Revision Activities

❏ Write a specification for a prototype block model of a children’s handheld product, based on the theme of wildlife.

❏ Analyse a couple of handheld kids toys and annotate using ACCESS FM.

Aesthetics: Varied colour usage, which would appeal to young children's visual sense.

Ergonomics: Easier to hold as the shape of the elephant is curved shape like the palm of a hand.

Size: May be too large for a small child to hold, the edges could be thinner to allow an easier grip.

❏ Analyse a couple of handheld kids toys and label the following on your designs: Ergonomic features, materials, anthropometric data and manufacturing progresses.

Ergonomics: Cover for easier grip, wipe clean material, likely silicone. Curved top and bottom side of product to allow for it to sit on a user's lap.

Materials: Cover likely made of a silicone, which is a thermoset plastic, so when the product heats up from useage or over use the plastic does not deform.

Key terminology

● Over packaged● Under

Packaged● Aesthetics● Ergonomic● Visually

appealing● Comfortable● Easy to use

Key terminology

● Non renewable● Natural ● Mass● Batch● Synthetic● Simple● Complex● Target Market● Aesthetics● Production

❏ Analyse a couple of handheld kids toys and label the following on your designs: Ergonomic features, materials, anthropometric data and manufacturing progresses.

Image of children’s handheld products. Analyse the products on the mood bood, answering the questions.

In order to design effectively, you must first understand the context. This can be quickly be completed by analysing image boards.

Answer the question below and on next page.

FunctionQ: How are the products included on the image board designed to entertain the child?

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Answer the questions below for the image board on the previous page.

In order to design effectively, you must first understand the context. This can be quickly be completed by analysing image boards.

ColoursQ: What are the colours that you can see in each of the image boards and how could you use them?

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SafetyQ: How have the products beendesigned to be suitable for children?

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MaterialsQ: What materials have been used to manufacture the products shown? Thermoplastic, thermoset plastic, card, paper, grey board?

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Material Uses Tools Used Advantages Disadvantages Safety Biodegradable

Styrofoam Block modelling File, abrasive paper, acrylic paint

Great for models

Difficult to achieve high quality finish

Ventilation, mask required.

No

Balsa Wood Block Modelling File, abrasive paper, acrylic paint

Stronger than styrofoam

Takes longer to shape

None Yes

Plasticine or clay

Block Modelling Fingers and shaping tools

Very quick to shape

Difficult to achieve good finish

None Yes

Acrylic Point of sale stands

Hacksaw, laser cutter, wet&dry paper

Excellent finish, rigid, variety of colours

Expensive Wear goggles No

❏ Revise materials then complete next page.

❏ Label the advantages and disadvantages of each material for block modelling in your own words.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Advantages

Disadvantages

Advantages

Disadvantages

Advantages

Disadvantages

Plasticine Balsa Wood (soft wood) ClayStyrofoam

The five main reasons for packaging are (SIPPP)

1. Stacking and storage2. Information3. Protect4. Preserve5. Promote

Food packaging...Gives food a longer shelf-life.Protects food during

transportation and storage.

Keeps food clean from dirt and bacteria.

Provides information.Advertises the product.Holds the food in place.

Deceptive packagingIs where the packaging gives a false impression of the product, as shown to the right. The crisps are packet appear full, but are not.

Under packagingWhere to little packaging is used.

❏ Revise Packaging then answer the questions overleaf.

Over Packagingwhere too much packaging is used.

Primary Packaging Is packaging that protects the product and give key information.

Secondary Packaging Packaging that contains the actual product and gives detailed information to the consumer.

Tertiary Packaging Packaging that contains the actual product and gives detailed information to the consumer.

Vacuum Packaging / Air tight PackagingThis is a way of preserving food and has been used for many years.

Stacking and Storage Information

The five main reasons for packaging are (SIPPP)

1. Stacking and storage2. Information3. Protect4. Preserve5. Promote

❏ Why is packaging important? Use the previous page and revision guide to answer questions. Pgs 142-145.

Protect

Preserve Promote

❏ Why is packaging important? Revision pg11 and use your revision guide to answer questions. Pgs 142-145.

List the five main reasons for packaging? (use the SIPPP acronym to help you remember)

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List the information found on packaging.

