S3 Design and manufacture

Course units

Design 1 booklet

Design 1

This introduction to product design covers idea generation and creative thinking techniques. It introduces the five factors of design and basic research techniques.

Design factors 1 and 2 - Function and Performance

Design factors 3 - Ergonomics

Design factor 4 - Coming soon

Design factor 5 - Coming soon

Design for metals
Metal booklet

Design for metal

A short, introductory course about metals. Topics include: Metals, alloys, tools for metalwork, joining methods, sand-casting, die-casting.

The unit also contains a metalwork project: The Paper Holder

Design for plastics
Plastics booklet

Design for plastics

A short, introductory course about plastics. Topics include: thermoplastics and thermosets, tools for plastics, vacuum forming, injection moulding.

The unit also contains a plastics project: Frisbee

Design for wood (unfinished)
Wood booklet

Design for wood

A short, introductory course about wood. Topics include: types of woods and manufactured boards, tools for wood, turning, drills and mortise machines, woodwork joints, joining wood.

The unit also contains a wood project: Organiser tray

Final design project

Design 2 booklet

Final project

The final design unit builds upon all previous lessons and adds: idea exploration, refinement, cutting lists, sequences of operation and planning for manufacture.

The final project is the design of a child's toy.

The unit is also available as slides.

Project: 1. Introduction
Project: 2. Research
Project: 3. Initial ideas
Project: 4. Exploring ideas
Project: 5. Refining ideas

Quizzes

Homework - Function and performance

Homework - Ergonomics

Homework - Aesthetics

Quiz - Design for metals

Quiz - Design for plastics

Quiz - Design for wood

Extra resources

DDB_Whitespace_DesignThinking_Presentation.pdf

Daydream Believers - Design Thinking exercises

Exploring ideas - additional exercise

Idea exploration exercise

Design for wood crossword.pdf

Crossword - Design for wood