Designs of the Future Competition

Designs of the Future Competition 2008
This is a prestigious competition and you should all consider entering this as well as the Young Designer competition. Read all about it using the links below!
The Brit Insurance Designs of the Future National Student Competition is run jointly by the Design Museum and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
This competition is open to all design students in Years 10 - 13 taking GCSE or post-16 design courses within Design & Technology or Art & Design subject areas. Linked to the Design Museum’s ground-breaking industry award exhibition Brit Insurance Designs of the Year, this competition aims to develop innovative concepts and ideas to increase young designers’ awareness enthusiasm for design.
The competition is in 7 categories Transport, Graphic, Interactive, Product, Furniture, Fashion and Architecture. Inspiration can be drawn from the museums website www.designmuseum.org. This year 100 students will be selected for the title and invited to attend an awards ceremony at the Design Museum.

The closing date is Friday 18 July 2008. To find out more logon to the SSAT website or visit the Design Museum website: http://designmuseum.org/education/design-challenges
http://designmuseum.org/media/item/73054/1190/Brit-Insurance-Student-Competition.pdf

Easter Holiday

I will be in school during the Easter break on the following days

• Monday 7th April - 9:30-4:00 Year 11 & Year 12
• Wednesday 9th April - 9:30-4:00 Year 12 only
• Thursday 10th April - 9:30-4:00 Year 11 & Year 12
• Monday 14th April - 10:00-4:00 Year 11 & Year 12
• Wednesday 16th April - 9:30-4:00 Year 12 only (if required)
• Thursday 17th April - 9:30-4:00 Year 11 & Year 12 (if required)

Year 11 your deadlines are:- 24th April hand in all practical work, 28th April hand in all Coursework sheets, 29th April hand in 100 word explanaition of your project in Word

GCSE Product Design

Year 10
Here is a little guidance in preparation for your Mock Examination.
Ensure that you bring with you sketching equipment and a fine black pen!
At the top of each page/question it tell you how many marks the question is worth and roughly how long to spend on the question!
You may find these links helpful!
http://www.australiasigns.com.au/signage-videos.html - Watch the video about laser cut acrylic. We have a similar machine in school
http://www.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/toothbrush - this is background information on a product that you have studied this year
http://www.ripley.lancs.sch.uk/DTWebsite/KS4%20file%20downloads_files/F2%20Design%20in%20Plastics%20V1.0A-1.pdf - some very detailed information on Materials can be found here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_protection

AS Product Design Unit 3 Examination

Preliminary Research Sheet

Theme

For this examination you should research comtemporary sustainable furniture suitable for display in an exhibition or a shop specialising in Eco products.

Additional Information

Your research and preparation should include innovative design and manufacture of functional furniture, including chairs and stools, made from sustainable sources, e.g. found materials, reclaimed/recycled materials, FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified timber, etc.

You should also research the manufacture of such furniture for one-off or limited batch production.

link to the FSC - http://www.fsc.org/en/

Look at Frank O Gehry's 'Wiggle' Chair 1972 - made from Corrugated Cardboard - http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/gehry/furniture_01.html

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=12217

Below are links to useful websites with vast amounts of information about contemporary recycled furniture! Use them and find others yourself!

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=365248&search=recycled+materials&images=&c=&s

http://www.ecodesignfair.co.uk/directory2.html

http://www.reelfurniture.co.uk/

http://www.butlerdesign.co.uk/recycle.htm

http://www.bikefurniture.com/

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/style/features/Best-New-Designers-Part-2.html

http://www.allthingseco.co.uk/directoryresults.php?category_id=9&sub_category_id=38

http://www.reuze.co.uk/home.shtml

http://www.studiomold.com/studiomold_news.html

http://www.designmuseum.org/design/tom-dixon

http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/business/archives/2003/plastic_productions3846.cfm

GCSE Product Design

I will be in school on Sunday 30th March from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Main school will not be open. You will haveto use the door at the bottom of the Technology Stairs. I hope to see you then to help you complete your manufacture work!!

GCSE Product Design Yr 11 2008

Example of Flow Diagram for Plan of Manufacture

GCSE Product Design Yr 11 2008

I have uploaded all of the information to help you complete both your remaining coursework sheets and your final products. Where applicable i have also uploaded some examples. I have also attached a PDF detailing what days i will be available after school to help. Make use of the time! To access the files you will need to click on this link: http://blog.rapidvision.org.uk/blog
and then click on the Paperclip icon to show the linked files!
Mr Douglas