GP_Mini+Project+1+-+Desk+Tidy

toc = = =Mini Project 1 - Desk Tidy= BigBoxx advise you to keep the designs simple to keep production and materials costs to a minimum. They also advise that the desk tidy should include variation or options for different types of office stationary. The desk tidy should be small enough to fit onto a students study / computer desk. 1. Materials for the top must include acrylic, high density polystyrene (HDP) and vinyl 2. Using a combination of manufactured and natural wood for the base with maximum dimensions of 18cm x 18cm. 3. The design for the desk tidy must include laser cutting techniques, line bending, and vacuum forming. 4. The desk tidy must have a promotional logo prominently displayed on it. 5. 6. 7. 8. = = =**Week 1**= Carry out research into desk tidy's / organizers You should each do one different sheet of research (A3, electronic format). As a group complete a list of specifications based on the information above. Carry out an analysis of various desk tidy's / organizers, using the information below present your findings on an A3 sheet. Create a research sheet of existing products: desk tidies / desk organizers
 * Design Brief:** You are going to design and make a desk tidy / organizer. The specifications have already been started.
 * Design Situation:** BigBoxx http://www.bigboxx.com specialize in making and supplying office stationary . They are interested in developing a promotional desk tidy / organizer to give to valued customers and clients. They wish to produce desk tidy that can be multifunctional, not just a pen holder, but that it also shows the company logo prominently.
 * Specifications:**
 * Task 1 **
 * You need to find six examples, from photos, magazines and catalogue, or internet research.
 * Place them onto and A3 sheet.
 * Next to each picture you need to identify the source of that picture.
 * You are going to study each product and annotate each 'desk tidy' using the following headings as a guide:
 * 1) **Form** (shape)
 * 2) **Function**
 * 3) **User requirement**
 * 4) **Performance requirement**
 * 5) **Materials**
 * 6) **Scale of production**
 * 7) **Sustainability**
 * Add a title to your research sheet and your name.
 * Check for quality and neatness.



=Week 2= Continue with researching desk tidies, add some images to the desk tidy presentation. Examine the clients website [|http://www.bigboxx.com] and put together a research sheet about the client using the following document: Read page 108 - 109 in your Graphic Products book about Analysing Brand Identity. //Analysing - what makes an effective logo?//
 * Task 1**
 * Task 2**
 * Task 3**
 * What type of logo is it?
 * What typeface does it use?
 * How many colours does it use?
 * What image does the logo create?

=Week 3= Re-visit the brief above and read it carefully, the client has also given some details for the specifications of the desk tidy / organizer. Analyze the research of the client that you made last week and the collection of desk tidy's. Complete the form below: media type="custom" key="4322159"
 * Task 1**

Then make an analysis of the data (the data will be shared with you during the lesson, later it will be added to this site), using either Google spreadsheets or export the data to Excel. For each question make graphs, charts or pie charts to represent graphically the data, add a written anaysis of each question and make comparisons between questions, e.g. most female respondents prefered the desk organizer to be pink!!! This task is to be completed in Publisher on an A3 sheet

=Week 4= Here are some examples of a desk tidy's similar to the ones you are going to design and make. The client has also given some details for the specifications of the desk tidy / organizer. Using all the research and analysis complete specifications for an individual desk tidy using the following heading. (You are looking to add two or three sentences per heading). For reference read your graphics text book - pages 110 - 111 //**Analysing marketing issues**//
 * Task 1**
 * Form
 * Function
 * User requirement
 * Performance requirement
 * Materials and component requirements - MDF, pine, and high density polystyrene, acrylic
 * Scale of production & cost
 * Sustainability

=Week 5=
 * Initial design ideas**
 * This is about generating lots of **ideas**, **communicating** them and developing them towards a **realistic prototype** that answers your design brief
 * Communication of design intentions using notes and / or sketches
 * Annotations whichrelates to the original specification criteria
 * You must keep checking your ideas against you design specification and evaluating them as you go along.
 * How to begin**
 * Start by making simple, quick sketches of your first thoughts and ideas
 * Use a pencil (see notes below)
 * Often designers us a fiber tip pen or a ball point pen for speed, but you have to have great sketching skill to be able to do this!
 * Produce 2D and 3D freehand drawings
 * Add simple notes and labels
 * Record all of your thoughts using notes, sketches and diagrams, and what you think about an idea, even if you think it is good, bad, or science fiction
 * Do not waste time carefully adding colour to your ideas at this early stage, simple add colour to indicate which colours you are thinking of using.
 * Make sure you produce a **wide range** of design solutions. The more you produce the better.