Over packaging

Why are companies now starting to think about not over Under packaging

❏ Match the symbol with the description and then the image. Revision guide Pgs 148-149

Is a sign that is used by a company in order to identify its products and services. Upon seeing this sign, the general public is able to distinguish it from other companies’ products and services on the market.

The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

This protects the rights protects aesthetics. The shape, pattern, colour and design.

❏ Fill out the table. Use youtube to help you research.

Copyright Patent Registered Design Trademark

Definition

Description

Example

❏ Label the meaning of each symbol. Use your revision guide and go to pg 147.

Symbol:

Meaning

Symbol:

Meaning

Symbol:

Meaning

Symbol:

Meaning

❏ Label the meaning of each symbol. Use ICT to research

Symbol: Age appropriate

Meaning

Symbol: The Lion Mark

Meaning

Symbol:

Meaning

Symbol:

Meaning

❏ When sketching design ideas, you should always do this in three dimensions (3d). This enables you to clearly communicate your idea. Complete tasks 1 and 2.

This is a called grid underlay sheet.

Grids and underlays help with freehand sketching.

The difference between a Grid and a underlay is that underlays are used to create 3D shapes.

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Describe the difference between a copyright and a registered design.

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Orthographic projection uses a 2D drawing of each side of an object. Orthographic drawings usually consist of a front view, a side view and a plan view. Image 1

A drawing board and parallel motion or T-square is used to project one view from another.

Image 2 shows you that the drawing needs to share it dimensions to be aligned and accurate.

❏ Revise Orthographic drawing . . .

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2

❏ Draw the object in orthographic view and label.

❏ Label the views.❏ Join up the lines and

fill in any missing.❏ Label what

orthographic view it is.

Exploded DrawingAn exploded drawing shows the parts separated, but in the correct relationship for fitting together. Exploded views are usually drawn in 3D, as illustrated.

❏ Using Pencil show 3 tonal values in each box.

Be careful to follow the form of the object with your pencil. Do not shade it flat! Label the light source ‘lighting’ each form.

❏ Use pencil shading to show tone on the following blank forms.

❏ Textures and Materials

Render to look like metal

Render to look like Wood

Render to look like Plastic

Render to look like Glass

❏ Render the following forms to show what it is made of. Use tone, line or shapes and gestures with your pen or pencil to describe the material each shape is made from. The arrow is the lightsource.

❏ Render the robot toy to look like a softwood. Add colour and tone.

1. Recall a hardwood that feels and looks like a softwood . . .

2. Name an advantage of wood from question 1 as a good block modelling material.

❏ Using the material Polymorph re-design the handle of a standard kids hairbrush to be more ergonomic in shape.

Current Designs New design below.

You must:● Annotate how your design has used polymorph in its redesign.● Analysed the ergonomics and aesthetics.

Target Market: Girls Kids 6+ Problem: Girls 6+ find it hard to handle brushes to brush their own hair. Create a brush that will enable kids to grip it easier and make it harder to drop while attempting to brush their hair.

❏ Draw a rendered version of your hairbrush using the crating technique.

You need to:● Add thick thin line technique.● Add texture by render the material.

Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWvZsKJ3ZUA

❏ Draw your idea in orthographic view.

You need to:● Add thick thin line technique.● Add 3 tonal shading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3WmrWUEIJo

Tutorial: 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWvZsKJ3ZUA2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnDwRIx0RXs

❏ The image below show a product that has an ergonomic design. Explain the success of the design and re-draw an improved version or adapted version.

You need to:You must explain and annotate your adapted or improved design.

❏ Sketch a re-design for each of the following children’s products, based on the theme of wildlife.

❏ Be inspired by wildlife and create a logo using the wildlife theme for trunki. Think how you can use your typeface to show the theme.

Sketch two ideas overleaf.

Tips:● Always draw lightly first so you

can rub errors away. ● Always draw in pencil. Fineliners

are for drawing over final sketches.

❏ Be inspired by wildlife and create a logo using the wildlife theme for trunki. Think how you can use your typeface to show the theme.

Idea 2

Idea 1

❏ Describe here who Alessi was and how he inspired design.

I am famous because . . .

Name:

Job:

My most famous products are . . .

❏ Create a moodboard of Alessi products.

❏ Re-design the egg holder product in the style of a Alessi product.

❏ Describe here who Wally Olins was and how he inspired design.

I am famous because . . .

