DDES9012
Critical Approaches to Design
Assessment 2
SUMMARY of INFORMATION
Title: Assessment 2 - Emergency Response – Design Solution
Weighting: 50%
Assessment type: Project
Submission requirements:
In class Design Response (individual presentation) and Visual Journal
Electronic PDF file that documents the Design Response and Visual Journal
Group work: No
Where to submit: Moodle and Padlet
Due: Week 11
ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION:
Using the findings presented in the collaborative visual report (Assessment 1), you are required to develop a design outcome that addresses one or more factors associated with your chosen emergency scenario. You are required to work iteratively through material and process testing and experimentation, toward the design and production of a working prototype OR non-working prototype of equivalent resolution OR scale model of equivalent resolution. Your design response can be positioned within a disciplinary specialisation of your choosing or employ an interdisciplinary approach ie textile design, furniture design, object design, graphic design, environments, or a combination of design disciplines.
HOW TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT:
1. Select an issue to address – Based on your interests, disciplinary focus and the research conducted as part of Assessment 1, select a design problem to address.
2. Design development - Use the most relevant theories, methods and/or frameworks found in your research to design a solution to your chosen issue. Work iteratively, using sketching and sketch modelling to test each design for its functionality, appropriateness of aesthetic and plausibility in production. You should work through a number of iterations, improving your design with each evolution.
3. Material testing - Test the making/realisation processes, techniques, mediums and materials that you will use to produce your working prototype, non-working prototype or scale model. You should work through a number of iterations, improving the materiality and execution with each new design.
4. Design production - Produce your working prototype OR non-working prototype of equivalent resolution OR scale model of equivalent resolution, using the most appropriate materials and construction techniques, as identified by secondary research, iterative sketching, sketch modelling and material testing.
5. Ensure that your design process does the following:
a. Uses research to identify a problem/issue affecting your chosen community.
b. Uses research to identify best-practice theories, methods and/or frameworks proven capable of addressing the identified problem/issue.
c. Uses the identified best-practice theories, methods and/or frameworks to guide the iterative design of a design outcome that addresses the identified problem/issue.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Electronic Submission:
What to submit:
• Design response and pre-recorded, 5-minute individual presentation which includes:
o An introduction to the issue that you are addressing with your design
o An introduction to and discussion of the theories, methods and/or frameworks you are adopting in designing a solution to your chosen issue
o Final design response rationale within the context established in Assessment 1
o Presentation and discussion of relevant material and process testing aligned with the design solutions
o Final design response production drawings, process photographs and final design photographs
o Final design response working prototype OR non-working prototype of equivalent resolution OR scale model of equivalent resolution
• A single PDF Visual Journal which includes:
o Presentation slides.
o Documentation of all primary research. This could include original written notes/annotations, drawings, audio investigations, interviews etc
o Documentation of all secondary research. This will be in your own words, no copy and pasting! You must use correct APA referencing to identify sources of all collated resources
o Minimum 30 x design development sketches
o Production drawings of your final design response
o Minimum 20 x photographs documenting your material research, testing and prototyping process
o Minimum 10 x photographs and/or highly resolved drawings of your final design response
o 1 x 500-word reflection and evaluation of your individual design and its successful response to the emergency scenario
How to submit:
• Upload your pre-recorded, 5-minute individual presentation to your Padlet.
• Submit your PDF Visual Journal to Moodle.
• Maximum file size 5MB
• Your file name must include zID and Family name eg. z123456_Smith
Where to submit:
• Upload your pre-recorded, 5-minute individual presentation to your Padlet in the Padlet section of your course Moodle page.
• Upload your PDF Visual Journal to the Assessments section of your course Moodle page.
Due date:
• Due by 12:00 midday on Monday, Week 11.
Please note:
• Penalties apply for late submission as indicated in the course outline