A brief outline of a Graphics GCSE folder

1. Year 10/11 GP Guidance sheet – your 23-24 page folder should include the following...
General Research Inspiration Moodboard
Situation (sets the scene eg An owner of a wine Images to do with your chosen topic (and maybe
bar has asked me as a leading designer in my field your chosen products. This is a moodboard which
to design x,y,z for her. She is setting up business in has on it, all the images that you will use as
competition with several other bars in the area etc.) inspiration. Eg if you were doing a game based on
Brief ‘Design and Make...’ cats and dogs, the moodboard would have lots of
1 cats, dogs and anything associated with those
Timeline (gantt chart) animals too – kennels, bowls etc. There is no need
Product ideas (all the things you could possibly to label this page but make it a designed page by
design for your client). thinking about the shape of the moodboard. Could a
ings that u have to do in the project. eg collect topic on Space be presented in a planet shape? 2
images from x,y,z, initial ideas, making plan, final
ideas, questionnaire etc)
Letter
Product Disassembly 4 Questionnaire (This must include relevant
Photograph a similar product & then take it apart.
questions that will be able to be used for your
How does it join together? What are all the pieces
specification in your mini projects. Examples: ‘What
made from? How are they made? Note things like
colours do you think would be most popular for...?’
where barcodes are, other written information, and
‘what style is appropriate for...?’ Should the design
pay attention to & style & colour of Graphic content.
be contemporary or classical/traditional?’ How much
would you pay?; Would u be prepared to pay more
Visual Studies for an environmentally friendly product?’ ‘What
5/6 products would you like to see?’ ‘What material is
Lots of drawings from inspiration moodboard or best?’
3
books. These drawings will be scanned in and used Graphs of your results (2 is sufficient)
for Design development later so make them as good
as you can. Mini project 1
Specification (from your Questionnaire and
moodboard analysis) lists the criteria (points) that
Design Development your design must meet eg 1 must be red and yellow,
2 must be made of acrylic plastic.
Design development. All the techniques you have Task Analysis breaks down your mini project
practised to generate original ideas – cropping, into mini tasks eg collect info, research printing, do
rotating, sectioning, simplifying, mirroring, repeating, initial ideas etc.
using different media. Include layout ideas and Existing Products Moodboard collected
possibly models or pictures of models (prototypes). from many different sources. You must have notes
Suggest you look at layouts and net shapes and saying what you like, don’t like, & why. Refer to
then design to fit onto these. things like shape, size, colour, style, material,
8/9 impact, memorability etc.
NB: Font development too 7
Industrial Processes
Info on industrial production also goes here and say
how you will do it in the workshop too.
Final design Idea which should be labelled with Overall Evaluation
what materials you are going to use, and size Must include reference to Quality Assurance and Quality
information ie BSI information (NB leader lines don’t Control (in revision guide) ie how did you perform quality
checks? Asked friends to check, asked me, examined for
touch but arrows do touch leaders)
yourself etc.. Should go through each project & point out
Making Plan which is a list of the stages in the whether u made any alterations along the way, and why –
making of your final product. (If you are just doing a there should be some!! Should suggest ways to improve it
logo, make a quick business card & tell me the u were doing it again. Must refer to social issues and
stages in its design and manufacture). Tell me why environmental concerns such as recycling and
you are doing it this way to get A/B grades. Use environmentally friendly methods of production.
headings in a table ‘What, How, Material, QA/QC, Ergonomics & anthropometrics should be mentioned
10 briefly either here of perhaps on you initial or final design
Safety’
page. This may spill onto a second sheet if necessary.
Evaluation of both your final design & product. Do ACCESS FM Analysis too (1 sheet) 23/24
What’s good, bad, why? Improve by...? (√ X Y i)