Name:

Job:

My most famous products are . . .

❏ Toys ‘r’ us are releasing a new wildlife toy range. The logo will for a limited time be wildlife theme to help promote the new range. Re-design the logo to have a wildlife theme. You must sketch 4 ideas.

❏ Develop one of the previous ideas and justify why you did so.

Justify why you developed the idea you choose.

❏ Describe here who Robert Sabuda was and how he inspired design.

I am famous because . . .

Name:

Job:

My most famous products are . . .

❏ Revise Typography

Typography is the art and

technique of arranging type to

make written language readable

and appealing.

It is the art and technique of

arranging type to make written

language readable and appealing. The

arrangement of type involves selecting

typefaces, point size, line length,

line-spacing (leading), letter-spacing

(tracking), and adjusting the space

within letters pairs (kerning).

❏ Label the type with these labels; serifs, sans serif, slab serif, stem, bar, curve, continuous curve and kearning. Revision book pg 54-55

I Ty p og r a phy

❏ Take a letter from the alphabet and create a wildlife inspired letter.

Letter Style 1

Letter Style 2

London Zoo would like to teach young school children about the wildlife of Great Britain. You have been asked to design a typeface for the ‘London Zoo’ that is wildlife themed.

Definition: Typography

“The Art and Technique of arranging

type to make written language most

appealing to learning and recognition.”

Key Factors:● Typefaces (Font-Families.)● Point size – Size of the font,

measured in points.● Line Length – how many

characters across the page the content goes (usually 40-80.)

● Leading (Line Spacing) – The distance between each line of text.

● Tracking (Letter-Spacing)– space between letters.

● Kerning - adjusting the space within pairs of letters.

❏ Look at the typefaces and describe their characteristics. What’s different about each one.

T T TWhat’s different What’s different What’s different

San SerifDescribe the typeface Characteristics:

Slab SerifDescribe the typeface Characteristics:

SerifDescribe the typeface Characteristics:

❏ Typography task

T CAdd serifs to this font Add slab serifs to this font Draw a sans serif font here

Label on the typeface the● Stem

Label on the typeface the● Curve

Describe the characteristics of a sans serif font

❏ Describe here who was famous for designing successful for designing road signs using pictograms.

We are famous because . . .

Names

Designer 1:

Designer 2:

Our most famous products are . . .

❏ Ideograms and symbols are used to give people information in public places. Sketch below two ideas for . . .

Staircase Cafe

❏ Fill in the the missing words, images and uses for these plastics.

PVC

Poly Vinyl Chloride

LDPE

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Used to make? List items here

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Used to make?

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PP

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PS

P______S______

Used to make?

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Used to make?

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Draw image here or stick of products

❏ Design task

Design CriteriaYou have been asked to create a prototype a children’s drag along toy.

Specification❏ Reflect the theme of wildlife❏ Be suitable for modelling using styrofoam❏ Be suitable for children aged <5 years old.

Styrofoam:❏ Good to represent a 3d❏ model accurately❏ Softer foam is easily cut❏ using a coping saw or fret❏ saw❏ Smoothed by using glass❏ paper (sandpaper).❏ Denser foam can be used❏ for more demanding parts❏ of the model.

❏ Design task 51 -53

Design CriteriaA foil container is being produced as a new container for a drink called AQAPOP. You have been asked to design the graphics for it.

Specification:

Point 1 ❏ AQAPOP must be clearly

visible on the front of the container.

Point 2 ❏ The design must appeal to

young people.

Point 3 ❏ The design must be based on

physical activity or sport.

Remember to annotate ideas.

Idea 1

❏ Design task 51 -53

Idea 2

Final idea: Combine your best ideas from ideas 1 and 2 and produce a colour presentation drawing of the drink container using the specification provided and your additional points.

Marks will be awarded for:(i) use of specification; (6 marks)(ii) quality of drawings; (4 marks)(iii) suitable layout; (4 marks)(iv) quality of colouring. (4 marks)

Remember to annotate ideas.

❏ Now evaluate the success of your design.

Evaluate how well your final design for the front face of the drink container meets your originalspecification in Question 2.

Point 2 The design must appeal to young people.Evaluation.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Point 3 The design must be based on physical activity or sport.Evaluation........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

❏ Revise Thermoforming (Vacuum forming).

