Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

The aims of the course are to encourage candidates to: • Identify, investigate, and outline possibilities to address the needs and wants of a specific client or user group • Design and make prototypes that are fit for purpose and solve the problem • Analyse and evaluate wider issues in design engineering. • Demonstrate and apply knowledge and understanding of – - technical principles of design & technology and product design - designing and making principles Product Design focuses on consumer products and applications and their analysis with respect to: - Materials, components, process, and their selection and uses in products and/or systems - The selection and use of the above in industrial commercially viable products and practices.