GCSE AQA Graphics

Further ResearchIssues

MaterialsManufacturing Specification

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• Title:– Further Research– ½ page per part

Further Research• Comment on each part of your game:

– Counters, box, box graphics, cards, instructions, tray/insert & board

• What materials and process would you use for your prototype and why?• What materials and process would you use in the real world?

Paper – 80gsm

Part Prototype Real World

Material Process Material Process

Counters Acrylic Laser cut ABS Injection moulded

Box 600 micron card Laser cut 600 micron card Die cut

Box graphics Paper stuck onto the card

Digital printing Direct onto the card Gravure

Cards Paper Digital printing & Encapsulation

Card (coated, or spray varnished)

Gravure

Instructions Paper Digital printing & Encapsulation

Coated paper Gravure / offset lithography

Tray/insert 600 micron card Laser cut HIPs Vacuum forming

Board Board backing fabric, 2mm grey board with paper. Digital printed graphics.

Board backing fabric, 2mm grey board with coasted paper. Gravure printed graphics.

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Issues

• Social• Moral• Environmental• Sustainability

• Around the product, materials and manufacture methods chosen.

Social, cultural, moral, environmental, economic and sustainability issues

AQA Graphic Products

Moral

• A designer may not want their designs to be used to promote products that have potential drawbacks for the consumer. An example of this could be fast food or sweets that, with excessive consumption, could result in long term health damage.

• Moral factors may influence a designer's choice of materials. For example, using recyclable materials

Social

• Users need to be considerate in the use of their product– Noise from MP3 players / phones etc

• Users may stop being socialable / be more socialable– Listening to headphones instead of speaking to each other– Playing a game users may intereact with echother more

• Designers need to be aware of the impact of their product and design products appropriately.

• Other social issues are:– The aging population– Obesity– Smoking and alcohol use

Cultural

• Designers should be aware that some images and text can cause offence. This can be because they contradict people's religious or cultural beliefs.

• Globalisation has exposed more people to different cultures, and this has inspired designers' work.

Economic

• Designers want people to buy their product and for their product be desirable. They need to consider peoples incomes.

• A consumer may want to buy a product, but may not be able to afford it

• A manufacturer may find it cheaper to make the product elsewhere.

Environmental / sutainability

• Designers have a responsibility to work in a way that reduces the environmental impact of a product.

• Raw Materials– Paper and card are made from cellulose fibre from wood, old rags or

old paper. Care needs to be taken to ensure that wood is from sustainable forests. The processes of making paper may produce waste.

• Manufacturing– Inks and solvents used in manufacturing processes may be harmful

unless used and disposed of correctly.

• Products– Products and packaging can cause large amounts of waste if they are

thrown away. However, many kinds of graphics waste can be recycled.

Environmental / sutainability• Rethink - How can the product do the job better? Is the product energy

efficient? Has the product been designed for disassembly?• Reuse - Which parts of the product could be used again? Has the product

got another use without having to process it?• