Product design Unit 2 exam revision

What are the four segments of the double Dimond

Discover, Define, develop, deliver

What types of thinking are used in the design process

Divergent and convergent

Explain visualisation drawings

The sketches are quick and simple and are used to gain ideas

Explain design option drawings 

Two or more developed drawings and they are also annotated

Explain working drawing

Detailed technical drawings of chosen design with dimensions to create a guide for production 

What is the end user 

The human and/or non-human consumer that the product is intended for. 

How is the product made suitable for the end users

Through constraints and considerations for the end user

Steps to choosing a final proof of concept

Get outside feedback on the design

Rate current concepts

Consider evaluation criteria 

The proof of concept/justification should include:

Comments from choosing steps 

Consider evaluation criteria 

What is a scheduled production plan 

A timeline of how and when the production will be done. It is generally all the written steps.

What goes inside the production plan

What will be completed

Tools/materials/techniques

Safety measures

Date/time allocated

What is included in the Scheduled production plan in the Folio?

Materials cutting/costing list

The timeline with production steps

A risk assessment 

Quality measures 

What is inside the production journal?

Outline of the work done in lesson/week

Explain safety measures 

Reflect on learning 

Describe any modifications

Plan next stage of production 

List the factors influencing design

Need or opportunity

Function 

Aesthetics 

Ethical considerations 

End users 

Market opportunities 

Technologies 

Product life cycle

What are technologies?

Materials, tools, processes and techniques

What actives are the design factors related to?

Evaluating other products

Generating evaluation criteria

Proposing/ analysing product concepts

What is intellectual property? With the 4 examples 

IP is the property created by the mind or intellect, it’s your knowledge and ideas. 

E.g Patents, Trademarks, copyright and registered designs

Explain Copyright

Protects the physical expression of ideas.

Explain Registered design 

Protects the overall appearance of a function product (not how it works) it cost money to be protected. 

Explain Patents

Patents protect how an invention works or function it costs money to be protected. 

Explain trademarks

Protects a letter, number, word, phrase, sound, smell, logo, picture of any combination of these. It costs money to be protected.

What is ethics in design?

Conserved with enabling both individual goods and values and public goods. 

Ethics relate to what we think is good or bad, right or wrong and what is important to us.

Where are ethics in different forms in design?

Planet, Profit and People

What is the difference between properties and characteristics of materials 

Properties describe a material inartistic behaviour such as strength or conductivity.

Characteristics describe more of the materials structure, such as form, shape and colour. 

What can be some focuses when researching a material?

Its appearance

Characteristics and properties

Sustainability 

Cost of material 

Its uses 

Source of manufacturing 

Explain primary research + examples 

Research where you collect original data specifically for your study. It could be surveys, interviews, experiments and observations

Explain secondary research + examples 

Using data and information that has already been collated by somebody else. It could be books, articles, journals, websites, blogs and webpages.

What does the design brief include?

End user profile

Purpose + function of product

Project scope (constraints + considerations)

Give examples of elements and examples of principles in design

Elements: Line, shape, colour, texture

Principles: Balance, contrast, emphasis

What is one way a product can be analysed?

Using PMI format (Plus, minus and interesting)