Introduction : It’s a 3D world Think about the objects that you love. Your mobile phone with its delicious curves was designed on a computer screen. The car you yearn for started life as a reduced size clay model. A building that you admire sprang from the drawing board of an architect. And it’s not a new phenomenon. Our fascination with 3D design goes back to flint arrow heads and earthenware pots. As a 3D designer you are at the crossroads of a number of skills. Of course you need creativity, in order to imagine the shape and function of the object. But you’ll also need to know about manufacturing processes, materials and marketing. Bringing ideas to life 3D Design is an enormously satisfying career. You have an idea and - with the use of tools like clay or computers - it comes to life. Imagine how satisfying it must be for the person who designed the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy to hold the finished product in their hand. Your key learning topics Your A Level studies cover four main topics, and you’ll study two of these each year. In ‘Materials, components and application’ - you’ll look at materials, production processes and the impact of cost and design. In ‘Learning through designing and making’ you’ll produce some coursework using your own design with a range of materials and media. In the second year you’ll get to grips with ‘Design and manufacture’ - helping you to appreciate the relationship between design and technology, or form and function. ‘Design and making in practice’ is the practical, coursework part. You’ll make an object and record the processes that you went through.
Name: Product Design AS Level Qualification title: GCE AS Level in Design and Technology: Product Design (3-D Design) Qualification type: Assessment At AS level candidates develop an understanding of a broad range of materials, with emphasis on the life cycle of products, manufacture and final disposal. This specification also considers the broader issues for the designer including the environmental sustainability of products and consumer safety: • Unit 1: (PROD1) Materials, Components and Application • Unit 2: (PROD2) Learning Through Designing and Making. In the first year you’ll have two assessments. A two hour written paper accounts for 25% of your total marks. The coursework and your design portfolio account for another 25% of your marks. Unit 1 – PROD1 Materials, Components and Application 50% of AS, 25% of A Level 2 hour written paper 80 marks Based primarily on Materials and Components and consisting of three sections Section 1 contains compulsory limited response questions Section 2 offers a choice of one question from two Section 3 contains one compulsory question Available January and June Unit 2 – PROD2 Learning Through Designing and Making 50% of AS, 25% of A Level coursework – approx 50 hours 80 marks Written (or electronic) design portfolio Manufactured outcome(s) Coursework may take a number of forms: a simple design-andmake project, two smaller projects or a portfolio of work Available June only Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20151103 11:25:19 Updated 20161014 12:18:01
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St Angela's Ursuline School
Voluntary Aided School
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St. Georges Road Town: London
Title: GCE AS Level in Design and Technology: Product Design (3-D Design) Qualification: GCE AS Level in Design and Technology: Product Design (3-D Design) Classification: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies