1. Design and Technology: Resistant Materials Year 7 Art Deco Clock
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Date:
Assessment: Making and Evaluating

2. Design Brief and Specification
Art Deco Clock
Design Brief and Specification
Design Brief:
A small clock manufacturing company has commissioned your team of two designers to design and make 2 prototype acrylic clocks in the Art Deco style. These clocks should be identical in design but use opposing colour schemes (ie red on white/ white on red) You will be using 2D Design and the Laser Cutter to manufacture your clock face. You may only use 2 colours and the final product should only have two layers of 2mm acrylic that cover no more than an A5 piece of paper.
Specification:
My product must:
be in an Art Deco style- colours, shapes and patterns
have only 2 colours
have 2 layers of 2 mm acrylic
have a 10mm hole to hold the mechanism
Have clock hands that do not hit the props/feet
Be stable
Be made to fit into an A5 rectangle
Have a very simple outline

3. Art Deco Clock Art Deco Vocabulary
Find out the meanings of the following words we are using when designing and making our clocks.
Research:
Constraint:
Mechanism:
Acrylic:
Commissioned:
Prototype:
Art Deco:

4. Art Deco Design Styles Research
Art Deco Clock
Art Deco Design Styles Research
In the space below, paste the image that you are using as the inspiration for your clock face design.
Explain why you like it and what you are going to change to make it more interesting.

5. Art Deco Clock
Design Ideas

6. Art Deco Clock Acrylic Research
In the space below, type up the five interesting facts about acrylic that you have found out. Don’t write anything that you don’t understand. Write it in your own words.
In the space below, evaluate the use of acrylic as a material for this product. Why is it a good or bad material to use? Consider environmental issues; how it is made, can it be recycled, is it biodegradable?

7. Art Deco Clock Modelling Report
Paste the photo of your clock model here.
Why did you model your clock?
Why did you use card?
What was successful about this modeling?
What didn’t work so well?
What changes will you make as a result of this modeling?

8. Art Deco Clock Laser Cutter Research
In the space below, explain, using diagrams and annotation, how a laser cutter works.

9. Flow Chart of Clock Design and Manufacture
Art Deco Clock
Flow Chart of Clock Design and Manufacture
Paste your Inspirations Flow Chart in the space below.

10. Peer Assessment of My Finished Clock
Art Deco Clock
Peer Assessment of My Finished Clock
SPECIFICATION POINT COMMENTS SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Total

11. Art Deco Clock Evaluation
Evaluation of Clock against Specification. Add a photo of your finished product

12. Art Deco Clock Evaluation
Evaluation of your clock with target market. Do people like your clock? Would they use it? Where would they use it? What do they like about it? What would they change about it? How long do they think they would use it for/it would last for? Is it well made?