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2025-26 Project theme:
2025-26 Project theme:
Lighting | thắp sáng | 조명 | 灯光 | soilsiú
Lighting | thắp sáng | 조명 | 灯光 | soilsiú
2026-27 theme: TBC | Suggestions welcome
This Design unit is not asking you to invent completely new products but is focused on developing high-quality products that are innovative in subtle ways.
Good consumer products improve on existing designs while having their own distinct features and style.
Inquiry
Inquiry
Statement
of inquiry:
"Design is not just how it looks or how it feels, it's how it works" - Steve Jobs
Well-designed commercial products have a balance between form and function."
Approaches to Learning:
Approaches to Learning:
Thinking
Thinking
Creative thinking - Investigate new contexts and scenarios. Think critically and originally to propose and evaluate a variety of solutions.
Context:
Context:
Personal & Cultural expression
Personal & Cultural expression
Focus exploration:
Ritual & Play
Concepts:
Concepts:
Form
Form
Function
Function
In this unit, you are asked to design or redesign a common everyday consumer product for a specific client and target audience. This target audience is based on your own experience and can be similar to your peer group. The product should be based in the theme of 'lighting'.
Success criteria:
Your product will be successful if;
Your product is used in its intended context upon completion.
Initial inquiry:
What are the needs of your chosen target market?
What can we define as a lighting product?
What techniques can be used to create high-quality products at UNIS?
Possible sources:
Lighting products
Materials and their properties
Manufacturing techniques
Initial design inspiration
Initial design inspiration
Curate a pintrest board of lighting products to gather inspiration and find your style
Check out your teachers' boards here:
Design documentation
Design documentation
Demonstrate your understanding and document the outcomes of your project:
A: Inquiry & Analysis
Aiii: Existing products analysis
Analyze a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem.
B: Design Development:
Bi: Specification
Develop design specifications, which clearly state the success criteria for the design of a solution.
Bii: Ideation
Develop a range of feasible design ideas that can be correctly interpreted by others
Biii: Design Choice
Present the chosen design and justify its selection
Biv: Final Design
Develop accurate and detailed planning drawings/diagrams and outline the requirements for the creation of the chosen solution.
C: Creating:
Ci: Planning
Construct a logical plan that describes the efficient use of time and resources, sufficient for peers to be able to follow to create the solution
Cii: Skills
Demonstrate excellent technical skills when making the solution
Ciii: Process
Follow the plan to create the solution, which functions as intended
Civ: Changes
Fully justify changes made to the chosen design and plan when making the solution
Product presentation
Present the solution as a whole
Clarification of deliverables and instructions for each section is included in the Google doc.
You will find an editable copy of this document posted by your class teacher on Toddle
Assessment
Assessment
Check Toddle for your assessment deadline and submission guidelines for this section.
Feedback and Criteria grades will be given by your class teacher for this EOL.
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