S3 Design and manufacture

Course units

S3 Unit 1 - Introduction to design

Introduction to design

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