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Describe in detail who you need to speak to, how you will find out who your target market is, what things they might be interested in, who your client is or will need to be and why you think these decisions are the correct route to success. Mention in this section where you might need to visit to get primary and secondary research to help with your project. This could be shops, the internet, Argos, museums, craft fairs etc. Again state reasons for your choices. You may already have some ideas of how your product may be made, here you can explore other ideas and even industrial practises that you will need to look at for mass production purposes. You can include design processes here too. What is already out there? Cover as many different inspiration points and existing products as you can here so that your research can be precise. Reasons for looking at each product should be clear to the moderator.

Pictures and words, textures and colours that help explain your chosen theme, or describe your target market.

Pictures from the internet, magazines, catalogues, photos of products in shops, or at home. At least 8 products. Looking at previous products can assist designers a great deal. When designing a product it is important not to provide a simple alternative but an improvement on current products. Therefore the analysis of current products can enable designers to find the positives, which can be desirable in a new design and the negatives which can be improved upon. One such tool that can help break down the products characteristics for analysis is an acronym called ACCESS FMM. This acronym is a tool that allows the user to question the products design features and how it appeals the cliental. Here is the breakdown of the acronym and the examples of the questions that could be asked: AESTHETICS -What does the product look like? Why does the product look like this? COST -How much does the product cost? Why does the product cost this much? SIZE -How big is the product and why? Can the size be changed? ENVIRONMENT -How will the product affect the environment when in use and how? SAFETY -Does the product have any safety risks? How can these risks be eliminated? FUNCTION-What is the main function of the product? Can it perform any other functions? MATERIAL-What material is the product made from? Why is it made from this material? MANUFACTURE-How was the product manufactured? Is this the most effective method? CUSTOMER -Who is the customer? Why does the product appeal to them?

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Start by telling the moderator a bit about your client. Sit down with your client and ask them questions about what they want from the product you are designing. Your questions should come from what you have looked at during your product analysis of existing products. Summarise what your clients needs are so that the moderator can clearly see that you have taken their needs into account and can work from these. Questions & Answers You might include; The colour scheme of where the product will eventually be? What size is the area it will live in? Who else might have access to the product? Are there any special considerations that should be thought about in the design and production of your product? Summary of client interview. Make sure you pick out the most important points here so that the moderator can understand what you found out from this interview.

About my client... Questions & Answers.Summary of client interview.

Start by telling the moderator a bit about the shop you visited. Visiting a shop is the perfect opportunity to find out more detail about products that already exist like the one you have been asked to design. Your questions should come from what you have looked at during your product analysis of existing products. Summarise what you have found out and how this will help you when designing and choosing materials for your product. Questions & Answers You might include; What are the best sellers of similar products in the shop? Is there a preferred theme to the best sellers? Which price range does the most popular product fall into? Who is a typical purchaser of this item? Summary of client interview. Make sure you pick out the most important points here so that the moderator can understand what you found out from this visit.

Questions & Answers Summary of client interview.

Take a picture of your chosen item of study. Using ACCESSFMM, create a detailed analysis of your product. You should go into more depth than in your existing product research and try to cover everything about the product, both good and bad. Summary of your findings… How has this helped you make decisions about your product? What things will you definitely include in your work? Picture of product Aesthetics Cost Customer Environment Safety Size Function Material Manufacture

Summary of findings… Picture of product Aesthetics Cost Customer Environment Safety Size Function Material Manufacture

Using information from your product analysis, look in more detail at areas that you do not know enough about yet. You might want to look in more detail about what information has to go onto packaging by law. Children’s items are particularly tightly regulated. Include lots of diagrams and pictures. You should look at how the existing products you have looked at would be produced in industry and on a large scale. Again, lots of pictures and diagrams will help the moderator see what you have found out. You may want to look into different ways of creating hinged points or different types of packaging. You might have to find out about hygienic materials for food or the different sizes of hands that different age people have. All of your information should be displayed so it can be easily understood using graphs, charts, diagrams and labels. Summarise what you have found out and how it will help you in your project.

When you design a product, you have to take into account all potential users and how they will be affected by your design. Start this page by saying which aspects of social moral and ethical issues you are looking into. Social; The areas and people we live with are our social surroundings. You should state any issues either locally or nationally or even globally that might hinder your design process. You should also include how your product might affect a social group and how they interact. Anything to do with any eventual effect your product might have on society should be explained here. Moral; Morality is having good principles, a sense of decency and honesty. Your product should at all times hope to promote these senses. Any doubts, questions or insecurities about any specific part of your product should be raised here. You should also say how you will avoid being immoral in the design and production of your product. Ethical; You should include here any information about how your design could be ethically produced. Fairness in industry is also included in working sustainably. You should include here information about how you can use fair trade items as much as possible in your choices and what things you should think about to help you make a sustainable product.

