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Product Design

We hope you are looking forward to joining us in September to study A level Product Design.

 We follow the AQA specification, which can be found here

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/design-and-technology/as-and-a-level/design-and-technology-product-design-7552/introduction

I hope you will be inspired, engaged and full of questions by the time we start in September!

Mr Jones

  1. Design Styles and Influences
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Revision Guide

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Revision-Notes-Technology-Product/dp/1510432299/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=a+level+design+and+technology+aqa&qid=1587306524&sr=8-2

Textbook

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AQA-AS-Level-Design-Technology/dp/1510414088/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=a+level+design+and+technology+aqa&qid=1587306524&sr=8-3

Essential Maths Skills

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Maths-Skills-Design-Technology/dp/1510417060/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=a+level+design+and+technology+aqa&qid=1587306524&sr=8-7

Reading List

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Real-World-Victor-Papanek/dp/0500295336/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=victor+papanek&qid=1587306982&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/B07L5VFQ7K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2EQS1YOZ5TBA7&dchild=1&keywords=the+design+of+everyday+things&qid=1587306996&sprefix=design+of+every%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0753556650/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manufacturing-Processes-Design-Professionals-Thompson/dp/0500513759/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=industrial+design&qid=1587307295&rnid=1642204031&s=books&sr=1-9

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-20th-Century-Charlotte-Fiell/dp/3836541068/ref=sr_1_23?dchild=1&keywords=industrial+design&qid=1587307331&rnid=1642204031&s=books&sr=1-23

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sketching-Basics-Koos-Eissen/dp/9063692536/ref=sr_1_29?dchild=1&keywords=industrial+design&qid=1587307331&rnid=1642204031&s=books&sr=1-29

 

 

http://www.technologystudent.com

 

In the same sketchbook, spend a total of ten hours over the course of the Summer working through sketching tutorials from "product designer maker" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/productdesignermaker/videos. Pay attention to how forms are made through clever use of construction lines and boxes. This builds on the work you started in Year 9 and built on at GCSE.