Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
This first question focuses on a corrugated board drinks holder. With some questions about the material properties, maths and the use of media to convey design decisions, it is a question that tests a range of subject knowledge.
The second question uses a kitchen food mixer to focus on a number of materials, one of the manufacturing processes and how ergonomics and anthropometric data are used in the design of the product.
Manufacturing industries provide the focus for this third week in relation to modern manufacturing methods and systems when designing for manufacture for different scales of production.
A workshop chisel provides to focus this week with questions relating to properties, materials, alloying and heat treatment processes.