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Year 10 - Design and technology

People and places

Investigate and research: High profile event

Unit Summary

Pupils will identify a client and investigate the client's needs and wants. They will use and develop different research techniques. They will learn about the economic viability of designs to design a product for a high-profile event.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to identify a range of people within a context and be aware of environmental, social and cultural considerations.

Key Notes

  • Designers consider users from different social and cultural backgrounds.
  • A context is the situation within which something exists or happens.
  • An approach to investigate a context is to create a user journey map.
  • Designers consider different places within a set context.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • context: the situation within which something exists or happen
  • user: who you are designing for
  • environment: description of a place and its surroundings
  • consideration: a key factor that designers use to help influence a design

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • When investigating a context, you should only consider the user's preferences.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Designers consider users from different social and cultural backgrounds. A context is the situation within which something exists or happens.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'context'

the situation within which something exists or happen.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: When investigating a context, you should only consider the user's preferences. Correction: Within a context, there are different groups of people who have different preferences. It is important for designers to consider these groups and their different social and cultural backgrounds, as well environmental considerations.

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