What is design? What is a designer? What makes a good design? Looking at Design What is design? What is a designer? What makes a good design?

We will look at the following websites http://designmuseum.org/ Look at the exhibition ‘a century of chairs’ Find a chair you like from history Record some information about it, including the name of the chair, when it was made and who the designer was. Save a picture for your books TASK 1 – design the perfect chair for one of the following activities: Watching TV, doing homework, eating or reading a book

Homework http://www.designsoak.com/ What is different about the designs on this website? Pick a fun design that makes you smile. Print pictures to include in your sketchbooks. Think of a crazy way to use one object for a very different use – Like a gun BBQ, a desk bed, a diary that tells you the time – use your imaginations to come up with crazy combinations! Draw your design in full colour