Advanced Safety training | Developing Design ideas | Creating Prototypes & Products
First, complete safety training to familiarise (or refamiliarise) yourself with the equipment in the Design studios.
Complete all the assigned safety assessments on Quizzes
Your teacher has posted links to the safety materials and quizzes on Toddle?.
This iteration of Criteria B focuses on developing your skills in Note-taking, Design ideation, CAD, and presentation of Design concepts.
B1: Design specification
Develop a list of specification points for the product.
Your teacher will lead a discussion in which you will take notes. These client notes, along with the design brief below, will serve as the basis of your design specification.
"Design a versatile & modern desktop organiser that will help the target audience keep their personal space tidy. The goal is to create a product that neatly organises stationery, everyday carry (EDC) items, and personal electronics, reducing clutter and creating a more focused environment for study."
A good specification guides the development of ideas by creating boundaries and guiding principles for your ideas rather than limiting them.
Remember to consider more technical aspects of the design, such as sustainability and manufacturing, rather than simply aesthetics and functionality .
Note-taking is an important skill designers need to record information in client meetings.
Cornell style note-taking is one method to organise your notes
Use the template provided to take notes from which you can draft your design specification
B2: Design ideas
Develop a range of ideas for different features, functions, and aesthetics of the product.
Use the Morphological matrix format to ideate 5 different concepts for up to 5 distinct areas of the product.
Some areas to consider might be: Aesthetic styles, surface finishes, and function.
B4: Design Drawings
Create a design drawing that provides enough information to create a physical prototype of the final product.
Create:
An orthographic drawing of the final design and a CAD model using OnShape.
This will refresh or develop your skills in these important areas of design development.
Here you can make adjustments to the given design to customise it for your own device as well as your preferences.
OnShape tutorial - Vacuum water bottle
Here you can find more resources to build your understanding of this Criteria
Completing your practical product we will follow the Crieria C: Creating the solution section of the design cycle.
You will have to plan your workflow, document your process, and highlight the skills you developed.
C1: Planning
An important skill in High-School Design is managing your project alongside others in the Design studio.
Here we will collaborate to construct a plan of each process during the creation of our products.
Book times on each machine and station using the shared Google Sheet to effectively use your time in class.
ATL link: Self-Management
Google sheets
C2 / C3: Skills / Production
In order to document the creation of your project effectively you should use a variety of methods to record your process.
Use your phone or other device to take photos and video that Demonstrate how you used each tool, and machine and developed different skills.
If it is necessary you can annotate these images in your design folder to help explain your process. Annotations should be limited to 10 words per point.
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C4: Changes to the design
Although this project is mostly a design and make project from a given design you have probably made adjustments to the final product. There are also unforeseen events during production that might have forced you to make a change.
Show these changes visually by comparing the design drawings to your final product. Explain and justify the reasons for these changes.
You also have the option of making additions to your project if you have time.
Example additions could be; Etching a graphic onto the product using the laser cutter or 3D printing an addition to the product.
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Here you can find more resources to build your understanding of this Criteria
Present your product
Part of the project is taking pride in your work
Take a high-quality photo of your product in use at home and use the Photo booth to take a product presentation photo in class.
Both of these images should be added to your Design folder for assessment.
You should also create a Toddle Portfolio post with these images.
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Let's make sure you are on the right track to creating a successful product or solution.
Review your work for this assessment with your teacher.
Ask the teacher for clarification if needed.
Improve your work if required before the final submission.
Review work and feedback from previous assignments if needed.