Italy Secondaria di secondo grado – classe 3ª Design + design workshop
Chapters: 2
1. Product design
Designing products
- The Design Process: From Problem to Product – The design process is a loop of steps designers use to solve a real problem for real people: investigate the need, define it in a brief and a measurable specification, generate many ideas, build a prototype, then test and evaluate it against the specification. Whatever fails sends you back round the loop. This repeating is called iteration, and it is how almost every product, app, building and artwork is improved.
2. Design workshop
Making prototypes
- Prototyping: Make It, Test It, Make It Better – A prototype is an early, testable version of a product or idea. Low-fidelity prototypes (sketches, paper, cardboard) are fast and cheap and test the idea; high-fidelity prototypes (3D prints, working models) look and work like the real thing. Rapid prototyping uses machines such as 3D printers (additive: build layer by layer), laser cutters and CNC mills (subtractive: cut material away). Each prototype is tested with a clear goal and fair method, results are recorded, and the design is improved in a loop: build, test, learn, improve. Finally the project is documented and presented.