Design and Make a Wooden Box Full Project with Lesson PowerPoints Resistant Materials/Product Design

Full project to run with Year 9 or 10 students to design and make a wooden box by hand. This project uses CAD, 2D Design and CAM, the laser cutter to add a variety of different decorative techniques onto the box. The theme is modern designers and design movements. This is a fantastic, engaging and fun project to run for a term for KS3/4 students. Tried and tested resources, detailed and easy to follow, that take the hassle out of planning!

This resource includes a series of PowerPoints to run for a whole term, comprising of 15 one hour lessons. The lessons aim to provide everything you need, including Learning Objectives, Success Criteria, detailed tasks and step-by-step instructions. Each lesson PowerPoint includes starters, main tasks and homeworks. This is an ideal project to run prior to students embarking on their GCSE project as it follows the design process, has loads of practical tasks, is very detailled and is a smaller project version of a GCSE.

A great opportunity to introduce and research into the following designers/design movements; > Alessi > Art Deco > Orla Kiely > Art Nouveau > Phillipe Starck > Memphis. During this project students will also research a variety of different decorative techniques including fretwork,sublimation printing, marquetry, inlays, overlays and combining materials. There is also a focus on learning about wood joints and producing their own finger joint.

The lesson PowerPoints also cover the whole design process, individual lessons listed below.

Lesson 1: Design brief, introduction to theme and research into designers/movements
Lesson 2: Boxes product analysis and group feedback (use pictures of my boxes or your own collection)
Lesson 3-4: Practical making a finger joint with step-by-step instructions
Lesson 5: Researching decorative techniques
Lesson 6: Initial design ideas with exemplars
Lesson 7: Development of initial design ideas with annotation prompts and examplars
Lesson 8: Creating decorations using CAD (2D Design) and drawing Final design
Lesson 9-10: Creating decorations using 2D Design and manufacturing using laser cutter
Lesson 11: Practical lesson, includes full instructions and step-by-step instructions
Lesson 12-14: Practical lessons, including step-by-step manufacturing plans
Lesson 15: Testing and evaluation of finished product including problems and modification and annotation prompts

Practical lesson PowerPoints include examples of previously made products and provide clear step-by-step instructions. to allow your students to follow at their own pace without constantly having to check with you!