1. COURSE OVERVIEW AND SUMMER WORK

2. Opportunities Work with McLaren including visits here
Links with Gordon Russell
Court Barn Bursary
STEM activities with feeder primary schools (CV)
Cross curricular with science, maths, art and business
ART AND DESIGN SHOW 2020
6th Form Design Studio
Secure storage in department with charging points
Full time technical support
Resourcing and additional services

3. Destinations Leavers go on to: Industrial Design Graphic Design
Media and Design
Engineering Apprenticeship
Furniture Design
Business Management
Civil and mechanical engineering
Architecture
Art foundation courses
AND OTHER COURSES……………………

4. Things you need: A4+ Exercise book (provided by school) A4 folder
Pencils
Coloured pencils
Compasses
Water colours
Felt pens
Marker pens
Black fine liner pens
You will have access to a secure/locked storage area in DT for your equipment, so you don’t need to carry it round with you– it has charging points so you may wish to have an extra ipad/iphone/tablet/laptop charger to leave in the cupboard so you can charge your ipad in school

5. Product Design is focused towards consumer products and applications; their analysis in respect of materials, process, components and marketability to understand their selection and uses in industrial and commercial practices of product development.

6. OCRs A level model Problem Solving Exam (23.5%) 1 hour 45mins 70 marks
Non-examined
Assessment
Approx.
65 hours
100 marks (scaled to 150 marks)
This model hasn’t yet been submitted to Ofqual, but demonstrates the changes that are being made moving forward. It will be submitted early in November following the more significant changes that have had to happen to the 2nd exam component.
Principles Exam (26.5%)
1½ hours
80 marks

7. NEA - Substantial Project
Approximately 65 hours
There are no restrictions to approaches used for the Iterative project so long as they are relevant to the endorsed title
Set own context and explore
Undertake feasibility studies into potential opportunities for design solutions
Design and make a high quality final prototype(s).

8. REMOTE CONTROL SUMMER WORK
BASELINE TEST
2.1 Analysing and evaluating products

9. What you need to do:
Select a remote control/games controller – make sure it is one you own
Take some photographs that enable you to identify the key features and controls of your selected product
Produce and Render a 3 dimensional drawing of the controller. You should use isometric or perspective drawing. Rendering method is up to you e.g. pencil crayon, watercolour, pencil shading etc.
Evaluate the controller using the primary product analysis key headings that are on the following slides
Identify any key improvements you think could be made to the controller.

10. Key Points: Presented on ONE A3 sheet
Mixture of ICT, photographs and hand drawn renderings
Find your presentation style – borders, formal, informal, arty, technical, fonts etc.
Maximum font size of 12 for written prose – standardise font sizes for titles, subtitles etc.
This is a baseline for us to establish where you are currently working – it must be done to the best of your ability. As a rough guide it should reflect a minimum of 3 hours work – I would like you to record on the back of the sheet how long you spent working on it.
You can choose to do a video product analysis if you prefer
ANY QUERIES

11. Context of existing product Materials and components used
Methods of construction and manufacture
Fitness for purpose
Functionality and usability
Human factors
Ease of use including ergonomics and anthropometrics
Inclusivity of product to all users
Environmental, social, economic issues
Moral and cultural issues
Impact on user lifestyles
Availability
Affordability
Social/environmental awareness
Effects of trends and tastes
Design movements
Media and celebrity
Effects of Marketing and Branding
Considerations about how product got to market
Marketing Mix
These are the key terms of product analysis at A level – you may not refer to all of them but try to make comment about as many as you can – even if there is not a lot of detail

12. Other Key Terminology of Product Analysis
Changing Requirements – ahead of the lifecycle curve
Product Lifecycle – demand and need
Planned Obsolescence
Morally questionable
Sustainability issues
Throwaway society
Product Disassembly

13. A successful outcome
Photographed product with all key features labelled
Rendered 3D drawing of controller
Analysed in detail using key terminology from slide 11 to identify key features of product
Some suggestions – based on your analysis- about how you would potentially improve the controller
Instructions from slides 9+10 followed
HAND IN DATE –FRIDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 2019