1. Further Research Issues Materials Manufacturing Specification
GCSE AQA Graphics
Further Research
Issues
Materials
Manufacturing Specification

2. Page 1
Title:
Further Research
½ page per part

3. Further Research Comment on each part of your game:
Counters, box, box graphics, cards, instructions, tray/insert & board
What materials and process would you use for your prototype and why?
What materials and process would you use in the real world?
Part
Prototype
Real World
Material
Process
Counters
Acrylic
Laser cut
ABS
Injection moulded
Box
600 micron card
Die cut
Box graphics
Paper stuck onto the card
Digital printing
Direct onto the card
Gravure
Cards
Paper
Digital printing & Encapsulation
Card (coated, or spray varnished)
Instructions
Coated paper
Gravure / offset lithography
Tray/insert
HIPs
Vacuum forming
Board
Board backing fabric, 2mm grey board with paper. Digital printed graphics.
Board backing fabric, 2mm grey board with coasted paper. Gravure printed graphics.
Paper – 80gsm

4. Layout
NAME
Brief and Survey

5. Issues Social Moral Environmental Sustainability
Around the product, materials and manufacture methods chosen.

6. Social, cultural, moral, environmental, economic and sustainability issues
AQA Graphic Products

7. Moral
A designer may not want their designs to be used to promote products that have potential drawbacks for the consumer. An example of this could be fast food or sweets that, with excessive consumption, could result in long term health damage.
Moral factors may influence a designer's choice of materials. For example, using recyclable materials

8. Social Users need to be considerate in the use of their product
Noise from MP3 players / phones etc
Users may stop being socialable / be more socialable
Listening to headphones instead of speaking to each other
Playing a game users may intereact with echother more
Designers need to be aware of the impact of their product and design products appropriately.
Other social issues are:
The aging population
Obesity
Smoking and alcohol use

9. Cultural
Designers should be aware that some images and text can cause offence. This can be because they contradict people's religious or cultural beliefs.
Globalisation has exposed more people to different cultures, and this has inspired designers' work.

10. Economic
Designers want people to buy their product and for their product be desirable. They need to consider peoples incomes.
A consumer may want to buy a product, but may not be able to afford it
A manufacturer may find it cheaper to make the product elsewhere.

11. Environmental / sutainability
Designers have a responsibility to work in a way that reduces the environmental impact of a product.
Raw Materials
Paper and card are made from cellulose fibre from wood, old rags or old paper. Care needs to be taken to ensure that wood is from sustainable forests. The processes of making paper may produce waste.
Manufacturing
Inks and solvents used in manufacturing processes may be harmful unless used and disposed of correctly.
Products
Products and packaging can cause large amounts of waste if they are thrown away. However, many kinds of graphics waste can be recycled.

12. Environmental / sutainability
Rethink - How can the product do the job better? Is the product energy efficient? Has the product been designed for disassembly?
Reuse - Which parts of the product could be used again? Has the product got another use without having to process it?
Recycle - Which parts of the product can be recycled? Is this information clear on the packaging?
Repair - Which parts might need to be replaced? Which parts might fail with use or over time? How easy would it be to replace parts?
Reduce - Are there any parts in your product that are not needed? How can the amount of material be reduced? How could you simplify your product?
Refuse - Is your product really needed? Have you thought about the people who might be making your product - are they treated fairly (pay, living and working conditions etc)?

13. Environmental / sutainability
Built in obsolescence is when a product is designed and made with parts that are known to fail after a specific time. This means a new part or a new product will have to be bought to replace it.
Designs that try to reduce waste will avoid built in obsolescence.

14. Moral, social and ethical issues
It is the responsibility of the designer to consider the moral, social and cultural aspects of their design
It is the responsibility of the consumer to justify and feel comfortable with their choice when purchasing a product.
Is it ever right to:
use child labour?
develop cosmetics through testing on animals?
breed, grow and sell genetically modified crops?
demand products that encourage deforestation?
transport day to day items on a global basis?
use heavy pollutants in a products manufacture?

15. Ethical trading To trade ethically you must at least:
ensure safe working standards and procedures in the factories
set out fair pay and working conditions for employees
act upon the impact of production on the local environment
assurances that the trading procedures are sound can be gained from the presence of the fair trade symbol.

16. Mark Scheme
The implications of a wide range of issues including social, moral, environmental and sustainability, are taken into consideration and inform the development of the design proposals

17. Layout
Social Moral Environmental Sustainability
NAME
Brief and Survey

18. Page 2
Title:
Testing & Manufacturing Specification
½ page per part

19. Testing Choose you materials Test them Take photos of the result
Write about:
How well has it performed in that test (or not)
Give it a score
At the end comment what each would be would be good for

20. Tests Wear Ease of cutting (different types of cutting)
Ease of creating
Water resistance
Appearance / aesthetics
Others?

21. I will… (what you plan to do)
Testing
I will… (what you plan to do)
Comments on materials chosen for purpose here
Say what you plan to do and why
Do the table with results and comments (WITH PHOTOS of results)
Underneath the table comment what each material would be good for and why
Material
Photos
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
600 micron card
Take photos of all 4 tests together in 1 photo
Write about the results
6/10
Paper
Encapsulated paper
Paper with coverseal
Acrylic
Grey board
Board backing fabric
Tests
Wear
Ease of cutting (different types of cutting)
Ease of creating
Water resistance
Appearance

22. Layout NAME Comments on materials chosen for purpose here
Brief and Survey

23. Mark Scheme
Appropriate materials and components selected with full regard to their working properties

24. Layout Materials 1.1 1.2 etc Processes 2.1 2.2 Finishes 3.1 Components
4.1
Joining
5.1
NAME
Brief and Survey

25. Mark Scheme
Fully detailed and justified product/manufacturing specification taking full account of the analysis undertaken

26. Manufacturing Specification
Board – 2mm grey board, board backing fabric, graphics
Counters – acrylic
Cards/instructions – paper encapsulated
Box – 600 micron card, graphics stuck on, coversealed
Headings:
Materials
Processes
Finishes
Components
Joining
It must be detailed and justified
How you will make YOUR game.
Board – by hand (scissors & craft knives) / Adobe Photoshop
Counters – laser cut
Cards/instructions – Adobe Photoshop, cut, encapsulated
Box – 2D Design & laser cut, Adobe Photoshop & printed, coversealed
Cover seal
Acrylic – self finishing
Board backing fabric
Encapsulation
Spray mount
Tensol cement (3D counters)
Dice

27. Comments on materials chosen for purpose here