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what are the design Strategies?
• Collaboration

• User-centre Design

• Systems Approach

• Iterative Design
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Define Collaboration & why do we Collaborate?
Working with others to:

• Gather Data

• Come Up With Design Proposals

• Solve Problems

• inspire ideas

• Feed off others
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Define User-centre Design
Client or User is Main Focus throughout the Whole Design Process & Consulted At Every Stage.
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Can you think of any methods they use to involve the client or user?
• Interview &
Questionnaires

• Video & Audio Capture of
Testing of Existing Products
& New Prototypes.

• Behaviour Analysis of
user/client Looking At
Product.
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Why is it important to gather client feedback throughout the design process, and not just to inform the design brief?
To Check for Likes & Dislikes During
Prototyping
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What could you do if you disagree with the decision that your client has made, in relation to an aspect of your product?
You Could Try & Convince Your Client With Data/evidence Gather From User-Centred Design
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Define Systems Approach
Using a System to Plan the Correct Input, Process, Output or Sequence.

Using Systems Diagrams Such as Flow Chart
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Define Iterative Design
A Protype is Designed/Made then Tested & Analysed, Allowing the Design to be Refined & Modified Based On the Results.
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What is Anthropometrics?
Data Gathered from Measurements of Human Body, Thousands Of Measurements are Used To Gather This Data
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Define Ergonomic
Is Relationship Between People & Products They Use- How They Can Be Made More Comfortable & Efficient
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Define 50th Percentile
The Value in the Very Middle of a Set Of Measurements
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Why design for the 50th percentile?
Bigger Market, so you
Can Sell To More People
& More Profit.

It’s More Cost Affective to
Make A Bigger Number Of
Products.
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Define Innovation
Development of New Idea Which Leads Production of New Product Which can be Sold.
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Define Primary Data & where it's collected from
Is Collected Directly From People Or User Groups Using:

• Questionnaires

• Surveys

• Interviews

• Focus Groups or Individual Research such as Material Testing or Site Visits.
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Define Secondary Data
Is information that has Already Been Collated by Other People & Presented in any of the Following Ways:

