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“The student has to describe the social factors that influenced the design movement or era to access the achieved grade area. This does not then step up across the merit and excellence grades. The criterion that steps up from achieved all the way to excellence is in the student’s generation of design ideas in a new context that is influenced by the design movement or era. This is a wider focus than the influential designer at level 1 (91067). The student also has to explain rather than describe the way the elements of design are used to access merit in the second criterion. “Elements of design”, these being: the key principles of aesthetics and function, which may include shape, form, rhythm, fit for purpose, durability. The design movement or era is wider and broader than the designer required at level 1 and the student is expected to have a broader understanding of the movement or era at level 2”.
Elements of design are derived from the key design principles of aesthetics and function. These may include but are not limited to: shape, form, rhythm, balance, proportion, colour and contrast, durability, stability, and flexibility/rigidity.
Social factors may include but are not limited to: cultural, historical, societal and technological.
Students will:
demonstrate understanding of design movements or eras.
Students can:
investigate a design era or design movement and explain the aesthetic and functional characteristics of the design movement or era
describe social factors such as cultural, historical, societal and technological, that influenced the design movement or era
interpret and embed into their own designs, characteristics identified in the chosen design era and movement
show understanding that design does not develop in a vacuum, but is affected by the circumstances of the society in which it exists and serves (for example, Bauhaus is a response to the need for industrial growth after the First World War), and that the social, economic and political environment has a significant impact on establishing and evolving a designs movement.
· Use the characteristics of a design movement or era to inform own design ideas involves:
· describing the way elements of design are used within the design movement or era
· describing social factors that influenced the design movement or era
· generating design ideas that incorporate the identified characteristics of a design movement or era.
· Use the characteristics of a design movement or era to clearly inform own design ideas involves:
· describing the way elements of design are used within the design movement or era
· describing social factors that influenced the design movement or era
· generating design ideas that incorporate the identified characteristics of a design movement or era.
· Use the characteristics of a design movement or era to effectively inform own design ideas involves
· generating design ideas where it is evident that the identified characteristics of the design movement or era have been interpreted and embedded into the design ideas.
Once you have selected your movement move on to research about it, different aspects of your chosen era will be depicted in your document. Remember, we will be designing a home based on the chosen era and using the influences from it.
possible contexts include:
single-level home, two-story home, beach bach, etc.
explore the key characteristics and then apply visual communication and design techniques and knowledge to initiate, explore, and refine your own ideas, integrating them with design characteristics from the selected movement/era.
CLICK ON THE IMAGES for inspiration for your piece.
Conditions
The activity will take approximately 30 hours (20 hours in- class time and 10 hours out-of-class time).
Students work individually.
Resource requirements
Access to design and architecture books and the Internet.
Additional information
While this assessment activity is primarily focused on internal Achievement Standard 91340, some of the learning involved can support the preparation of evidence for the external assessment of Achievement Standard 91337.
The design context for this activity could also be incorporated with an assessment activity that has been specifically written for the internal assessment of Achievement Standard 91342.