N5 Initial Ideas

What should your ideas page contain?

• Sketched and modelled ideas & explanatory annotations

• Sketched ideas & design factors annotations

• Modelled ideas & explanatory annotations

• Sketched and modelled ideas & design factors annotations

What should you ensure when creating each idea? Choose two options

• They all meet all the points on the specification

• That they all look differently to each other

• That they look different to one another & existing products and work differently to each other

• They all do what has been asked in the brief

Which of the following is a good example of an annotation at the initial ideas stage?

• I will make this bit out of wood

• It will be blue

• This bit here might not work & might be hard to make in the workshop

• Jewellery such as necklaces and bracelets can hang from the hooks at the back of the design

Which of the following is an example of a good materials annotation at the initial ideas stage?

• I would make this part out of wood and this part out of acrylic

• I would use blue acrylic to represent the flowing water shown in my research

• I would like to make the whole thing out of metal

• Metal, wood and plastic

Which of the following is an example of a good explanatory annotation at the initial ideas stage?

• Opens here

• This bit would be painted red

• I would make this part square to make it easier to manufacture

• I would add four legs to the base to make the product more stable

Are these two ideas different enough to one another? Why / why not?

• Yes because they work differently - there is a hook on the front for straighteners on one but they go in the box on the other

• No because even though they work differently they look very similar to products that already exist

• No because they are too simple

• Yes because they look really different to one another and work differently

Are these two ideas different enough to one another? Why / why not?

• Yes because the look different to one another and existing products and in one the plant pots slot into holes, they are held on shelves in the other.

• Yes because they look interesting and are made of strong materials

• No because they both do the same thing - hold plant pots

• No because they don't look very interesting and don't have enough annotation

Which types of graphics should you use at the initial ideas stage?

• Working drawings and exploded views

• Annotated 2D sketches & 3D sketches like isometric and oblique

• Annotated sketches and exploded views

• Annotated 2D sketches and orthographic drawings

Which types of models should you use at the initial ideas stage?

• Wooden models

• Clay models

• Sketch models

• Card models

What is the least amount of ideas you should create in your initial ideas?

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 3