This document contains all the profiles of the Companies listed in the AQA GCSE Design & Technology specification. This includes: Alessi Apple Braun Dyson Gap Primark Under Armour Zara. Can be used as a revision resource or printed out and used as a display.

This document includes profiles for all the required designers for the AQA A-Level Product Design Specification. Includes: James Dyson Philippe Starck Margaret Calvert Dieter Rams CHarles and Ray Eames Marianne Brandt Can be used as a revision resource.

This power point document contains profiles for all the required movements for the A-Level Product Design specification including: Arts & Crafts Art Deco Modernism Streamlining Post Modernism Each movement has an overview, details of key characteristics & philosophies as well as examples of items made as part of the movement and a range of different artist/designers. This could be used as a revision resource.

A design brief to be used as a mini project with Y12 students studying A-Level Product Design but could easily be used with GCSE students also. The resource includes a brief and basic criteria plus a detailed content list for the accompanying project folder. The brief is based around creating a flat pack chair for a child suitable to it in with an existing company range. The resource is editable so can be adapted to meet the needs of your student if necessary. UPDATED: Now includes basic lesson powerpoints & feedback sheet.

This document includes profiles for all the designers as listed in the AQA GCSE Design & Technology Specification. Designers included: Alexander McQueen Aldo Rossi Aljoud Lootah Charles Rennie Macintosh Coco Chanel David Adjaye Elsie Owusu Ettore Sottsass Gerrit Reitveld Harry Beck Joe Casely-Hayford Karim Rashid Kusheda Mensah Louis Comfort Tiffany Marcel Breuer Mary Quant Morag Myerscough Norman Foster Philippe Starck Pierre Davis Raymond Templier Rei Kawakubo Sir Alec Issigonis The Singh Twins Vivienne Westwood William Morris Yinka Ilori Zaha Hadid. Can be used as a revision resource or printed and presented as a display.

This project includes editable powerpoint lessons and a work booklet for a basic MDF desk tidy. We use this project as an introduction to basic manufacturing and surface finishes for Y10 but could easily be adapted for lower years. It could also be extended to add in more design elements e.g. drawer inserts and drawer knobs.