Nicola Roccatagliata - Teacher portfolio

Nicola Roccatagliata Teacher Portfolio

some PROJECTS done by the students

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by Brigida Bernardi

Sketching:

LIST OF THE PROJECTS

Design project Design for a new robot

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Design project Design for a new kitchen

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Design project Final project: design and health

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Art project

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Clothing as Story-telling

Art project

Advertising composition

42

Design project Packaging design

52

Art project

Still life pictures execution

63

Art project

Music album artwork

73

Design #mindmapping #sketching #developing_ideas #myp1

Design for a new robot Goal:

To design a new kind of robot.

The main function of this robot is to help people. The students had to develop their ideas, sketching them and then use plasticine to model it.

Design #creating_the_solution

#plasticine #hands_power #myp1

Design for a new kitchen This was the task: “Ikea wants you to design a new kitchen space.

How would you design a new kitchen for IKEA? Think about the needs of the users who would use it.�

Design #final_project

#design_cycle #plasticine #creating_the_solution

#myp1_myp2

Final project: Design and health tch e k ts

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This was the task: Think about a user and a need related to health: analyse in a deep way, present through sketching feasible design ideas, create the solution (with an aesthetic model), outline the success of the solution against the design specification.

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USING the DESIGN CYCLE Inquiring and analysing

The aim was to use all the different steps of DESIGN CYCLE to achieve a final goal

Evaluating

Creating the solution

Developing ideas

CRIT A: Inquiring and Analyzing

PROJECT_01 User:​ blend people Needs​: walk without making accidents, best knowledge of what around you (Different hurdles and obstructions) Factors​: used material, easy to carry, light, make it smaller for eventual occasions so to occupy less space and not to be awkward and bulky. Need to be seen in the dark.

Inquiring and analysing What already exists: (analysing the market)

Evaluation​: ADVANTAGES: these objects are innovative. they seem easy to carry around and you can even fold them into smaller pieces; DISADVANTAGES: however you could have accidents on crossings, you cannot see the traffic signals.

Not easy to move the stick around without the need to lift it every second.

Results of my research: Having analyzed what already exists, my factors, the needs and having made some researches think my walking stick at the top should have a sensor that “sees” what’s ahead your body and what you have to do, (for example) in case of a crossing and/or traffic signals it tells you to stop or to go ahead.( basically it works like a navigator).The stick doesn’t speak out loud; earphones are connected to it. If it would speak out loud it could be awkward or strange. However the sensor is not switched on the whole day every day; you decide when turning on or off the machine just pressing a single button. Since there’s already a way to fold it I developed a way even more efficient. Simply, pressing on the top of it, it goes down (something like the handle of the trolley.)I also noticed that all the sticks that already exist have nothing on the bottom. I would like to put a little wheel on the bottom so to make movement easier. I want to make it flexible, so if you ever collide or crush with something it does not brake. I also thought about eventual walks in the night; people cannot see the blind person, so to make the other people see the person I decided to add a fluo textile. And finally obviously my stick will need a whole for the charger and another one for the earphones.

CRIT B: Developing Ideas

Developing ideas

Creating the solution

ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

● easy to carry around

● it could brake

● Flexible

● not that flexible anyway

● easy to switch on and off

● you need to charge it

● easy to close and open

● it is not the safest solution

● easy to carry around, everywhere

● not that safe anyway

● sensor

● safe

● need to charge

● handle

● secure

● not that flexible anyway

● wheel ● flexible

● can make it smaller

● every piece wedge into the next one

● easy to use

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● light SPECIFICATIONS

GRADE ● 4/5

● it is made of light material

● be flexible

● 3/5

● it is flexible but just a little bit

● tell you where you are

● 5/5

IMPROVEMENTS

● sensor connected to earphones

● see in the night

● 4/5

● fluo textile

● easy to switch on and off

● 5/5

● very big button easy to find with the hands

● light (leggero)

WEAKNESSES

● easy to carry around, everywhere

● not that safe anyway

● sensor

● safe

● need to charge

● handle

● secure

● not that flexible anyway

● wheel

● safe

● flexible

● can make it smaller

● every piece wedge into the next one

● easy to use

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● light SPECIFICATIONS ● be light

GRADE ● 4/5

HOW IT IS MET

● be light

● visible in the night

STRENGTHS

Evaluating

● safe

HOW IT IS MET ● it is made of light

Conclusion: Observing my tables I can tell that my product has both things to improve and things that are okay. I think that the best table is the one that has “specifications”, “grade” and “how it is met”; because it really tells me what my product needs to have, what I already have and if it has been done well or not, and what I can eventually improve. Finally I can say (I hope) that my product has been done in a good way. I believe that anyway it couldn’t be perfect, because there is always something that you could improve.

