This course is a must for students who enjoy designing and making new products, and who have a ‘natural flair’ for creating, developing and making innovative products. This course will encourage you to design a range of products, take design risks and help you develop a range of practical skills through mini tasks and contextual challenges.
You will have the opportunity to understand the impact of new and emerging technologies on people, culture and society and the effect this has on production and the environment.
You will be using a range of materials, understand their working properties and how to select appropriate materials for your ideas and designs. Problem solving plays an important role in this subject, as you will be given tasks that we require you re-design, modify and make solutions.
Communication plays a big part in design and technology, where you will not only present your work neatly, but also use a range of drawing styles. You will have the opportunity to use CAD - computer aided design and CAM- computer aided manufacture. You will be encouraged to develop your personal skills to present your work to others and understand how critical feedback can be used to improve your ideas.
You will be able to research the work of others including Alessi, Tesla and Pixar. This will give you an insight into how designers start with an idea and how it is developed into a final product.
As a young designer, it is an exciting time to be an innovator of future products that can be used to improve the world in which we live.
Further Education & Career Pathways after Year 11:
A variety of courses are available should you wish to continue studying Design & Technology at college, these include:
● Product Design
● Graphic Design
● Fashion Design
● Industrial Design
● Multimedia Graphics
● Engineering
There are a large amount of careers that involve Design & Technology, these include:
● Graphic designer
● Architect
● Set design
● Mechanical engineering
● Plumbing
● Electrician
● Theatre design and lighting
● Aerospace/aeronautical engineering.
● Chemical engineering.
● Civil engineering.
● Electrical/electronic engineering.
● Mechanical engineering.
● Engineering management