1. HIGHER DESIGN ASSIGNMENT
PRODUCT DESIGN
HIGHER
DESIGN ASSIGNMENT

2. INITIAL IDEAS 15 marks DIVERSITY CREATIVITY RELEVANCE TO SPECIFICATION
NUMBER OF IDEAS

3. DEVELOPMENT 30 marks LINKS TO INITIAL IDEAS EXPLORATION AND EVOLUTION
DIVERSITY
REFERENCE TO SPECIFICATION
MATERIALS & MANUFACTURE
UNDERSTANDING OF DESIGN ISSUES
EVALUATION

4. COMMUNICATION 25 marks throughout folio
IDEAS & DEVELOPMENT 10 marks
JUSTIFICATION OF DECISIONS 10 marks
DESIGN PROPOSAL 5 marks

5. IDEAS & DEVELOPMENT 10 marks
RANGE OF GRAPHICS/MODELS
ANNOTATIONS
PROGRESSION
FEATURES
EFFECTIVENESS
CLARITY OF WRITTEN CONTENT
FLOW OF IDEAS

6. JUSTIFICATION OF DECISIONS 10 marks
RECORDING OF DECISIONS
REASONS FOR DECISIONS

7. DESIGN PROPOSAL 5 marks MANUALLY RENDERED GRAPHIC
COMPUTER RENDERED GRAPHIC
PHOTO OF MODEL

8. REMEMBER Only 8 pages Choose Design Task carefully Use space wisely
Plenty of annotation
Models not required
No need for mood/lifestyle board, etc
Show technical & design knowledge
Use given information
Refer to Specification at all stages

9. SOME ADVICE Lay the folio out carefully. Make the text easy to read.
Use a highlighter to highlight important text (eg references to specification).
Don’t use hackneyed phrases like ‘modern look’ and ‘sharp edges’.
Don’t use colloquial terms such as ‘sturdy’.
Use other research material if you can.
If you use anthropometric data, use it correctly.