VCE Product Design and Technologies Units 3&4 Notes

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1. One-off, low-volume, high-volume and continuous production: methods, technologies and when each is viable3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Influences on design, development and production of products

   Production settings

2. Lean manufacturing versus flexible and responsive manufacturing: aims, similarities and differences3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Influences on design, development and production of products

   Manufacturing strategies

3. The 6Rs and the triple bottom line: applying and critiquing them against a real product3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Influences on design, development and production of products

   Sustainability frameworks I

4. Circular economy, cradle-to-cradle, Design for Disassembly, Extended Producer Responsibility and lifecycle assessment3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Influences on design, development and production of products

   Sustainability frameworks II

5. Style, technical and functional obsolescence: benefits and issues for producers and consumers3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Influences on design, development and production of products

   Planned obsolescence

6. AI, automation, CAD, CAM, CNC, laser technology, rapid 3D prototyping and robotics: impacts on production3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Influences on design, development and production of products

   Production technologies

7. Mycelium, 3D-printing polymers, composite metals, repurposed plastics, vegan leather and bamboo3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Influences on design, development and production of products

   Experimental and alternative materials

8. Investigating and defining, evaluating existing products and planning research: critical, creative and speculative thinking techniques3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Investigating opportunities for ethical design and production

   Double Diamond: first diamond

9. Need or opportunity, end-user profile, function, constraints and considerations, and writing evaluation criteria3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Investigating opportunities for ethical design and production

   Design brief and evaluation criteria

10. Primary and secondary, qualitative and quantitative research, digital methods, ethics and intellectual property3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Investigating opportunities for ethical design and production

    Ethical research and market needs

11. Visualisations, design options and working drawings: drawing systems and annotations that earn marks3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Investigating opportunities for ethical design and production

    Graphical product concepts

12. Need or opportunity, function, end users, market, lifecycle and technologies as tools for evaluating productsCross-study · Cross-study specifications — Factors that influence product design, ethics and design thinking

    Factors that influence product design

13. Design elements and design principles: identifying them and critiquing how a designer has applied themCross-study · Cross-study specifications — Factors that influence product design, ethics and design thinking

    Aesthetics

14. Ethical design, the three sustainability dimensions, IP, standards, worldview and First Peoples' design knowledgeCross-study · Cross-study specifications — Factors that influence product design, ethics and design thinking

    Ethics, sustainability and legal responsibilities

15. Second diamond: prototypes, the chosen product concept and the final proof of concept, and synthesising feedback3 · Unit 3 AOS3 — Developing a final proof of concept for ethical production

    Prototypes and proof of concept

16. Properties and characteristics, experiments and trials, and social, environmental, economic and worldview selection factors3 · Unit 3 AOS3 — Developing a final proof of concept for ethical production

    Materials, tools and processes

17. Timeline, quality measures, materials and costings, tools and processes, risk assessment and safety controls3 · Unit 3 AOS3 — Developing a final proof of concept for ethical production

    Scheduled production plans

18. Goal-setting, monitoring efficiency and effectiveness, managing time and resources, and justifying modifications4 · Unit 4 AOS1 — Managing production for ethical designs

    Managing production

19. Research and development, speculative design thinking, innovation, entrepreneurial activity and new and emerging technologies4 · Unit 4 AOS2 — Evaluation and speculative design

    R&D, speculative design and entrepreneurship

20. Collecting, interpreting and synthesising data and end-user feedback to judge success and justify improvements4 · Unit 4 AOS2 — Evaluation and speculative design

    Evaluating products with data