Vacuum forming is a technique that is used to shape a variety of plastics. In school it is used to form/shape thin plastic (hips), usually plastics such as; polythene and perspex.

Vacuum forming is used when an unusual shape like a ‘dish’ or a box-like shape is needed. To the left you can see the stages involved in vacuum forming.

❏ Complete the sequence drawing below by adding words and parts of the diagram. Do not look at previous page!

Smart & Modern Materials Applications Properties and Applications Processes

Polymorph

ThermochromicFilm

ThermochromicPigment

Liquid Display Crystal

Shape Memory Alloy

Electronics Paper Displays

Phosphorescent Pigments

❏ Exam questions on production techniques.❏ Use ICT and your revision books to fill out this table. Revision guide pg32-33.

❏ Can you answer exam style questions?

Plastic has largely replaced glass for soft drinks bottles.

1. Name the thermoplastic used to make drinks bottles.

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2. Name the industrial process used to form plastic bottles.

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3. Explain the meaning of in this label.

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4. Describe the term mass production.

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❏ Revise terminologies and rephrase in your own words.

AscenderThe part of a lowercase letter which rises above the main body, as in the letters “b”, “d”, “h”, and “k”. AlignmentA term used to refer to the proper positioning of all typefaces and size variations along an imaginary reference line. BaselineAn invisible horizontal line on which the feet of all characters on a line of type are set, used for proper alignment of type. CopyAny material that is to be typeset, be it a manuscript or typescript, or a typewritten document with handwritten changes and edits. Copy is also used to refer generally to any other page elements--including illustrations, photographs, etc--that will need to be prepared and assembled. CharacterAny letter, figure, punctuation, symbol or space. CMYKAbbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black). The four process colours.

Ascender

Alignment

Baseline

Copy

Character

CMYK

❏ Revise terminologies and rephrase in your own words.

Colour SwatchA sample of a specific colour--either printed or stored digitally--used to describe a particular printing ink or combination of printing ink colours. Colour SeparationA means of dividing a full-colour photograph into four separate components, corresponding to the four primary colours used in process colour printing - cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Complementary ColoursOn a colour wheel, the colours opposite of each other as in Blue and Orange, Yellow and Violet, Red and Green. CroppingCutting off an undesired portion of a printed piece, photograph or other image.

DescenderIn typography, the portion of lowercase letters that extends below the character’s baseline as in “g”, “j”, “p”, “q”, and “y”.

EmbossingIn binding and finishing, a process in which images, patterns, or text are stamped or pressed into a substrate.

Colour Swatch

Colour Separation

Complementary Colours

Cropping

Descender

Embossing

❏ Revise terminologies and rephrase in your own words.

Facing PagesIn a double-sided document, the two pages that appear as a spread when the publication is opened. FontIn typography, a set of all characters in a typeface. FootnoteIn typography, a reference relating to the main body of text positioned at the bottom of the page. Hard CopyAny page, document, publication, or other data that exists as some kind of output, be it on paper, film, etc., rather than as an item on a computer display or soft copy.

HeaderIn typography, any text that appears at the top of a page but is not part of the body text, such as a tile, author, chapter title, etc. A header appearing on every page is called a running head. JustificationIn typography, setting lines of text so that they line up on the left and right, as opposed to ragged right, in which the lines do not line up on the right.

Facing Pages

Font

Footnote

Hard Copy

Header

Justification

❏ Revise terminologies and rephrase in your own words.

LaminateTo bond a plastic film by heat and pressure to a printed sheet for protection and appearance. Leading(pronounced “led-ding”)In typography, an alternate and more popularly used term for line spacing. LetterformsGeneral term referring to all typographic characters and symbols PixelShorthand term for picture element, or the smallest point or dot on a computer monitor. ProofAny early copy of to-be-reproduced material produced as a means of checking for typos or other similar errors, as well as positional errors, layout problems, and colour aspects. RegisterThe degree to which successively printed colours (or images) are accurately positioned with respect to each other.

Laminate

Leading

Letterforms

Pixel

Proof

Register

❏ Places to revise

● Bitesize

● http://www.technologystudent.com/: website contains numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY.

● Revision Guides: Aqa Booklets

● Utube

● Highcrest Moodle, Yr11: Various revision booklets for download and completion.

● Revision Guides: The booklet given to you at the beginning of the year.

● Class books / Progress Logs