Year 10 - Design and technology
Sketch modelling: saving space
Saving space context
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Unit Summary
Pupils will use disassembly to investigate an existing piece of flat-pack furniture, including material sources. They will use this information to inform designs. Pupils will focus on user-centred design to create and develop ideas and then plan the manufacturer for a product.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to model design ideas for a piece of student furniture using card, foam and other materials.
Key Notes
- Designers communicate design ideas with sketches.
- Designers communicate design ideas using a variety of modelling materials.
- Sketching is a quick, freehand drawing of ideas or concepts, often done as a rough outline of an idea.
- Modelling is the process of creating physical or digital representations of design ideas to visualise and test them.
- Modelling helps to understand scale, proportion, and form in 3D.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sketching: quick, freehand drawing of ideas or concepts, often as a rough outline
- function: the purpose of the product
- modelling: the process of creating physical or digital representations of design ideas to visualise and test them
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Design ideas are produced through sketches and drawings.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Designers communicate design ideas with sketches. Designers communicate design ideas using a variety of modelling materials.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'sketching'
quick, freehand drawing of ideas or concepts, often as a rough outline.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Design ideas are produced through sketches and drawings. Correction: 3D or physical modelling is a great way to get design ideas out of your head. It is sometimes easier to work out your idea in 3D rather than worrying about whether you can draw it in 3D, especially if its form is complex.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Commercial viability: saving space Study Guide
- Define a brief from design opportunities: saving space Study Guide
- Design development with CAD: saving space Study Guide
- Design for manufacture: saving space Study Guide
- Digital Media Presentation: saving space Study Guide
- Disassemble flat pack furniture Study Guide
- Evaluation of market and user testing: saving space Study Guide
- Explore the context and avoid fixation Study Guide
- Iterate with CAD: saving space Study Guide
- Iterate with modelling: saving space Study Guide
- Laser cutting Study Guide
- Life cycle assessment of flat pack furniture Study Guide
- Quality assurance when manufacturing: saving space Study Guide
- Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: saving space Study Guide
- Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: saving space Study Guide
- Standardised components Study Guide
- Surface treatments and finishes: saving space Study Guide
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