2. DVC Level 1 Achievement Standards
Lesley Pearce, National Facilitator for Technology, Team Solutions,
Auckland University

3. External Standards Level 1
Assessment specifications
20 pages maximum
Recommended A3, A4 visual diaries or A3
No clear files
No lamination
No models
No extra packaging
Original work

4. Contexts Spatial – architectural, interior, landscape
Product design- fashion, packaging, media products, technological/engineering
When sending externals need to identify design topic or context
Context – design brief, title statement, one sentence statement

5. AS 91063 (1.30) 3 credits external Produce freehand sketches that communicate design ideas
Explore communicate own design ideas
Visually convey design thinking
Do not have to be of presentation standard
2D and 3D sketches
Functional and aesthetic details

6. Assessment
Achieved
– communicate design ideas: describing in terms of form, shape, function
Merit
–clearly communicate: proportion, detailed information – construction, structure, function, aesthetics
Excellence
– effectively communicate: in-depth visual information about design features – exploded, sectional, sequential views

7. 2D and 3D Techniques Could be:
Isometric, perspective, oblique, planometric no instruments
Techniques – quick rendering, crating, use of line hierarchy

8. Design Brief
Students must generate design ideas to a design brief with specifications that allow students to develop both aesthetic and functional specificaitons

9. Successful product design
reveals useful functionality beyond its appealing form. No matter how excellent a design looks like, most customers aren’t likely to spend money on something they won’t be able to use. On the other hand, most people are likely to buy something useful despite the design it has.
ability to combine both beautiful design and functionality making it obvious to the customers how the product can be used and which benefits it delivers. (Vitaly Friedman)

10. Activity: Freehand sketching
Develop a new design for a craft knife that is comfortable to hold and has a contemporary appearance.

11. 2D sketches Do they describe design features?
I have used 2B and 4B pencils, Ice Grey 10% and 30% markers, Warm Grey 30% marker and some color markers.

12. 3D sketches Do they show form, shape and function?

13. Is this evidence for a merit? Is it excellence, in-depth?
Construction?
Structure?
Knife Sketches
Here I was exploring different concepts, form and sketching mediums for various utility knife designs.
Pen and ink outlines
Marker overall form
Colored pencil highlights and shading
Finished in Photoshop
Aesthetics?
Function?

14. New Sketching Book Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur
Sketching: The Basics. The Basics explains the rudiments of learning to draw both clearly and comprehensively using step by step illustrations, examples and strategies.
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