VCE Product Design & Technology: Materials

Subject Profile

Year Level: VCE

Duration: All year

Periods: 5

Selection Type: VCE

The study is made up of four units.

Unit 1: Design Practices

Developing and conceptulising designs
Generating, designing and producing

Unit 2: Positive impacts for end users

Opportunities for positive impacts for end users.
Designing for positive impacts for end users
Cultural influences on design

Unit 3: Ethical product design and development

Influences on design, development and production of products
Investigating opportunities for ethical design and production
Developing a final proof of concept for ethical production

Unit 4: Product and evaluation of ethical designs

Managing production for ethical designs
Evaluation and speculative design

Assessment includes School Assessed Coursework (SACs), School Assessed Task (SAT) and an external examination

See Mr. McIntosh (JMN) for more information

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Why Study Product Design and Technology?

Designers play an important part in our daily lives. They determine the form and function of the products we use and transform ideas into drawings and plans for the creation of products that fulfil human needs and wants.

VCE Product Design and Technology offers students a range of career pathways in design in fields such as industrial, transport, service, interior and exhibition, engineering, fashion, furniture, jewellery, textile and ceramics, at both professional and vocational levels. Moreover, VCE Product Design and Technology informs sustainable behaviours and develops technical skills enabling students to present multiple solutions to everyday life situations. It contributes to developing creative problem solvers and project managers well-equipped to deal with the multidisciplinary nature of modern workplaces.

materials

In VCE Product Design and Technology, students design and make three-dimensional products using a range of construction materials.

In Units 1 and 2, students incorporate one or more materials from Category 1 or 2 in their product design.

In Units 3 and 4, students use materials predominantly from Category 1, but may incorporate Category 2 materials in their product design.

Category 3 materials are used to fasten, decorate, protect and finish Category 1 and 2 materials. Students may base their products on one of the following design specialisation areas, but are not restricted to these areas. The product should not include significant mechanical and/or electrical and control systems components. It should not be a food, an agricultural, a horticultural (plant or animal) or an information technology product. The purpose and/or function of the product should not be solely to visually communicate, or be purely decorative or aesthetic (for example, a wall hanging) or an artwork (for example, a sculpture).

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