Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

If you have enjoyed the challenge and innovation of GCSE Design Technology, and would like to develop and sustain these skills, then this is the course for you. Product design is a subject that provides the opportunity to study, propose and bring to life prototype solutions closely linked to the real world of product manufacture, in a range of material areas. Some students lean towards the particular areas such as resistant materials, textiles, graphics, or a combination of materials. This course will encourage you to initiate design solutions, and to develop, test and trial working models and prototypes. Using your imagination, innovation and flair, you will work with concepts and materials, developing an understanding of contemporary design and technological practices and consider the uses and effects of new technologies and modern materials.