Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

This course is designed to encourage imagination, innovation, and flair when developing design solutions. Year 12 Students will be taught theoretical aspects of the course through a variety of mini-projects. They will work with a range of materials, modeling, prototyping, and manufacturing products developed by themselves as a result of research and subject knowledge gained. Students will also develop thinking skills, financial capability, and enterprise and entrepreneurial skills and gain an insight into the creative, engineering, and/or manufacturing industries. Year 13 Iterative Design project: Students identify an engaging and challenging context of their own choice that offers a design opportunity or problem to respond to in the development of a design solution. They will be allowed to complete a much more complex and rigorous design-and-make task which will provide the opportunities to work with a real client or clients. Theory will continue to be put into practice in preparation for the two exam papers on Problem Solving in Product Design and Principles of Product Design. Students who wish to pursue a career in design will be able to structure their portfolio, which will be essential for interviews for any design courses. These courses may include; Architecture, Engineering, Industrial Design, Interior design, Landscape Design, Graphic Design, 3D Design and Transport Design, Fashion, Fashion Textiles, Product Marketing, and Product Design. In addition, a wider range of university courses, not directly related to design look for the skills and qualities that we develop in this subject. Students will also be equipped to apply for apprenticeships due to the practical and problem-solving nature of this course.