Year 10 Christmas Pop up Project Design Brief You have been asked by a high street company to design and make a new pop up card in time for Christmas.
Objectives within this Project By doing this project you should gain an understanding in a number of relevant areas including the following... (shown on the next page). These objectives are also used to mark each section of your work.
•To gain an understanding of simple paper and card mechanisms and to recognise the working characteristics of paper, board and other graphic materials – Whole Project •Students should recognise that graphical images and products should not offend minority groups – Moodboard •Students should demonstrate a knowledge of computer graphic manipulation – Moodboard •Use a range of hand and powered cutting and forming tools safely; i.e. scalpels and craft knives with mats, scissors, rotary cutters, compass cutters, fret saw, die cutter and creasing bars – Prototypes •Students should know the functions of mock-ups, models and prototypes and the importance they can play in the design process – Prototypes •Students should understand the importance of producing scale models and prototypes in product development - Prototypes •Make judgements about cost, flexibility, finish, rigidity, strength, quality, weight, environmental and sustainable issues – Product Analysis •Students should recognise the style of the work of the following Designers: Robert Sabuda – Product Analysis •Students should use criteria to judge the quality of a graphic product i.e. meeting a need, fitness of purpose, appropriate use of materials and time – Testing and Evaluation •Candidates should know why evaluation is important and its contribution to designing an ongoing product improvement; identify the role end-users and others play in evaluation; identify ways in which a product can be tested or evaluated – Testing and Evaluation
You must produce a finished Christmas card in time for delivery before Christmas Day. The deadline is the last week before the holidays. Your card must be – • Distinctive and stylish. • Based on a simple design, character or feature. • The card will involve at least one form of card mechanism with simple movement. This will improve the impact of the overall message on the card. • It will be produced and finished to a high quality using either hand tools or CAD/CAM to design and cut out the imagery. • The colour scheme will be chosen carefully so that card is contemporary and effective for the celebration of Christmas.
What you will also produce will depend on the Teacher but you could be asked to create • Moodboard. • A number of card mechanism prototypes. • A Product Analysis page of a chosen Pop up card. • Development of your ideas. • A PowerPoint presentation. • An Evaluation and Testing worksheet.
Producing a moodboard for this project. Success criteria: •You need to collect an assortment of images that represent Christmas. •Your moodboard must have at least 7 different images on it. •It must be visually appealing and arranged in an artistic manner. •The layers must blend into each other. •It must be created in Photoshop – A3 in size, rotate your page into Landscape and drop the resolution to 50 dpi.
Here are a few examples of pop up cards to inspire you. Below is a simple ‘Incised mechanism’ style used in this card design. How do you think it could be produced?
Here are a few examples of pop up cards to inspire you. You will be examining these mechanisms in more detail. V- Fold
Internal stand and Layer
Robert Sabuda is one the most famous pop up book creators.
You have looked at his work before when you produced a poster show casing his talents.
His work is renowned all over the world. Imagine how much work is needed in order to produce a pop up like these.
You could have a look at his website www.robertsabuda.com
Here is how you make a Incised Mechanism
Here is how to make a V- Fold mechanism
Here is how to make a Layer Mechanism
Here is how you make a Rotary Mechanism.
Here is another way you could make a rotary mechanism using a split pin instead of cutting out your card tabs.
Here is how you make a Sliding Mechanism
Here are some more examples of simple designs. Try to work out which mechanism would be used to make these designs work.
•Layer •Rotary •Incised •Sliding •V- fold
Product Analysis Looking carefully at products that are similar to the one you are designing is an important part of the design process . Looking at products and examining them is know as a Product Analysis. In order to make our designs successful we have to use what we have learnt through analysing other products. It allows us to understand what makes a product successful or unsuccessful. You can then use this information and apply it to your own designs. You have already analysed products in an earlier project. You should do the same with a pop up card for this assignment. Use ACCESS FM to study your chosen card making sure you comment on each of the headings shown below.
Product Analysis ACCEESS FM This is where ACCEESS FM can be used here to analyse your products. It looks busy but all the info is here. Aesthetics: This is the actual look of the product, the feel, visual impact? Colour combinations, logo designs, font choices. Is there any surface decoration on the product? Any unique visual features? Client: Who is the target market i.e. who are the people who will be buying this product? Who is the product for? Cost: If you know the exact selling price write it down otherwise approximate. How much do you think it is to make? If its a complicated design do you think that would be more expensive to make than a simple one? Why? Environment: Is it made from recyclable or reclaimed materials? Is their minimal packaging used? Can the product be reused? Ergonomics: Designers always look at Ergonomics with a view to making things easier for people to use. Is the product easy to use? How does the product suit the user? How does the customer use the product? Is it an appropriate size, weight, shape, colour? Safety: Does it have any sharp edges? Are there many different components to the product? Are these loose components? Is it safe for children? What safety considerations are there for the end user? Size: This is the actual shape and size of the product. By accurately measuring it you understand the constraints of the product. Function: What does it actually do? What is its purpose? Does it do its job properly? Does it have more than one function? Materials: What is the product made of? Is it a number of different materials for certain areas of the product? Why? How is it fixed together? Is printer ink a material?
Testing and Evaluation
Using the sheet provided answer all the questions then get a neighbour to answer the section titled, ‘Peer Assessment’.
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Mr Bryant