Textiles year 12 2022 exam notes
Product design process
Stage 1: Identifying and defining
1. identify end user, needs and problems
2. design brief (context, constraints and considerations)
3. evaluation criteria
4. research
Stage 2: Design and development
5. Visualisations
6. Design options
7. Working drawing
Stage 3: Planning and production
8. Scheduled production plan (steps and cost)
9. Production (documentation)
Stage 4: Evaluation
10. Product evaluation (criteria, feedback and improvements
Product design factors
Purpose function context: features, purpose
User-centred design: quality of life, gender, age, needs
Innovation & creativity: colours, style, new ideas
Visual, tactile & aesthetic: design elements/ principles
Sustainability: social, economic and environmental
Economics: time and cost
Legal responsibilities: OHS and ISO
Materials: characteristics, suitability and properties
Technology: tools, processes and manufacturing
Parameter
Parameter: the purpose of the design factor
eg. purpose function, context: primary, secondary functions
eg. visual, tactile, aesthetic: design elements and principles
Scales of production
One-off: made once, for specific requirements (wedding dress)
• high skill, more expensive labour and materials
Low volume: made locally in smaller batches (pillows)
• medium skill, financially beneficial
Mass/High volume: thousands of products (iPhones)
• low skill, expensive and time consuming
Continuous: continuously made 24/7 (coca cola cans)
• limited skill, very expensive, CAM
Product design process
Stage 1: Identifying and defining
1. identify end user, needs and problems
2. design brief (context, constraints and considerations)
3. evaluation criteria
4. research
Stage 2: Design and development
5. Visualisations
6. Design options
7. Working drawing
Stage 3: Planning and production
8. Scheduled production plan (steps and cost)
9. Production (documentation)
Stage 4: Evaluation
10. Product evaluation (criteria, feedback and improvements
Product design factors
Purpose function context: features, purpose
User-centred design: quality of life, gender, age, needs
Innovation & creativity: colours, style, new ideas
Visual, tactile & aesthetic: design elements/ principles
Sustainability: social, economic and environmental
Economics: time and cost
Legal responsibilities: OHS and ISO
Materials: characteristics, suitability and properties
Technology: tools, processes and manufacturing
Parameter
Parameter: the purpose of the design factor
eg. purpose function, context: primary, secondary functions
eg. visual, tactile, aesthetic: design elements and principles
Scales of production
One-off: made once, for specific requirements (wedding dress)
• high skill, more expensive labour and materials
Low volume: made locally in smaller batches (pillows)
• medium skill, financially beneficial
Mass/High volume: thousands of products (iPhones)
• low skill, expensive and time consuming
Continuous: continuously made 24/7 (coca cola cans)
• limited skill, very expensive, CAM
