Designing and making

Question 1

Yinka Illori

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known for his bold use of bright colours and playful designs for furniture and public spaces. His work includes architecture, interior design,

• Yinka Illori studio

Question 2

Vivienne westwood

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her iconic clothing became very popular during the punk-rock movement in the 1970s, she has since become a world famous fashion designer and her designs often take inspiration from traditional British clothing and historical paintings

Question 3

Norman foster

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An architect whose buildings are often constructed from glass and steel. Fosters work include famous landmarks such as Wembley stadium, the Millennium Bridge

Question 4

Alexander Mcqueen

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an influential fashion designer known for his theatrical, well tailored clothing and dramatic catwalk presentations displaying his colections

Question 5

Phillipe Stark

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an architect and product designer who has designed many products including furniture, kitchenware, vehicles. one of his best known products is his lemon squeezer for alessi

Question 6

Describe Alessi

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• employs designers and architects to come up with fun and creative ideas which were then manufactured by his company
• designs are always distinctive and colourful, like Phillipe Starks lemon squeezer
• uses strong metals such as steel

Question 7

describe Apple

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• products are instantly recognisable due to their smooth, rounded edges and sleek style
• products are very intuitive, making them user friendly

Question 8

Describe Dyson

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• James dyson invested the first bagless vacuum cleaner in the 1980s. before this, vacuum cleaners lost suction over time and contained bags to collect dust which needed replacing
• dyson design made use of cyclones and a dust bin. this gave greater, consistent suction and there was no need to keep buying bags
• dyson have since created a variety of vacuum cleaners designed with a focus on being efficient and innovative

Question 9

Describe Primark

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• Irish clothing company which opened its first store in Dublin, now has stores across the UK
• aims to provide current trends in fashion at a low cost to its customers

Question 10

Describe GAP

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• American clothing company which sells casual and everyday wear like jeans etc
• started out in -969 as a single shop, initially just selling jeans alongside records to attract young people
• it’s popularity led to the company quickly increasing its number of shops and range of clothing, now the company has thousands of stores worldwide

Question 11

what is the name given to someone who hires a designer

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client

Question 12

what does the client do

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gives the designer a design brief

Question 13

what is a design brief

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• a starting point for the development of a product.

Question 14

what should a design brief include

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• what kind of product is wanted or needed and why
• how the product will be used
• ## who the product is for (the target market)

Question 15

how does the designer pick important features of the design brief

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using a spider diagram as its a quick way to analyse the problem and help the designer decide what they need to research

Question 16

whats the point of the designer doing research

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• check that people will actually want the product
• find out what people in the target market like or dislike about similar existing products
• find out what materials, standard components and techniques would be suitable for the product, and how they would affect manufacturing costs

Question 17

different types of research

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market research - questionnaires or interviews can be used to find out peoples likes or dislikes to help the designer understand what the target group wants from a product

product analysis - where designers can examine or disassemble a current product to :

• figure out how it’s made
• check for good and bad features, including how ergonomic the design is
• collect data on factors that could affect the products performance
• test how it looks smells feels or tastes

Question 18

what should be done after research

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DRAW CONCLUSIONS!
- designer should summarise what they’ve just found out and pick out the most important and useful findings

• explain what impact each finding will have on the design

Question 19

what should the designer do after conclusions are drawn

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• the designer may want to look again at the design brief with the client
• if the research differs from the design brief, the designer may consider altering the design brief

Question 20

what is a design specification

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something that gives certain conditions that the product should meet
- these conditions should take account of the research findings

Question 21

how should a design specification be written

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as bullet points, each point should be explained and show how the research helped the designer to decide on that point

Question 22

the specification should include the following things:

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aesthetics, consumer, cost, environment, size, safety, function and materials.

Question 23

what would the designer need to do if they aren’t given a target market in the design brief

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work out which people are most likely to buy ur product

Question 24

how can you group people

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By age, gender, job, lifestyle, amount of money

Question 25

What should the designer do after they find out who the target group is?

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Find some more information about the person by asking questions like

• do they already by the kind of product you’re thinking of developing
• do they like a particular style or colour
• how much would they be prepared to pay for the product
• where would they expect to buy it from?
• is there something they would like from the product that existing products dont have?

Question 26

what are closed questions

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ones that have a limited number of possible answers

Question 27

what are open questions

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• questions with no set answers, like what’s your favourite type of bag and why

Question 28

what are interviews

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face to face conversations

Question 29

what do interviews do

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• can give you more detailed information than questionnaires - you can have short conversations with people you’re aiming to sell to

Question 30

problems with interviews

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It’s often more difficult to analyse the results than with questionnaires
- it’s harder to compare opinions when the topics covered vary slightly from person to person

Question 31

why would it be useful to record an interview

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so that the interview can be analysed at a later date, and the person asking questions doesn’t need to stop the flow of conversation to take notes

Question 32

describe a focus group

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• the group is asked for their opinions on the product or a particular aspect of it
• group should be made up of people who don’t know each other, to prevent bias or influence
• aim of the focus group is to generate a guided discussion
• each group should have a fairly small number of people and be asked a set of open minded questions

Question 33

what are focus groups used for

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• getting more in depth feedback from your target group

Question 34

how can you use a spreadsheet for research

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you can use spreadsheets to organise and sort data
- can use them to analyse data and present ur using charts and graphs