Pewter Pendant Learning Intention: Understand how to write a design brief Understand why task analysis is useful

The Design Problem You have been set a design problem by a company that design and manufacture quality and unique pendants. They want to introduce a new range called ‘inspired by...’ Your challenge is to design and make a pendant to add to this range.

CAD CAM

Design Constraints You will be given a piece of MDF to cut out the shape your design (80mm*80mm) using the CAM milling machine. These moulds will then be used to cast the product from Pewter. You must select who you are going to design the pendant for and how it could be marketed.

The Design Brief – how to write a good one! State the problem / opportunity Identify your target market Identify the constraints

Constraints Time, safety considerations, price, size

Situation The problem of cats scratching furniture can be especially bad if the cat is a housecat, as the opportunities for the cat to scratch trees etc are not available. Cat scratching the arms of a chair Damage done to a chair by a cat’s claws