11 Technology Product Design 1

This course is designed for those students who want to broaden their understanding about Product Design. Students will identify an item of furniture that will solve a problem in their own situation and then design and make that item of flatpack furniture. 

Students will:
• Go through the design process to design an item of flatpack furniture. Some of the skills that will be developed are: researching, brief writing, freehand drawing, presentation drawing, technical drawing, using hand tools and machinery tools, workshop skills. Students will be able to use machines like: laser cutters and 3-D printers along with Fusion 360 software.

•The course has a high literacy expectation/demand and requires good time management skills.
•Need skills in design and evaluation as well as being able to research and document evidence relating to their design.
•Drawing and presentation skills of students needs to be of a good standard as well as workshop skills and safety knowledge.

This course leads to UE approval in year 13.

Please see the links below for examples of past students work:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QvZcsnZz9/?igshid=efepeho01to4

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LoKonHVKh/?igshid=166tl771sbubn

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LpIdOnOkl/?igshid=10ohmbwiqxh9l

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LpfRGnfVN/?igshid=vg0usp273pj8

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QbIvenig0/?igshid=142omclecv1yr

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QbZ2Fnked/?igshid=1hwo94rarbrdr