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Product Design and Technologies is about designing and making things in an era of sustainability and user experience, both individually and collaboratively. You will be able to explore This subject offers a unique focus on creativity through the development and production of innovative and ethical products. Exploring your creativity while developing really handy skills in 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 . You will be exploring and making in both Units 1&2, and investigating how others go about designing and making so your work is influenced by others and not done in isolation.
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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 user experience and 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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To obtain an 'S' in Product Design and Technology Technologies you need to show you have met the 'Outcomes' for both Units 1 and 2. The Outcomes relate directly to the work you do in class and at home. You will meet the Outcomes by satisfactorily developing a Design Folio and making the product planned in it.
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VCE Product Design and Technologies offers students a range of relevant practical and applied experiences that can support future career pathways in design fields. VCE Product Design and Technologies offers students a unique focus on creativity through the development and production of innovative and ethical products. Students work with a variety of materials, tools and processes to develop their capacities and they employ innovative and ethical practices as they practice design. All of this contributes to the real-life industry relevance of this course. There are two elements to the assessment for Unit 1 & Unit 2: A design folio that contains a design brief, evaluation criteria, research, design options, working drawings, production plan and an evaluation report. A completed product with records of production and modification. |