WorksheetsN5 Initial Ideas
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
