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
  11. Download zip of all w/ pdf + .docx files
  12. Sample Student Work: Peter+Sharissa-TIDE Design Brief2
  13. Sample Student Work: Rob+JaredC-ornithopterprojectbrief
  14. Sample Student Work: Peter+Sharissa-TIDE Design Brief2 Rob+JaredC-ornithopterprojectbrief; Ornithopter body information sheet Ornithopter body procedure sheet ornithopter Ideation proccess
  15. Principles of Design, etc.: Principles & Problems of Design

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