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Product design: Design Guides

There are 8 Design Guides: Seating, Automata, Lighting, Storage, Toys and games, Testing equipment, Body adornment, and Improving quality. Each Design Guide also contains the relevant Line of Interest Resource Task(s). You can download these free of charge to use with your students.

We also include here the Mechanical Systems Design Guide, the Structural Systems Design Guide and the Electrical Systems Design Guide.


Product Design: Design Guide 6, Testing equipment

Product design: Design Guide 6

Testing Equipment
Here students learn how they can test items and design rigs to undertake the tests.

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updated: 7 February 2007

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Product design: Design Guide 6 RT

Testing Equipment Resource Task

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updated: 7 February 2007

Product Design: Design Guide 7, Body adornment

Product design: Design Guide 7

Body Adornment

Here students learn about different types of jewellery and learn to design for different tastes.

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updated: 7 February 2007

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Product design: Design Guide 7 RT

Body Adornment Resource Tasks

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updated: 7 February 2007

Product Design: Design Guide 8, Improving quality

Product design: Design Guide 8

Designing to improving quality
Looking at how to improve designs that students have already produced.

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updated: 7 February 2007

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