D&T

YEAR 8

Homework Learning Booklet

Using Architecture to Inspire Product Design

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Given out: Monday 27 November Hand in: Monday 4 December

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Aims and Objectives The aim of this booklet is to develop your understanding of how to use different sources to

inspire your designs.

Practise observing things around you.

Make judgements about the design elements that you want to use.

All students are to attempt All Tasks

Design Brief and Analysis

Design Brief

Designers use different starting

points to create original designs.

Use the theme of architecture to

inspire original designs of clothing

or furniture.

At the beginning of a project you will re-

ceive a design brief which explains what you

have to do in the project and sets the scene.

This project is about using architecture, so

things like interesting buildings to inspire

designs of clothing or furniture. For example

chairs, sofas or dresses, trousers or skirts.

It may seem a little surprising to use build-

ings as inspiration for clothing and furniture,

but there are some good examples of

existing design work.

The example above shows how Lady GAGA has had

a costume made, inspired by the Beijing olympic

swimming pool. The example to the left shows a

sofa inspired by the buildings of the New York

Skyline.

Task 1 - Look up the key words below and write down the definitions.

ARCHITECTURE

COLOUR

PATTERN

TEXTURE

FORM

SHAPES

A designer can use any of the above to analyse a source of inspiration.

This is La Boca Waterfront of Buenos

Aires. It shows interesting colours and

textures that could be used to inspire a

colour palette for an artist or designer.

This building is known as the Gherkin in

London. It is a good example of 3D form

and could be used to inspire table legs or

sleeves of a dress.

This glass skyscraper is a

good source of pattern that

could be used by a designer.

This building is the Sydney Opera

House. It gives interesting shapes

and arcs to inspire designers.

Task 2 - Use the following examples of architecture to create four

different designs for EITHER fabric, fashion or furniture in the (large)

boxes opposite.

Evaluate each design in the (smaller) boxes provided below.

Task 3 -We are now going to look at local architecture to help us design,

using things we might know locally. Stick in photographs or do some

drawings of your own of local architecture in Shepton Mallet e.g. viaduct,

market cross, shambles, prison, church etc. Please do these as carefully as

you can showing as much detail as you can.

Task 4 - Now using the information you have found choose to design either

furniture or fashion items using the images. Use parts of the buildings to

create pattern or parts of your design like the designers have in the

introduction.

Self Evaluation of my Homework

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I believe that my effort and attitude to learning for this booklet is a:

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