10 week course - Product Design: ‘Designing a product for someone with a disability’.

Product Design: ‘Designing a product for someone with a disability’.
Course duration: 10 weeks

**Pack includes: **

• Designing Module Booklet (PowerPoint and PDF versions) - 37 page booklet.
• Additional Isometric paper (PowerPoint and PDF)
  I would recommend printing the PDF booklet to ensure custom fonts are used.

All work is to be completed in this booklet, but additional pieces of isometric paper are provided.

Students will need the following items:

• Sketching pencil
• Writing pen
• Ruler
• Rubber
• Sharpener
• Coloured pencils
• Research device
• Model making materials (items found in and around the house)

Overview:
Course covering the cyclical design process of a product focusing on products for the disabled.

Students will select one of the following disabilities: Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments, Arthritis of the hand or Tremors e.g. Parkinson’s disease and create a body of work designing a product for someone with this condition.

Students will be introduced to various research methods, illustration techniques and how to write a detailed analysis using ACCESS FM.

This project follows the direct path industry professionals take when designing and creating a product. Students will be given a brief, will have to write their own specification points within a certain parameter, produce market research, design multiple iterations of products, give constructive feedback to peers and then produce a 3D prototype model. Once this is completed, promotional pieces of work can be created, for example: TV adverts, magazine adverts, radio broadcasts etc.

**Promotes: **
Creativity, freedom of choice, research skills, illustration skills, evaluation skills (both written and verbal), 3D model making, photography skills, film making skills, dramatization skills and promotion and sales techniques.

The following topics are covered within this project:

• Introduction
• Context analysis
• Keywords
• Introduction to the 4 conditions
• Research
• Disassembled illustrations
• Questionnaire
• Online research + improvements
• A.C.C.E.S.S. F.M
• Specification
• Freehand sketching
• Isometric drawing
• Design ideas
• Modelling, photography, annotation and iteration
• Design ideas – improved illustrations
• Making a prototype model and final evaluation
• Promotion of your product
• Self and teacher review