Design process skills
The design process (technological process)
Definition: The design process is about
identifying problems, designing possible solutions, making the products,
evaluating the product and communicating your findings.
It is through the design process that technology creates and
develops products and solves technological problems.
DESIGN PROCESS SKILLS
What is technology?
To some of us it represent things such as: electronic
gadgets, computers, cars, cell phones and sound systems. To others it is about
how things work.
Definition: Technology
is all about using what is known to solve problems and make life easier and
more exciting.
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It is a way of thinking.
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It is about designing something and then making
what has been designed.
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In doing so, the knowledge and ideas of the
product are tested in practical ways, and improved until the best solution is
found
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The products of technological thought are the
foundation of wealth creation and generation.
The design process (technological process)
Definition: The design process is about identifying
problems, designing possible solutions, making the products, evaluating the
product and communicating your findings.
It is through the design process that technology creates and
develops products and solves technological problems.
Needs and wants
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technological process to happen, there must be a need or a want for its
development. It may be a basic need for living, like housing, clothing, food or
transport.
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need to solve a problem that you are experiencing, like making a picture frame
out of cardboard. Your need is therefore identified as a problem to be solved.
This forms your design brief.
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brief is a clear description of the problem to be solved, together with the
constraints and specifications that limit how you make it. This process is
about identifying problems, designing possible solutions, making the
product, evaluating the product and communicating your findings by recording
your work in a project portfolio.
Basics steps of the design process
1.Investigate: find, use and acknowledge information for
the design process.
2. Design: Write and draw design brief with
specifications and constraints. This will include initial idea sketches. Then
choose the best design and select materials for it.
3. Make: draw plans of the design process, develop the
manufacturing sequence, which is the order in which you will make your item or
model. You may next make the item or model.
4. Evaluate: You need to evaluate both your design
stage and your final product.
5. Communicate: You need to present your solutions. To do
this, compile all notes and drawings of the design process into a project
report in your exercise books.