There are different types of pencils as well as different quality of pencils, you should be using artist quality pencils. The range of differrent lead types include H, HB and B. You can use a 2B pencil for shading and toning a drawing, while a 2H pencil is better for construction and fine detail lines. A compromise would be to use a sharp HB pencil for both purposes. The paper you draw on can also make a difference, to the behavior of the pencil as well as the final sketch. Check out the following site @http://www.pencils.com/pencil-information/hb-graphite-grading-scale
 * Using Pencils**

Colour swatches indicate a range of colours you intend to use in a project, you may refer to your specifications, or market research. For example check this site out: @http://www.rss4lib.com/2008/07/search_flickr_for_color_scheme.html which then leads to this link: @http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/ Or try this colour and pattern palette maker:
 * Colour swatches**
 * @http://www.colourlovers.com/
 * Resources:**
 * @http://www.officemuseum.com/pencil_history.htm
 * @http://katinthehat.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/patchwork-revisited/

Take a photo and attach to your Google site portfolio

=Week 6= Draw up your final design, making use of a full A3 sheet of paper, consider all the angles, annotation of important features, methods of manufacture and materials, Finally copy and add colour - try range of rendering techniques: Once again present your work on A3 sheets and take a photo and attach to your Google site portfolio media type="custom" key="4451713"
 * Final Designs and Design Development**
 * colouring pencils
 * marker pens
 * watercolours
 * pastels
 * composite card drawing

@http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/drawtec1.htm
 * Resources:**

=Week 7= Once you've created one or more suitable concept sketches, the next step is to make working drawings. These are drawings that are proportionally accurate but at a reduced scale, often 1/4 of full size. They are used to refine design details and to determine specific dimensions of the various components. They also form the basis for the bill of materials and cutlists. Unlike sketching, working drawings are not drawn freehand, but rather are created with drafting tools (pencils, erasers!, triangles, T-square, compass, French curve, ...) or with a CAD package. The most common type of working drawing is an orthographic projection that provides separate straight-on views of the front, side (usually right) and top of the object. All three views or elevations go on the same piece of paper with the top view directly above the front view and the right side view directly to the right of the front view.
 * Orthographic Projection and Working Drawings**

The following presentation has some examples and some videos explaining orthographic projection, watch them carefully then create an orthographic drawing of your final design. media type="custom" key="4542908"

The symbol for third angle projection. This is important information for the person interpreting the drawing because in third angle projection:
 * Third Angle Projection**
 * the view from the front is in the middle
 * the view from the left is on the left
 * the view from the right is on the right
 * the view from the top is on the top
 * the view from the bottom is on the bottom
 * the view from the rear is on the far right.

List of materials that need to be cut before assembly
 * Cutting List**
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You will create working drawings for each part of your desk tidy: = = =Homework= Complete the task set today ready for next lesson. Add your work to the Graphics Google Site for you class using the attachments at the bottom of the page. Please add **__all__** your work that you have done digitally so far.
 * Task**
 * Using the correct drawing equipment and A3 paper.
 * Create a boarder on your sheet, title, materials and name block.
 * Measuring carefully each aspect of your design.
 * Draw everything at full size, the scale is 1:1
 * Construct each view and place them correctly on the paper.
 * Create a drawing for the wooden mould of your desk tidy.
 * On a separate sheet create a drawing of the acrylic pen holder.
 * Add dimensions to both drawings in millimeters.
 * @http://sites.google.com/site/gcsegraphics0911/

=Week 8= media type="custom" key="4543088"

Creating a repeat pattern using Adobe Illustrator
 * Future Lessons**
 * @http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/index.cfm?featureID=1675

Check out the information at @http://sites.google.com/site/gcsegraphics0911/home/ms-c
 * Google Site**