Standard Grade Craft & Design

St Mungo’s High School

Final Folio

Pupil Guide

Design Technology Dept.

S4 Folio guide:

1 General Pointers and tips:  Make sure that you use the same border and text on each and every page of your folio. It must show continuity to be awarded full marks in that section the grading  The presentation of your folio must be exceptional. If you are worried that your hand writing is not very neat, use the word processor. You can even do all the writing on the computer and print it out and stick onto the pages you have drawn.  Make the background of any electronic is simple and has white background so that you can print out the title pages and add your sketches and drawings to them.  If you think that you’re sketching and drawing skills need more practise, then make sure you practise before starting on the final drawings. Marks are awarded for the quality of sketching and drawing in the folio.  All work should be carried out on A3 paper.

The front cover: This page must contain your name, class (4CD), my name (Miss McNamee) and the title of your project, for example (coat stand). The front cover must also contain an appropriate drawing or illustration of something relating to your project. So for my coat stand project I could do different styles of coats.

The problem: This page contains the problem that you are aiming to solve in. This page should be at least one paragraph, hopefully two and should be based as much on fact as possible. I will be able to tell works of fiction when I’m marking the pages. Try to include as much information as possible. WHERE? WHY? HOW? WHAT? WHEN? Think of simple questions to ask your self and then answer them in the problem statement.

Example for my coat stand: ‘A problem that I have in my house is that there are many of us in the house but not enough space to hang all our coats. For my final Craft and Design project I have decided to design and manufacture

2 some sort of storage system for all the different members of my family to use.

This will help tidy up the hall way in my house and help me find my coat when I am late for school. I hope to make this coat stand in materials that compliment existing furniture in my hall way and use a variety of different construction techniques.’

Research page 1 – Mind Map:

What material will the product be made out of? Softwood/hardwood/plastic? Will the product be What safety features will What are the most suitable expensive to make? the product have? How can materials for the job? Who will want to buy the product be made safe it? Is it cheaper to for the user? no Sharp make or buy than corners, use of non-toxic competitors? (look at finishes, etc catalogues to see the Materials & price of similar Cost Construction products?) Safety

What is the product being designed to do? What Function Storage Unit should the product do? Is it important that the product looks good? Primary Environment function? Secondary Ergonomics Will it be used indoors or function? outdoors? Should it blend in Aesthetics or stand out from its environment? Could it be designed to be environmentally friendly? Will it need to withstand Is it important that the product looks extreme conditions? Who will use the product? good? Consider: what colour should the th th Are they in the 5 to 95 product be? How will you make it that Percentile? What part of colour? Is there any style that the the body will be used in product should match? The rest of the relation to this product? furniture may look different from it? Eyes, ears, feet, arms, Is the product the correct size for its legs, hands, fingers, etc location? 3 Page 4: Research Page 2 – existing Products For this page use a variety of sources to collect pictures of existing products of what your are intending to design. If you are producing an electronic folio you need to copy and paste into your PowerPoint slide. If not you need to copy, print and stick pictures on to your paper. Make sure that there is a mixture of sketching and computer work in your folio.

You must also comment on existing designs. Highlighting good and bad design points about each, thinking about SIZE, SAFETY, ERGONOMICS, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, … and write comments about each of these or a selection of the most relevant ones.

Research Page 3 – Users/anthropometrics This page must contain a selection of sketches of people using products like the one you are designing. From the hand out in class on anthropometrics you will be able to work out the different sizes your product needs to be. Consider for this page who are you designing for the 5th, 50th or 95th percentile? With your sketches highlight with comments what you think would be the critical anthropometric sizes and note them on the page as well. This page should be a combination of writing and sketches.

This page should show a proposed layout for where your product is to be situated when complete. An annotated floor plan which is coloured would help the marker identify how this product will relate to its environment and different users. Most of this page should be completed manually. If you are using an electronic background then I will print you off a blank page to draw on.

Research Page 4 – Materials This page is the page in which you will describe all the possible materials and why they would be a good or a bad choice for your project. Most of the projects will be made from either softwood (pine), hardwood (mahogany) or manufactured boards. Each of these different sets of wood as different unique properties which make them better suited to your design. If you are designing for a particular room or area, then what kind of wood is already in the rooms? If it is a dark wood it is most probably a hardwood. There is lots of information on the internet and more in books in both the school library and design and technology department.

4 Page 7: Research Page 5 – What are you using the project for? This is page is the page that you will sketch or insert pictures of what it is that you are going to use the product for. For example, for my coat stand I’ll need the height off the floor I want it to be. The size and weight, of the different coats and hats, which I’m going to hang on the coat stand. I’ll also need to how long to make the branches so that the coat stand does not fall over when I put coats on it.

Research Page 6 – Any other research which you have carried out for your project: On this page you are free to add any other items of research you have gathered. If you have a game integrated into your design then you could sketch the sizes and main features that would be critical to your design. List any special users in this session.

