Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

The Product Design course of study within Design and Technology broadly investigates the creation of all manufactured products. With a focus on problem-solving and independent project work, students undertake design challenges from identifying situations through to analysing final solutions. Product Design encompasses a wide range of design disciplines including consumer products, engineering problems, architecture, fashion, electronics and traditional craftsmanship. In addition to two written papers at the end of the Upper Sixth, students will undertake a major independent study design project that accounts for 50% of the A Level. The major project will be supported with a number of smaller, side projects which will look into specific aspects of the world of design. Some will be purely practical and others will be purely theoretical; some will be very brief and others will be much more in-depth.