1. Clients Designers Inventors Designer-maker Makers Users
- To be able to understand the roles within the design process - To be able to understand how designers communicate information throughout the design process
Clients
Designers
Inventors
Designer-maker
Makers
Users
Around each of these roles think about:
What they do?
How they influence the design process?
What they need from each other?

2. - To be able to understand the roles within the design process - To be able to understand how designers communicate information throughout the design process
Clients
Individual or group
They have identified a niche for new product
Entrepreneurs (may be self funded or backed by others)
They will commission a designer to develop their product
Designers
Work with client to develop a specification for new product
Will would with marketing department to get information on the user
They will continue to feedback to market department so that the new product meets users needs
Inventors
Developing new ideas/products/technology
These are communicated via sketches or a working prototype
These ideas/products are often not commercial products
A designers with the use the idea and develop into a commercial product

3. Designer-maker Makers Users
- To be able to understand the roles within the design process - To be able to understand how designers communicate information throughout the design process
Designer-maker
Their role of to designer an product and then make a small-scale batch
They are often craft men such as potters, or jewellery makers
Makers
These are the manufacturers who will produce the designs
They might already be associated or owned by the client
With the development of and the internet the makers can be in different countries which can reduce manufacture costs
This is due to cheaper labour or raw materials
These is known as global manufacturing
Users
Individual or group
They will have had market research conducted on them by a marketing department
If the marketing department and designer has done their roles correctly, the user will have a need for the product which has been produced

4. How is information communicated by these roles to each other?
- To be able to understand the roles within the design process - To be able to understand how designers communicate information throughout the design process
How is information communicated by these roles to each other?

5. - To be able to understand the roles within the design process - To be able to understand how designers communicate information throughout the design process
Conference calls
Quantitative data(pie carts/graphs)
Mood boards
Sketches, Drawings (2D/3D)
Use of rendering to enhance (texture, material)
Orthographic/Isometric projections
CAD Modelling
3D Modelling (Mock-up or Prototype)
Presentation boards (summary of all information including 3D images, in-situ images and technical spec information)

6. Measurements in mm
1st or 3rd Angle Orthographic
1:1 Scale
12 Marks