2. Plan - (iii) Present the final chosen design and justify its selection
By the end of year 5 students should be able to:
- present the chosen design in an appropriate format including detailed annotation that justifies the choice of design by referencing the requirements of the design specification
Selecting and justifying the chosen design
When working with a client or target market, feedback is a vital source for selecting a design to take forward for prototyping. You should formulate questions, which could be delivered in the form of an interview or survey, to find out which design your client likes the best and why. You could then summarize findings in a written statement.
The questions should focus on gaining feedback related to the aspects of the specification that have qualitative/subjective parameters. You should recognize that clients may change their minds at this point, and therefore the specification: you may have to redevelop your chosen idea.
You will also need to critically evaluate the chosen idea against each specification and justify how the chosen design satisfies the specification. If the design does not meet the design specification, it needs further development—or the specification needs redevelopment
Example 1
In figure 34, the student can choose to disregard design C, which meets the design specifications, and continue to develop designs B and D. Design D is developed further to meet the design specifications fully. However, design B needs much more development to meet the design specifications.
When working with a client or target market, feedback is a vital source for selecting a design to take forward for prototyping. You should formulate questions, which could be delivered in the form of an interview or survey, to find out which design your client likes the best and why. You could then summarize findings in a written statement.
The questions should focus on gaining feedback related to the aspects of the specification that have qualitative/subjective parameters. You should recognize that clients may change their minds at this point, and therefore the specification: you may have to redevelop your chosen idea.
You will also need to critically evaluate the chosen idea against each specification and justify how the chosen design satisfies the specification. If the design does not meet the design specification, it needs further development—or the specification needs redevelopment
Example 1
In figure 34, the student can choose to disregard design C, which meets the design specifications, and continue to develop designs B and D. Design D is developed further to meet the design specifications fully. However, design B needs much more development to meet the design specifications.
Presenting the chosen design
When presenting the final chosen design, you must provide a clear image of that design, which clearly shows its details and features. This image should be presented as a final illustration, separate to any developmental work.
For digital design, students create a clear, well-presented illustration of the final chosen design that highlights details such as colour, form, fonts, layout, how the solution is interacted with and its features.
When presenting the final chosen design, you must provide a clear image of that design, which clearly shows its details and features. This image should be presented as a final illustration, separate to any developmental work.
For digital design, students create a clear, well-presented illustration of the final chosen design that highlights details such as colour, form, fonts, layout, how the solution is interacted with and its features.
Figure 31-Final chosen idea examples (showing development)