Specification This page is where you should list all the criteria that your design must satisfy. There should be at least one statement from each branch on your mind map. A suggestion would be to have three different levels of criteria. Red could indicate the most important points that are critical to the successful and safe operation of your design. Amber things which would add a lot of benefit but are not necessarily critical to successful operation or Green and these would be additional features which would enhance the design but that you do not really need. The specification should be at least 10 statements long and should at minimum have one point from each branch of your mind map.

Initial Ideas Page 10: Initial Ideas – Page 1 Page 11: Initial Ideas – Page 2 Page 12: Initial Ideas – Page 3 These pages should contain a lot of sketching and notes on your ideas for your final choice. You should aim to have two to three different ideas on each page, with notes on what you like about each idea. Suggest improvements you could make and then re-sketch the idea again. This is called synthesis of ideas (simply meaning a merging of ideas)

5 Developed Ideas: Page 13: Developed Ideas – Page 1 Page 14: Developed Ideas – Page 2 Page 15 – Developed Ideas – Page 3 Page 16 – Developed Ideas – Page 4 In this section of the folio you should select four different ideas from your initial ideas and develop them further. For each idea that you generate you must include a statement on each of the following topics:  Materials  Construction  Cost  Function  Ergonomics  Aesthetics  Environment  Safety You must also include sketches to illustrate construction details like the type of joint you propose to use. The material you think would be good and why? You are comparing each design to your specification. This should be complete for the final four ideas. Every drawing in this section of the folio should be drawn correctly in isometric view. If you don’t know how to do this then, we have special paper that will help you.

Selection of Final Choice/Reasons for final choice selection Now you have to justify why you have selected a particular idea to make. A good way to do this would to be to add some sort of rating system to your ideas. By giving them points for how well they meet your specification. You could tie it into your colour coded specification. A suggested format could be that you add stars to the choices, like film reviews suggesting the one with the most stars is the solution that you are going to manufacture. Once you have selected the design you are going to manufacture then you must write a statement of 500 words justifying why that particular design has been selected as your final choice. It would be useful to refer to your design specification at this point.

6 Page 18 – Final Choice This must be a carefully drawn isometric view of your final idea. The drawing must be scaled appropriately and must be rendered and finished to a high quality. If you can draw on the computer you may at this point produce an inventor drawing of your project. If you need to practise drawing then do so before completing the final drawing.

Working Drawing/cutting List This section must contain an orthographic drawing which is fully dimensioned (sizes) of every key component in your design. From your working drawing you should be able to see the following orthographic views: ELEVATION, LH END ELEVATION, RH END ELEVATION and PLAN. From these four views you should be able to write a cutting list for every part you require for your project. At this stage please print out a copy of your final design drawing, your orthographic drawing and cutting list to give to your teacher. This will allow for checking plus allow the wood required to be cut. Produce your cutting list in table form with the following headings: Part, Quantity, Sizes, and Material. Please remember to include your name on the sheets you hand in.

Planning for manufacture/stages of work These pages must be step by step instructions on how you are going to make your project. You can get information on how to construct different joints from the internet, books or past folios. It must include as in previous folios, illustrations detailing how you would do something and show pictures of planned joints. Your stages of work should be written in enough detail that I could take folios and swap them about so someone else could make your model. IT MUST INCLUDE EVERY STEP YOU INTEND TO CARRY OUT!!!!!

Evaluation of project This stage of the project will be carried out when we have finished manufacturing so that you can review if your design met every aspect of your specification, and highlight any area that you would do differently if you were to complete the project again.

7 Designing-Foundation Extended Level G.R.C. General Level Credit Level

With frequent guidance the candidate has With occasional guidance, the candidate has Showing in most cases independence, the candidate produced a design folio which includes where produced a design folio which includes where has produced a design folio which includes where appropriate. appropriate. appropriate. 1 evidence of limited structuring and evidence of effective structuring and evidence of effective structuring and impressive presentation presentation visual impact. 2 simple sketches or drawings, principal detailed sketches or drawings, and dimensions well presented sketches or drawings showing dimensions when necessary. dimensions and intricate detail

3 information and ideas simply recorded in information and ideas clearly recorded in information and ideas logically sequenced and writing. writing. clearly recorded in writing. 4 evidence of investigation resulting in the evidence of investigation resulting in the evidence of detailed investigation resulting in the identification of obvious restrictions. identification of relevant restrictions and identification of relevant restrictions and design design considerations. considerations. 5 a functional specification a design specification listing functional and a detailed design specification aesthetic requirements

6 elementary investigation of possible investigation of ideas for solutions varying in investigation of ideas for solutions showing solutions to meet the specification concept or in construction creative input investigation into suitability of materials and investigation into choice of materials, cost and manufacturing methods manufacturing methods; ergonomics and aesthetics 7 basic reasons for the choice of one solution reasons for decisions taken in arriving at well argued reasons for decisions taken in chosen solution arriving at chosen solution 8 a list of the component parts a cutting list of the materials required a cutting list of the materials required a sequence of the principal operations a sequence of operations for manufacture a detailed sequence of operations for manufacture 9 a simple statement as to the functional a statement commenting on the success or a well argued evaluation of the final product in suitability of the solution otherwise of the design and manufacture of terms of the original specification a statement of problems encountered in the artefact manufacture a statement suggesting improvements, if applicable.