IB Design Technology 7.1.3 Design Guidance Lessons

1.1a Anthropometrics

1.1b Psychological factors

1.1c Physiological factors

2.1 Resources and reserves

2.2 Waste mitigation strategies

2.3 Energy utilization, storage and distribution

2.4 Clean technology

2.5 Green design

2.6 Eco-design

3.1 Conceptual modelling

3.2 Graphical modelling

3.3 Physical modelling

3.4 Computer-aided design (CAD)

3.5 Rapid prototyping

4.1 Properties of materials

4.2a Metals and metallic alloys

4.2b Timber

4.2c Glass

4.2d Plastics

4.2e Textiles

4.2f Composites

4.3 Scales of production

4.4 Manufacturing processes

4.5 Production systems

4.6 Robots in automated production

5.1 Invention

5.3 Strategies for innovation

5.4 Stakeholders in invention and innovation

5.5 Product life cycle

5.6 Rogers’ characteristics of innovation and consumers

5.7 Innovation, design and marketing specifications

6.1 Characteristics of classic design

6.2 Classic design, function and form

7.1 User-centred design (UCD)

7.2 Usability

7.3 Strategies for user research

7.4 Strategies for UCD

7.5 Beyond usability—designing for pleasure and emotion

8.1 Sustainable development

8.2 Sustainable consumption

8.3 Sustainable design

8.4 Sustainable innovation

9.1 Corporate strategies

9.2 Market sectors and segments

9.3 Marketing mix

9.4 Market research

9.5 Branding

10.1 Just in time (JIT) and just in case (JIC)

10.2 Lean production

10.3 Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)

10.4 Quality management