3. Why should I study design?
EDEXCEL Design and Technology will help you develop your creative problem solving skills. It will help you build on existing practical knowledge as well as develop your ability to think as a designer.
“Design and Technology is complex, demanding, academic, challenging. It is the only place on the curriculum where students get to combine what they learn in other disciplines into practice”

4. Advanced Design and Technology Student led project (50%)
Year 12
Common core (50%)
Year 13
Student led project (50%)
Resistant Materials
Graphics
Systems
Textiles
Depth- good grounding in materials
Flexibility for the students to persue their design dreams

5. The syllabus requires us to teach a wide range of topics which would challenge any calibre of topics. We feel the best way to do this is through project work.
Year 12
Topic 1: Materials•Topic 2: Performance characteristics of materials•Topic 3: Processes and techniques•Topic 4: Digital technologies •Topic 5: Factors influencing the development of products •Topic 6: Effects of technological developments •Topic 7: Potential hazards and risk assessment •Topic 8: Features of manufacturing industries •Topic 9: Designing for maintenance and the cleaner environment • Topic 10: Current legislation •Topic 11: Information handling, Modelling and forward planning •Topic 12: Further processes and techniques. •

6. Year 13- Graphics outcomes

7. Year 13- Product Design Outcome Self retracting rope for boats
Utileses the understanding of tools materials properties and processes developed in year 12
Self retracting rope for boats

8. Studying at the Forest School Dedicated 6th form only facilities

9. Studying at the Forest School The CAD-CAM facilities

10. What opportunities could this course lead to?
F.E. Courses: Art Foundation (Required by some H.E. design courses)
University Courses: B.A. or B.Sc Product Design, B.A. Graphic Design, B.Sc Engineering, B.A. Transport Design, B.A. Interior Design, B.A. Fashion/Textiles, B.A. Media Studies.
Careers: Product/Furniture Design, Fashion/Textile Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Urban Landscape Design, Graphic Design, Vehicle Design and more……….

11. Imagining the Future
Architect
Interior Designer

12. Automotive Design
Graphic Design

13. Product
Design
Furniture Design

14. Engineering

15. WHY CHOOSE PRODUCT DESIGN?
Not everyone that studies Product Design wants to go into the design or engineering field, but the skillset that is acquired through the subject is seen as essential for nearly all future careers.
Almost all employers from industry look for creative people within their companies, they desire thinkers and problem solvers.

16. What is design?
is everywhere - and that's why looking for a definition may not help you grasp what it is.
Design is everywhere. It's what drew you to the last piece of furniture you bought and it's what made online banking possible.
“Design- I t's made London taxi cabs easier to get in and out of and it made Stella McCartney's name. It's driving whole business cultures and making sure environments from hospitals to airports are easier to
navigate.”