Pop Up Books Criterion A

3.   Follow your research plan and analyse existing Pop-Up Books that inspire a solution to the problem: 

ANALYSE EXISTING PRODUCTS

(This goes in the main body of your document)

Follow your Research Plan and undertake the remainder of your research. 

Put the research content under a heading called "Appendix" in a numbered reference i.e. 1.1, 1.2, 2.1…cited appropriately

4.   Develop a detailed Design Brief, which summarises the analysis of relevant research. 

See samples of how to start your brief below:

Developing a RoofTop Garden

'After speaking to the client, Mr Chinh, he noted 'large plants such as climbing ivy would be best for the rooftop garden' (Appendix 3.1). Climbing ivy can reach the heights that you allow it to (Appendix 1.4) but Mr Chinh requires the plant display to be 'no more than 2 metres high' (Appendix 3.1). This information allows the height of the plant display to be determined and the species of plant it will hold.'

Video Advertisement for Music School

Our client,  Mr G's music school in Hanoi Vietnam had initially approached our design team due to difficulty of establishing themselves as a top music school for 12-18 year old student who want to pursue their music career. Mr G's also want to be better known to the wider community of Hanoi of expatriate families settling in the country as funding is also stopping the growth of the school. Our design team believes that commercial advertising is an essential element that could turn this around. After undertaking research into several different focus areas, this is a summary of the useful and concise information that is relevant to aid the development of a solution to the problem:

• After interviewing the owner of the Mr G's music school (Apendix1.1) we established that the following key elements should be included in the advertisement – introduction to how the school was established, location, and types of music offered by the school, success stories………….and so on

• With these key requirements by the owner our team began to analyse what makes a video advertisement successful (Appendix 2.1 to 2.4).  We discovered .... and so on

Teacher Tip

• The analysis and summary must be presented in a design brief, a series of detailed paragraphs that present only the useful information.

• The brief shouldn’t solve the problem at this stage, but instead outline what the student intends to design to solve the problem, provide answers to each of the research questions, and clarify the essential and desirable features of a solution.

• It should also state any determined values that the design must meet

• Write a complete bibliography and refer to appendices 

5.    Check Rubric before submission

Have you:

·       Given a clear explanation about the problem that needs to be solved, including important details and requirements and clearly identifies the client

·       Justified why there is a need to solve this problem

·       Clearly and independently constructs a personal plan for research in order to design and create a solution to the problem

·       Clearly prioritizes the planned primary and secondary research in order of importance from ‘points that will help most with solving the problem’ down to ‘points that may be less helpful to solving the problem’

·       Looked at a group of products that inspire a solution to the problem and clearly analyzing the different features which could be useful to understand or to include when designing their own solution and includes reasoning for why those features might be useful in their solution

·       The Research from the research plan that was described earlier (ii) is presented in a clear and concise summary to give an overview of the findings that are relevant to the design and creation of the solution.

·       Ranges of different sources are clearly and appropriately cited.

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