
Is your solution safe ? Could it be made
safer ?
Are the techniques you used to make your
solution adequate or would you use a
different range of manufacturing techniques?
Is the solution the right size/shape ?
What are the views of other people
regarding your design ?
10. Does it work ? What changes are required ?