Design Technology (49 total posts)

‘Kickstarter’ and Links to Commercial Production (AHL 10)

June 3, 2015
The new Higher Level Unit – Commercial Production and also the new elements of the project “Development of a detailed design” through the bullet points below can raise worries amongst us as teachers of the Design Technology syllabus simply because...

Designs of the Year 2015 – Student Inspiration

May 26, 2015
Students over summer – if you are working on ideas and inspiration for your Major Project – do not just sit there in a vacuum – as all designers need some inspiration. So why not head over to the Designs of the year from 2015 – with categories...

3D Printing – The Competitive World of 2015…

January 3, 2015
Happy New Year to all Design Technology students – I hope you had a great holiday and are ready for the studies ahead whether you are in DP1 and 2. I have been reading a great deal about the competitive world that you will be entering as students either this...

Technology Often Leads Design – Conductive 3D Printing

September 5, 2014
Need to update….   Don’t you just love when a new technology leads and moves design forward in leaps and bounds. Well a recent group of students through Kickstarter have invented a printing head for an open source printer that enables 3D objects to be...

Should Ethics Lead “Classic” and Great Design?

August 21, 2014
Hi DT students, Many of you will have heard me eulogise about one of my favourite architects – Zaha Hadid. She has produced some of the most incredible designs and architecture in the world over the last twenty years. She recently had her first design in the UK...

Dyson Invented the “Google Glass” – Or Did He?

August 10, 2014
Hi DT Students, Another year is about to start and for DP2 you are over 2/3 of the way through your course, and for DP1 just starting the exciting journey. I thought I would start the year with an interesting story – about one of my favourite designers –...