PROJECT_02 1. Think about a user and a need related to health: analyse in a deep way.

USER: the user is an alpinist.

NEED: if you are in danger this object will help you. Many alpinists die because there are many dangerson the mountains, this object will help them to call quickly for help.

Inquiring and analysing

2. What are the factors that you should consider in order to create a solution to the need and to associeted problem that you found? Analyse them in a deep way.

FACTORS THAT I SHOULD CONSIDER IN ORDER TO CREATE THE SOLUTION:

- the object has to be small (like this you can put it everywhere/no cumbersome), - the object has to be easy to use (if you are in danger and you are nervous it doesn’t have to be complicated/if you are not good in technologic you can use it anyway)

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Developing ideas

1. Use a mind mapping to find possible soulutions.

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2. Develop a list of success criteria for the solution in a deep way.

- small object, - easy to use, - touch screan, - watch shape, - buttom to call an ambulance really fast (the clock can give to the ambulance your position)

- small batteries, - apps for alpinists.

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4. Create a sketch that presents the most important details of the final product and making it unique.

Creating the solution

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Outline simple, relevant testing methods, wich generate generate data, to measure the success of the solution.

advantages It has small batteries (not cumbersome/easy to transport).

It has different apps for alpinists.

The S.O.S. buttom can call for help really quickly 2.

disanvantages You have to take with you the batteries.

It’s not waterproof.

Outline the success of the success of the solution against the design specification.

specifications It has to be always in charge.

Yes/No 3/5

It has to be easy to use.

It has to be easy to transport.

4/5 5/5

How is it met?

It has small batteries, but it discharge quiet fast.

It is pretty easy to use.

As it is a watch it is easy to

Evaluating

3.

transport.

Outline how the solution could be improved.

strenghts Small batteries.

weakness Weak batteries.

Easy to use.

You can press the buttom by mistake.

4.

improvements Batteries that last more.

If you press the buttom two times it will call for help.

Outline the impact of the solution on the target user.

The problem of the alpinists of being in danger without something to call for help quickly has been solved with this new product. This product calls quickly but someone it’s really in danger the assistance will spend a couple of minutes to arrive at the alpinist.

This problem is quiet difficult to solve but as the ambulance can see where the person is it will reach it in tima or ask to someone nearer.

VARIOUS EXTRACTS

Art #clothing #storytelling #developing_skills #thinking_creatively

#myp1

Clothing as Story-telling Goal: To create an article of clothing for a particular individual (real or imagined) that tells a broad story and illustrates rules of effective composition, and story-telling.

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Art #photoshop #advertising #brand #photo_editing #myp4_myp5

Advertising composition Goal: To create an advertising composition based on a chosen brand using Photoshop with photo editing, starting from one or more pictures and the logo of the brand.

Explanation: I used a step by step video explanation for the creation of an ipothetical advertising for Adidas brand edited by me

Design #packaging

#brand #developing_ideas #creating_the_solution #graphic #myp2

Packaging design Goal: The goal is to create the packaging for a product considering the dimensions necessary to contain it and at the same time create the best graphic design.

Art #photography #still_life #studio_flash #composition #myp4_myp5

Still life pictures Goal:

After a theory explanation and a practical demonstration, the students had to use their creativity to obtain a still life photo using reflex camera, studio flash and prof equipment.

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Art #photoshop #album_cover #music #photo_editing #myp4_myp5

Music album artwork Goal: To create an album cover for a musician / band, using Photoshop, referring to the video created by me that shows the steps to create my personal cover.

Explanation: I used a step by step video explanation for the creation of an ipothetical Pink Floyd album using Photoshop

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