AQA A LEVEL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCT DESIGN 7552 1 PAPER 1
TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 FULL QUESTION PAPER AND
MARK SCHEME GRADED A+
⩥ Art Deco. Answer: 1920-1930
➜ Represented luxury, glamour, exuberance and faith in social and
technological progress
➜ Sunburst motifs - commonly seen in architecture and surface patterns
➜ Ziggurat (Stepped pyramids) - e.g. Empire State Building
➜ Simple geometric shapes
Clarice Cliff, Eileen Gray, Alvar Aalto, Walter Dorwin Teague
⩥ Modernism/(Bauhaus and De Stijl). Answer: 1919-1933
➜ Form follows function
➜ Embraced the machine age
➜ Used geometrically pure forms
➜ Created everyday products for everyday people - used mass-
production
Modernism: JJP Oud, Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Rietveld, Robert van't Hoff
,Bauhaus: Walter Gropius, Marcek Breuer, Mies Van Der Rohe,
Marrianne Brandt
⩥ Streamlining. Answer: The development of products using flowing
curves and chrome detailing inspired by the increased study into
aerodynamics in the early twentieth century
➜ Seen in car design as early as 1920's, application of streamlining to
household objects was seen as modernist and developments of materials
such as Bakelite enabled replication of curves.
Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, Henry Dreyfuss
⩥ Post-modernism. Answer: 1980s
➜ Bold, colourful and playful designs - used bright colours
➜ Simplistic juxtapositions of geometric positions - used geometric
forms in seemingly random positions
➜ Challenging forms that compromised on function - sculptural designs
took precedence over functionality
Memphis group, Mark Newson, Danny Lane, Phillipe Starck
⩥ Memphis design. Answer: A late-twentieth-century design group who
challenged modernist design views
⩥ Philippe Starck. Answer: French Product Designer
➜ Works on kitchenware - aesthetics before function
, ➜ Work in architecture and interior design - "democratic design",
affordable and desirable products for population rather than elite
⩥ Juicy Salif (Phillipe Starck). Answer: Single piece aluminium casting,
functions successfully.
- High centre of mass, becomes unstable during use
- Head of juicer is only large enough for a lemon
+ Form is striking so it's likely to be displayed rather than sorted like
other juicers
+ The legs prevent juice from running down the sides due to angle and
wide base means that a glass can be placed underneath
⩥ James Dyson. Answer: British Design Engineer
➜ Designs household products in innovate ways
➜ the Dyson vacuum cleaner - using contrasting colour schemes,
changing dust reduction systems
➜ Wheelbarrow with the ball wheel
⩥ DC01 Vacuum cleaner. Answer: ➜ Introduced bagless dual cyclone
cleaning system
➜ Colour scheme aids used
➜ 3d sculpted form based on flow of air
➜ Injection moulded ABS apart from PC dust bin
PRODUCT DESIGN 7552 1 PAPER 1
TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 FULL QUESTION PAPER AND
MARK SCHEME GRADED A+
⩥ Art Deco. Answer: 1920-1930
➜ Represented luxury, glamour, exuberance and faith in social and
technological progress
➜ Sunburst motifs - commonly seen in architecture and surface patterns
➜ Ziggurat (Stepped pyramids) - e.g. Empire State Building
➜ Simple geometric shapes
Clarice Cliff, Eileen Gray, Alvar Aalto, Walter Dorwin Teague
⩥ Modernism/(Bauhaus and De Stijl). Answer: 1919-1933
➜ Form follows function
➜ Embraced the machine age
➜ Used geometrically pure forms
➜ Created everyday products for everyday people - used mass-
production
Modernism: JJP Oud, Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Rietveld, Robert van't Hoff
,Bauhaus: Walter Gropius, Marcek Breuer, Mies Van Der Rohe,
Marrianne Brandt
⩥ Streamlining. Answer: The development of products using flowing
curves and chrome detailing inspired by the increased study into
aerodynamics in the early twentieth century
➜ Seen in car design as early as 1920's, application of streamlining to
household objects was seen as modernist and developments of materials
such as Bakelite enabled replication of curves.
Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, Henry Dreyfuss
⩥ Post-modernism. Answer: 1980s
➜ Bold, colourful and playful designs - used bright colours
➜ Simplistic juxtapositions of geometric positions - used geometric
forms in seemingly random positions
➜ Challenging forms that compromised on function - sculptural designs
took precedence over functionality
Memphis group, Mark Newson, Danny Lane, Phillipe Starck
⩥ Memphis design. Answer: A late-twentieth-century design group who
challenged modernist design views
⩥ Philippe Starck. Answer: French Product Designer
➜ Works on kitchenware - aesthetics before function
, ➜ Work in architecture and interior design - "democratic design",
affordable and desirable products for population rather than elite
⩥ Juicy Salif (Phillipe Starck). Answer: Single piece aluminium casting,
functions successfully.
- High centre of mass, becomes unstable during use
- Head of juicer is only large enough for a lemon
+ Form is striking so it's likely to be displayed rather than sorted like
other juicers
+ The legs prevent juice from running down the sides due to angle and
wide base means that a glass can be placed underneath
⩥ James Dyson. Answer: British Design Engineer
➜ Designs household products in innovate ways
➜ the Dyson vacuum cleaner - using contrasting colour schemes,
changing dust reduction systems
➜ Wheelbarrow with the ball wheel
⩥ DC01 Vacuum cleaner. Answer: ➜ Introduced bagless dual cyclone
cleaning system
➜ Colour scheme aids used
➜ 3d sculpted form based on flow of air
➜ Injection moulded ABS apart from PC dust bin
