Monday, December 27, 2010

Reviewing Methods and Materials...Product Design...

Reviewing Methods and Materials…

Two and three-dimensional design exhibits:

Product design.

Students can begin to consider the advantages of using design techniques in order to represent ideas and solutions for product design projects.

Describe the guiding design brief or design briefs. Has the design brief been developed in response to a specific local problem? Has the development of the design brief been inspired by a desire to create a special response to new or prevailing product design issues that are widespread?

Has the design proposal featured in the exhibition been produced for a product design developed for personal use, or domestic use, or industrial environments or mass public use?

Has the exhibitor referred to specific art, design or craft traditions in the response to the design brief?

Describe the use of fonts, lines, shapes, colours, textures and materials proposed for the product designs.

Has the exhibitor incorporated the use of signage, or handles, or switches and control panels in the product design?

Outline the methods used to represent the product design exhibits. Has the exhibitor used two-dimensional representations based on the use of hand-rendered freehand or technical drawing techniques, or photographic techniques, or computer-aided design software packages and printing techniques? Has the exhibitor produced three-dimensional models? If so, describe the methods and materials used to produce the three-dimensional models. Note the use of specific modelling or construction methods, and particular materials, such as card, wood, plastics, or modelling compounds.

Reviewing Methods and Materials...Environmental Design...

Reviewing Methods and Materials…

Two and three-dimensional design exhibits:

Environmental design.

Students can begin to consider the advantages of using design techniques in order to represent ideas and solutions for environmental design projects.

Are the exhibits associated with larger urban planning schemes? If so, describe the aims of the scheme or schemes.

Describe the guiding design brief or design briefs. Has the design brief been developed in response to a specific local problem? Has the development of the design brief been inspired by a desire to create a special response to new or prevailing environmental design issues that are widespread?

Has the exhibitor referred to specific design traditions in the response to the design brief?

Are the environmental design exhibits predominately associated with architectural structures? If so, describe the use of lines, shapes, colours, materials in the built forms, as well as the placement of built forms in the surrounding spaces. Are the areas surrounding the main environmental designs man-made or natural?

Are the environmental design exhibits dominated by concerns related to landscape design? Describe the relationships between the exhibitor’s proposals for landscape design and the existing landscape environment. Does the exhibitor propose significant changes to an existing landscape environment before the development of a new environmental design? Does the environmental design incorporate man-made forms such as bridges, roads or paths, signage or outdoor art or craft works with landscape designs dominated by the use of natural forms such as plants?

Outline the methods used to represent the environmental design exhibits. Has the exhibitor used two-dimensional representations based on the use of hand-rendered freehand or technical drawing techniques, or photographic techniques, or computer-aided design software packages and printing techniques? Has the exhibitor produced three-dimensional models? If so, describe the methods and materials used to produce the three-dimensional models. Note the use of specific modelling or construction methods, and particular materials, such as card, wood, plastics, or modelling compounds.