This document outlines the requirements for a design process journal assignment. It must be 5-15 pages in an A4 or A3 format using the provided template. Students must show the process of ideas and explorations through sketches, doodles, and research. The first section requires understanding a toy through diagrams exploring its characteristics, personality, physical attributes, and history. This work will be compiled in a portfolio and featured on a hand-drawn magazine cover highlighting important keywords about the toy character.

1. The Design Process Journal 20%

2. The Design Process Journal 20%
1.Understand Your Toy - exploration – 5%
2.Exploring Key Words - transforming keywords into design elements – 5 %
3. Research & Requirements– what is a display box– 5 %
4.The Hard COPY Portfolio Compilation A4 size – portfolio & design process – 5%

3. The Design Process Journal 20%
1.All work should be in an A4 or A3 size format.
2.You may use any type of paper
3.Please use the template provided.
4.Minimum 5 page and max 15 pages per submission.
5.You will need to show the “process of ideas”, explorations and some research such as definitions etc… through sketches and doodles etc.
6.All hand drawn… but could be supported
by printed images if necessary

4. The Design Process Journal Exercise 01
1.Understand Your Toy - exploration – 5%

5. The Design Process Journal Exercise 01
Understand Your Toy - diagrams exploration – 5%
Students are required to explore, record and understand the followings;
1.The characteristic and personality of the toy character. (example batman – mysterious, bats, mask etc)
2.The physical characteristic of the toy. (height, weight, color etc)
3.The history, concept, aim of the toy character.
4.Others if any Each of the above, students will have to explain it through diagrams, sketches, mind map with visuals and annotations.

10. The final page will be a magazine cover.. Featuring your toy character.
Highlight the important information about the your toy character. *important keywords
Hand drawn*
A4 size

11. The Design Process Journal Exercise 01
29th October 2014