Social;Moral;Ethical;

On this page you should round up everything you have found out from your research. You may want to set this out in areas i.e. A box for product analysis, a box for client interview etc. Or you could set it out as one large piece of writing. You must make sure that all relevant bits of information that will be of great help to you in your project appear on this page. This not only makes it a handy reference page for you but also helps the moderator see just how well you can sort out research. Existing Products; Case Study; Client interview; Shop Visit; Specific Research; Social, Moral and Ethical issues;

This page should be decisions you have made about your product and what your design might be like, based on your research. This can be an individually headed written piece or can be a bullet pointed list with explanations. Whichever way you choose to present your specification, you should ensure you back up all of your decisions with evidence and reasoning why you have come to that decision. ACCESSFMM is a very good place to start when writing specifics about your product. Try to cover as much detail as possible when you write in each section and do not worry if you seem to repeat yourself, it may be that each point has a different reason for being chosen under a different heading. AESTHETICS -What will the product look like? Why will the product look like this? COST -How much would the product cost? Why would the product cost this much? SIZE -How big will the product be and why? Can the size be changed? ENVIRONMENT -How will the product affect the environment when in use? How will you make the product sustainable? SAFETY -Does the product have any safety risks? How can these risks be eliminated? FUNCTION-What is the main function of the product? Can it perform any other functions? MATERIAL-What materials will the product be made from? Why will it be made from this material? MANUFACTURE-How will the product manufactured? Is this the most effective method? CUSTOMER -Who is the customer? Why will the product appeal to them?

Aesthetics; Cost; Customer; Environment; Safety; Size; Function; Materials; Manufacture;

You should create at least 4 original ideas, all different from each other. Your ideas should have notes explaining their parts and materials, they should have some colour representation and you should include as many views as needed to fully understand the idea. You can ask your teacher to scan in any drawings or pictures you have created to add them to a digital folder.

When you have drawn out your four or more ideas, you need to see how well they have met your specification. Choosing the five most important aspects of your specification i.e. aesthetics or materials, you should offer a points score to show how well your idea rates when looking back at what you wanted to achieve. This can easily be done by creating a table of results for each idea, something like this. Specification pointScore Aesthetics5/5 Materials2/5 And so on Total score7/10 With a table for each idea it will be quick and easy to see which ideas make the grade and which ones fall short. At this point you should also go back to your client and get their views on your ideas, after all they are the ones you are making it for. Getting your clients views again shows the moderator that you can take into account a users needs all the way through the design process.

What do you want your work to be like? Do experiments to see the best outcomes for your product. Make sure all measurements you use can be repeated. Write down any colour recipes etc so that you can recreate them again. Make sure any essential areas are covered by your experiments. Does the paint need to be waterproof? Make sure it is. Test pieces should be of relevant size and shape where necessary If it effects the outcome of your product. Cutting lists are required for any pieces required larger than scrap pieces. Large tests may need to be scaled down. Include how to record your results. Will you record a short video of the experiment, add audio commentary, write down results in a table? Include your clients views on your experiments. which are their preferred outcomes/colours/sizes/techniques.

Using the results from your experiments and your clients views, continue to develop your ideas into final working outcomes. During this process you should include every aspect of your design. The materials The processes involved The colours The finishes The fixings And every detail whether that be charging ports on an MP3 player or handles on a drawer front. At this stage you also might want to start thinking about including designs from the different CAD software in school. Can any part of your product be produced using or with the aid of CAD/CAM? This will help you access higher grades in your work.

Fully annotated, with some suggestion as to manufacturing. Including packaging. More testing if needed. Make sure you include what you are having inside your package ie all the parts, tools and instructions needed to use your product. Suggest and develop a way to hold all of these pieces, this could be card slots inside a box or a vacuum formed piece to hold items flat or any other way needed to protect, display or organise your product. At this point you should also start to work on the graphics to be included on your box and any other relevant information such as safety symbols and barcodes. CAD software (2D Design) could be used at this stage to include an IT element in your work.

A CAD or hand drawn design of your final idea. It should include; All parts of your product The correct colours and finishes Any materials rendered correctly

Design specifics – A detailed drawing using 3D drawing techniques or engineering drawing from a Pro/Desktop drawing, including all details of size and parts to manufacture. Can also be exploded out as a kit list. Sizes of each piece drawn out individually A cutting list included for manufacture Any finishes included in materials needed

Planning chart – visual time plan showing the management of tasks, preparation, construction, assembly and finishing. Setting out what you are going to achieve in each practical time, How you will go about your practical at each stage How long things might take Include any notes about how you have changed your idea or your method due to unforeseen setbacks.

Production plan – detailed plan of materials, tasks, Quality control and assurance checks, Health and Safety checks and equipment needed. Some reference to time taken can be added. This plan is more of a recipe, a finely tuned ‘How To’ of your project which should enable someone else to complete a product the same as yours. This can be a table with the separate headings that can be filled out with each stage as it is to be completed. TaskToolsProcessH&SQA, QC Cut wood to sizeTenon Saw Try square Pencil/ marking knife Sawing- mark out the lengths needed on the wood and cut using the tenon saw. Be aware of others and own safety when blades are in use. Fingers especially. Ensure all lines are at 90 degrees around the wood before cutting. Measure using a ruler.

Testing and evaluating – product placed in working environment and evaluated. Client’s views gained and suggestions for improvements made. Specification referred to. Take your product to a place where it could be used by your target market and take pictures of it in use. Evaluate its efficiency and how it fits into the chosen environment. Does it work well? What could be improved to make it fit in better? You have made this product with a clients help, now you can evaluate your product with your client to see whether you met their needs or not. How could you improve the product in light of a discussion with your client. Finally refer back to your specification to see whether you stuck to your original analysis of what your product need of if your ideas had to change to meet other needs. You can talk about each specific point under the separate headings.

Photos of final product – Evidence of manufacture and notes on processes if not mentioned clearly in plans. Display of final product or prototype.