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Topics covered

Questions and exam papers cover every Design and Technology A-level topic on the OCR (Fashion and Textiles) A-Level specification.

What can be learnt by exploring contexts that design solutions are intended for? What can be learnt by undertaking stakeholder analysis? How can usability be considered when designing prototypes? Why is it important to analyse and evaluate products as part of the design and manufacturing process? Why is it important to understand technological developments in fashion and textiles? Why is it important to understand both past and present developments in fashion and textiles?
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What can be learnt by examining lifecycles of products? What factors need to be considered whilst investigating design possibilities? What factors need to be considered when developing design solutions for manufacture? What factors need to be considered when manufacturing products? What factors need to be considered when distributing products to markets? How do fashion and textiles designers use annotated 2D and 3D sketching and digital tools to graphically communicate ideas? How do industry professionals use digital design tools to support and communicate the exploration, innovation and development of design ideas? How do fashion and textiles designers use different approaches to design thinking to support the development of design ideas? What factors influence the selection of materials that are used in products? What materials should be selected when designing and manufacturing products and prototypes in fashion and textiles? Why is it important to consider the properties/characteristics of materials when designing and manufacturing products? What considerations need to be made about the structural integrity of a design solution? How can products be designed to function effectively within their surroundings? What opportunities are there through using smart materials, e-textiles and technical textiles within products? How can materials and processes be used to make iterative models? How can materials and processes be used to make final prototypes? How can materials and processes be used to make commercial products? How is manufacturing organised and managed for different scales of production? How is the quality of products controlled through manufacture? How can designers assess whether a design solution meets its stakeholder requirements? How can fashion and textiles designers assess whether a design solution meets the criteria of technical specifications? How do designers and manufacturers determine whether design solutions are commercially viable? How can safety be ensured when working with materials in a workshop environment? What are the implications of health and safety legislation on product manufacture?

Also available for AQA (Fashion and Textiles), AQA (Product Design), Edexcel, OCR (Design Engineering), OCR (Product Design).

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