Design

In VCE Product Design and Technologies, a design brief is formulated to facilitate the design response to a real personal, local or global design need or opportunity. A design brief is developed to clarify this need or opportunity so that a viable solution may be developed to address the need or opportunity of the end user(s). It is a summary of the analysis of research into the nature of a need or opportunity and should not solve the problem at this stage. The design brief should provide enough detail for the student to be able to explore a range of possible ideas.

Elements of a design brief include identification of the need or opportunity, the formulation of the profile of end user(s), identification of the intended function and the project scope. The project scope includes identification of constraints and considerations with reference to the factors that influence product design. The project scope is used to develop evaluation criteria. Criteria are used to inform, evaluate, critique and justify the chosen product concept; to evaluate the processes required to design and make the product; and to evaluate the finished product, including how it addresses the need or opportunity for the end user(s).