Design Unit
Start Date:
June / August
1 * A2
INVESTIGATION
Start Date: June / August
Complete Date: End September
Requirements:
Interim Review
1 * A2
DEVELOPMENT
(Technological
element)
Review
1 * A2
FINAL SOLUTION
Finish Date:
December.
Critical Studies –
selection of essays
on specific
designers and design
products
Start Date: October
Complete Date: Mid November
Students to select appropriate imagery from their
investigation sheets, relating to their design brief
and after close examination of established artists
work to began to develop their own ideas towards a
final solution. This would vary according to the
individual development needs of the student
according to the proposed final solution area to be
explored. The student must develop a variety of
ideas which can be joined at a later stage as a
proposed final solution.
Start Date: August
Complete Date: End Term 1
Completion of visual and historical / social study of
selected topic which relates directly to practical
studies.
Expressive Unit
Start Date:
December.
1 * A2
INVESTIGATION
Start Date: December.
Complete Date: End January
Selection of drawings and colour studies related to
selected theme
Interim Review
1 * A2
DEVELOPMENT
Review
1 * A2
FINAL SOLUTION
Single A2 (max)
showing a
completed outcome
Finish Date:
Early April
Critical Studies –
selection of essays
on specific
designers and design
products
Start Date: February
Complete Date: End Feb.
Students to select appropriate imagery from their
investigation sheets and after close examination of
established artists work to begin to develop their
own ideas towards a final solution. This would
vary according to the individual development needs
of the student according to the proposed final
solution area to be explored. The student must
develop a variety of ideas which may be joined at a
later stage as a proposed final solution.
Start Date: December
Complete Date: Early April
Completion of visual and historical / social study of
selected topic which relates directly to practical
studies.