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Product design is a response to changing needs and to improve quality of life by designing creative, innovative and sustainable products. Product design is enhanced through knowledge of social, technological, economic, historical, ethical, legal, environmental and cultural factors. These factors influence the aesthetics, form and function of products. VCAA Study Design
For VCE Product Design and Technology students assume the role of a designer-maker. In adopting this role, they develop and apply knowledge of factors that influence design and address the design factors relevant to their design situation.
Year 10 Wood
Year 10 Wood
Custom Design & Industrial Design
Custom Design & Industrial Design
Year 10 Semester 1: Custom Design - Students are expected to investigate and gain skills in using various hand and power tools in conjunction with appropriate safety and joining methods. Developing design skills becomes increasingly important. The students are encouraged to design and manufacture products that improve on existing designs. Students gain knowledge of materials and skills to increase vocational opportunities. This subject will continue to introduce skills to prepare students for employment in the local area. Students will investigate, design, produce and evaluate their chosen design for a table using the materials provided
Year 10 Semester 2 : Industrial Design - Students wishing to study Product Design Semester 2 must have the specialised skills and knowledge needed in this area to ensure success. Skills and knowledge gained by successfully completing Year 9 and Semester 1 Year 10 are essential. These subjects will continue to introduce skills relevant to industry and have elements that prepare students for employment in the local area or to go on for further study. Semester 2 has the students looking at redesigning an existing product from a wide range of materials. Product need not be a function item but a prototype for a new design.Students can do this through well thought out and innovative design.
For further information please refer to page 55 & 56 of the St. Joseph's College Senior School Subject Information Handbook.
Product Design & Technology (Wood) Unit 1
Product Design & Technology (Wood) Unit 1
This unit focuses on the analysis, modification and improvement of a product design with consideration of sustainability.
In Area of Study 1 students consider the sustainability of an existing product and acknowledge the intellectual property (IP) rights of the original designer. Working drawings (also known trade sketches, assembly or technical drawings) are used to present the preferred design option.
In Area of Study 2, students produce a redeveloped product using tools, equipment, machines and materials, taking into account safety considerations. They compare their product with the original design and evaluate it against the needs and requirements outlined in their design brief.
Product Design & Technology (Wood) Unit 2
Product Design & Technology (Wood) Unit 2
Teamwork encourages communication between students and mirrors professional design practice where designers often work within a multi-disciplinary team to develop solutions to design problems. Students also use digital technologies to facilitate teams to work collaboratively online.
In Area of Study 1, students work both individually and as members of a small design team to address a problem, need or opportunity and consider user-centred design factors. They design a product within a range, based on a theme, or a component of a group product.
Area of Study 2 the finished product is evaluated.
Unit 3 & 4 Product Design and Technology Wood
Unit 3 & 4 Product Design and Technology Wood
Unit 3 Applying The Design Process
In Area of Study 1, students examine how a design brief addresses particular product design factors and how evaluation criteria are developed from the constraints and considerations in the brief. They develop an understanding of techniques in using the design brief as a springboard to direct research and design activities.
In Area of Study 2, students examine how a range of factors, including new and emerging digital technologies, influence the design and development of products within industrial manufacturing settings. They consider issues associated with obsolescence and sustainability models.
In Area of Study 3, students commence the application of the product design process for a product design for an end-user/s, including writing an individual design brief and criteria that will be used to evaluate the product in Unit 4.
Unit 4 Product Re-Development , Evaluation and Promotion
In Unit 4: Product Development, Evaluation and Promotion, students use comparative analysis and evaluation methods to make judgments about product design and development.
Students continue to develop and manufacture the product designed in Unit 3, Outcome 3, and record the production processes and modifications to the work plan and product.
They evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of techniques they used and the quality of their product with reference to evaluation criteria. Students make judgments about possible improvements. They promote their work by highlighting the product’s features to the end-user.
For further information please refer to page 101 of the St. Joseph's College Senior School Subject Information Handbook.
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