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The Colour Of Emotion

Curriculum Relevance

Subject (main) - Design and Technology - Product Design
Subjects (related) - Art and Design, Design and Technology - Textiles, Resistant Materials, Graphic Products
Key Stage - Key Stage 4 and AS
Age range - 14-17
Year groups - Y10, Y11, Y12
Examination syllabi - All GCSE Design and Technology Product Design courses

The programme specifically references to the following aspects of full and short courses:

Designing skills

  • an understanding of the basic design principles of line, form and colour and their application in design
  • the use of ICT to model design proposals
    Plastics
  • an understanding of the specific properties of plastics
    Evolution of Product Design
  • recognition that products evolve over time because of developments in ideas, materials, manufacturing processes and technologies as well as because of social changes
  • be aware that sometimes new products are developed because of marketing pull and sometimes because of technological push