• Books (libraries), Magazines or the Internet

• Government Data or Reference Books

• Trade Organisations

• Analysing the Work of Other Designers
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Define Orthographic
is a Way Of Showing a 3D Shape in 2D
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Lable Orthographic Drawing
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Now Lable this & what view is this?
The Order You Use when Drawing an Orthographic Drawing From a Shape to paper.
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When do You Use Thick Lines for Orthographic Drawing?
Used for Outline of Shapes & Components To Make Them Stand Out
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When do You Use Thin Lines for Orthographic Drawing?
Used For Construction, Hatching & Dimension Lines.
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When do You Use Dash Lines for Orthographic Drawing?
To Show Hidden Detail In Drawings
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When do You Use Chain Lines for Orthographic Drawing?
Used for Centres
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Draw this as an Orthographic
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Draw this as an Orthographic
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Define Tessellation
Method of Maximising Use of Material & Minimizing Wastage By Fitting Shapes Together So that there are No Overlaps Or Gaps.
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What are use Marking Tools?
Leave imprint in Material to Show Where to Cut, Drill or Join.
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What are use Measuring Tools?
Have Dimensions that can be Read.
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Define Guide Tools
Used for Marking & Measuring Tools
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What are the Marking Tools?
• Scriber
• Pencil
• Marker Pens
• Centre Punch
• Engineer's Blue
• Tailors Chalk
• Marking Knife
• Marking Gauge
• Mortise Gauge
• Compass
• Dividers
• Odd Leg Callipers
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Name these Tools?
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What is a Sribe Used for?
Scratches Lines into Metal
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What is a Pencil Used for?
Easily Erased Used on Most Materials
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What is a Marker Pen Used for & on what material?
Permanent or Non on Paper, Board or Fabric.
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What is a Centre Punch Used for?
Marks Centres for Holes to be Drilled into Metal.
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What is Engineer's Blue Used for?
Easier to See Marks on Metal
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What is a Odd Leg Calliper Used for?
Mark Lines Parallel to Edge of Material
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What is a Comapss Used for & on what Materials?
Marking Circles, or Curves on Timber, Paper & Boards.
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What is are Dividers Used for?
Mark Curves of Circles on Metal
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What is Tailors Chalk Used for?
Marking on Fabric
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What is a Marking Knife Used for?
Marks Fine Accurate Lines on Timber
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What is a Marking Gauge Used for?
Marking Lines Parallel to Edge of Timber
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What is a Mortise Gauge Used for?
Marks Two Lines Parallel to Edge of of Timber
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What are the Tools for Measuring?
• Steel Rule
• Tape Measuer
• Micrometer
• Vernier Calipers
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Name these Tools?
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What is a Steel Rule Used for?
Drawing Straight Lines
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What is a Tape Measuer Used for?
Measuring Straight & Curved Lines
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What is a Micrometer Used for?
Measuring Thicknesses & Diameters Very Accurately
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What is are Vernier Calipers for?
Measure Length, Thicknesses & Depth Accuratley
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What are the Guide Tools?
• Try Square
• Mitre Square
• Engineer's Square
• Outside Callipers
• Inside Callipers
• Sliding Bevel
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Lable the Tools
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What is a Try Square Used for?
Marking Lines at 90° to Edge of Wood
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What is a Mitre Square Used for?
Marking lines at 45° to Edge of Wood
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What is a Engineer's Square Used for?
Marking Lines 90° to Edge of Metal
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What is a Outside Calipers Used for?
Help Measure Outside Diameter with Steel Rule
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What is are Inside Calipers Used for?
Help Measure Inside Diameter with Steel Rule
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What is a Sliding Bevel Used for?
Marking angles that aren't 90° to Edge of Wood
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Define Systems Diagrams
Use Input Processes, & Output Boxes with Feedback Loops to Represent How a System Would Work.
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Lable Systems diagram
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What Safety Rules should we Adhere to Hand Tools?
• Keep Tools in Working Order

• Only use Tools been Taught to use

• Don't Run with Tools

• Keep Work Area Tidy & Free from Trip Hazards

• Use Safety Mat & Ruler for Craft Knife
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What Safety Rules should we adhere for Machines
(& specific ones)?
• Never Leave Machine Unatended

• Stay Safe Distance Away from the Machine if Someone is Using it

• Only Use Machines been Taught to Use

• Hair Up & Use Goggles

• Make sure Machines have Appropriate
Guards Down (Drilling & Jigsaw)

• Clamp Work if needed (Drilling)

• For Lazer Cutter Ensure there is
Extraction for Dust & Fumes. Lid must be closed for it to work.
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Who is Alessi?
1921 Italian Design Company Producing Household Items which are Mass-produced Mass Produced from Stainless Steel & Bright Colours.

Fun Functional Visually Appealing

Alessi Employed Range Famous Designers including Philip Stark- Juicy Salif
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what is Dyson?
British Electrical Consumer Appliance Company Founded by James Dyson 1991 who Designed First Bagless Vacuum Cleaner

Other Products such as Fans, Hair/hand Dryers being Designed Following Same Principles of Innovation & Efficacy
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Who is William Morris?
Made Handcrafted Products, Textile Furnishings Wallpapers.

Promenant Role in Arts & Crafts Movement Design Simple Forms Handcrafted Well-made Often Reflected Forms from Nature which used in Furnishings, Furniture and Wallpapers
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He was Charles Renee Mackintosh & his Style was Influenced by What??
Arctic Furniture, Textile & Interior Designer Produce Innative Simple, Stylish Functional Designs Influenced by Arts & crafts Art Nouveau & Japanese Styles as he Moved To Modernism

Used Geometric Shapes & Natural Materials.

Didn't mass produce
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