Design Resources (Briefs, etc)

Design Briefs & Project briefs

1. Formats, Theory and Reality of Briefs
   1. Download Design Brief Explanation & Example Format (Petrina, 2004, pp. 147-150)
      1. Format Example #1 / Few Constraints: Students fill in details of Design Brief
      2. Format Example #2 / Many Constraints: Teacher gives details of Design Brief
      3. SACSA D&T DB Format (see pp. 9-10)
   2. Download *very helpful* Project Brief Guide
   3. See Ryd, N. (2004). The design brief as carrier of client information during the construction process.
   4. Design Brief Resources

Design Brief & project brief Examples

1. 471 Activities & Design Briefs
2. Re-Design (Better Mousetraps)
   1. Paper Clips & Crimps
   2. Golf Tees
3. Electronics, Mechanics & Robotics
   1. Black Box
   2. Critter
   3. Cyborg
4. Jewelry
   1. Beads & Things
5. Media & Technology Design
   1. Brochure
   2. Men’s Body Image
   3. PSA
   4. Subvertising (Print Media)
   5. Subvertising (Digital Media)
   6. Tooning ET
6. Puppets & Marionettes
   1. Marionette
      1. Sketches
   2. Puppet Animation
   3. Puppet Theater
   4. Puppet Video
   5. Resource: “Puppetry, Shadow Play and Masks”
   6. Resource: Baumann Marionettes Project
      1. Marionettes Go 3D
      2. Baumann Marionette exhibition
      3. e.g., Marionette Show Video
   7. Resource: Pixar’s Presto
7. Shoes & Textiles
   1. Shoes (Labour Behind Labels)
8. Statics & Mechanics
   1. Projectile or Catapult
   2. Mobile
   3. Stabile
9. Structures
   1. Foot Bridge
10. Systems
    1. Watering System
12. Download zip of all w/ pdf + .docx files
13. Sample Student Work: Peter+Sharissa-TIDE Design Brief2
14. Sample Student Work: Rob+JaredC-ornithopterprojectbrief
15. Sample Student Work: Peter+Sharissa-TIDE Design Brief2 Rob+JaredC-ornithopterprojectbrief; Ornithopter body information sheet Ornithopter body procedure sheet ornithopter Ideation proccess
16. Principles of Design, etc.: Principles & Problems of Design