 The theme for this project is STORAGE. You should try to identify where you have a storage NEED at home. Areas where you could investigate could be:  Kitchen  Garden shed  Garage  Bathroom  Bedroom  Utility room etc Storage products help to keep things:  organised for easy access  protected from damage The objects to be stored can be all the same E.g. CD’s or related E.g. Cooking utensils. Design Brief

 Write out the design needs and briefs. The design brief should be a number of sentences that describe the NEED and BRIEF Examples:  NEED: My Mum and Dad when cooking have problems finding the stirring spoons, spatulas and other equipment when using the cooker.  BRIEF: Design and make a storage unit to keep all the most popular cooking tools handy by the cooker. Task 1

  Now you have identified your design brief and users needs, you now need to identify specific requirements, i.e. Cost, size, materials available ……… Research Task 2  Using ACCESSFMM write down the specific requirements of your client.

  In order to help you with ideas for your design you now need to research existing products and identify areas for improvement and key areas that make the product a success.  Find images of at least 4 existing products and identify areas for improvement and key areas that make the product a success for each product. Research Task 3

  Now you have spoken to your client and researched similar products you can now write a specification for each of the following headings explaining why each factor is important to your design..  USER Which market/user is the product for ?  FUNCTION What must your product do?  COST. What will be the max cost of your product  LOCATION Where will the product be used.  MATERIALS What material(s) will be used in the product.  STYLE What style (modern, funky, old fashioned) will your product have.  FEATURES What other features will your product have Specification and Constraints Task 4

  This work should be completed on A3 paper.  Generate as many ideas as you can think of, making sure you use annotations to identify key design features, ie; materials, joining methods, links to clients requirements etc.… Generate Ideas Task 5

  Choose your favourite design an draw it out using colour and annotations indicating your clients requirements Development – Task 6

  Using the programme Google sketch-up draw out your final design, and model it.  Extension; - Draw all or part of the environment the design will be situated in. Modelling – Task 7

  Using your specification evaluate how effective your final design is against each point. Evaluation – Task 8