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Year 11 - Design and technology

Define a design brief

Iterative Design Principles

Unit Summary

In this unit pupils will reflect and build upon designing and making principles to which they have been introduced previously. this will be assessed in the Non-Examined Assessment

Lesson Summary

You will learn to define an effective design brief.

Key Notes

  • A design brief must develop from identified design opportunities.
  • A primary user is identified.
  • A design brief which avoids fixation is defined.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • design brief: outlines the design opportunity and identifies a primary user's needs and wants
  • primary user: the main person that you are designing for
  • stakeholders: a person, group or organisation with an interest in a project
  • needs: the essential requirements of the person
  • wants: something which is needed or wanted

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils tend to define a product that they wish to design and make at this point. They become fixated on a design.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

A design brief must develop from identified design opportunities. A primary user is identified.

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

outlines the design opportunity and identifies a primary user's needs and wants.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils tend to define a product that they wish to design and make at this point. They become fixated on a design. Correction: Pupils need to keep their design brief open so that it does not create design fixation.

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