Product Design gives you the chance to get creative and innovative to develop products to enhance life. You will develop design skills and learn about the complex relationships between design, materials, manufacturing and marketing. Product design covers all areas of the design process, and you will explore innovative materials and equipment to bring your designs to life. Through projects, students will have the option to explore Graphics, Furniture and Architecture alongside more traditional products. Students will be able to consider existing ideas, test them where appropriate and consider developments needed to modify them for a more challenging market. From these designs and ideas, students will develop prototypes of their products, test and make alterations to their ideas. Then modifications students will make will influence them to produce a working outcome and consider the requirements for commercial manufacture. Course Content: We cover a multitude of theory through practical mini projects – for example: Chair project, using 2D design and the laser cutter. Look at the casting processes, designing a toy project by using a 3D printer. They will look to improve their wood work and resistant materials processes in a box projects etc. Throughout the course theory knowledge will be covered and checked regularly to ensure students are confident in their written papers. The NEA (Non-Examination assessment) is introduced to students in the June and students can choose with direction they want to take their projects into.