Prerequisites
None
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Course Description
This course will inspire students to unleash their creativity and design innovative solutions for various challenges. Students will learn how to sketch, model, and test their ideas, as well as how to address critical issues with mock-up models. They will use the design process as a tool to guide their thinking and make informed decisions based on rationality and empathy. Possible project themes include furniture design, lighting design, and body adornment. Students will also improve their manufacturing skills and produce quality models and prototypes, using both traditional and modern techniques.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- Generate and modify ideas through ongoing and sequential development, which are reviewed and refined through dialogue and personal reflection. Following the HKIS design cycle, students will develop skills to ideate, research and communicate products as well as develop their manufacturing skills to create functioning prototypes.
- With guidance, explain how designers have contributed to the Arts and make connections to their own work where appropriate.
- Develop the ability to express themselves through the use of appropriate artistic terminology.
- Using a wide range of materials and techniques, with CAD/CAM being an essential element in the design and manufacturing processes of functioning prototypes which fulfill a design brief.
Assessment
The assessment of student achievement is based on:
- Finished and functioning prototypes and products,
- Visual design journal & digital portfolio,
- Peer and self-critiques.
Grades
9,
10,
11,
12
Grading Scheme
Standards-based Course