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Product Design and Technology is about designing and making things in an era of sustainability, both individually and collaboratively. You will be able to explore your creativity while developing really handy organisation, planning and communication skills. In Unit 1, you will work on the sustainable modification or improvement of an existing product. In Unit 2, you will work collaboratively in teams to design, develop and make a product or range of products. You will also investigate how others go about designing and making so your work is influenced by others and not done in isolation.
Click here for a short video by Brian Pender taking about the subject.
Some images of jewellery made by middle school students at Princes Hill.
What will I do in class?
You will be learning about all elements of the design process and the role of the designer in society while designing and making jewellery. This has a particular emphasis on sustainable design into the future. You will develop a design folio which contains all the essential information, designing and planning necessary to make an object in your chosen materials. There will be time for investigation, class discussion and getting assistance from your teacher. There is also time to support the making of objects by learning how to use tools, equipment and learn new processes. There is about a 50/50 division between practical and theory work.
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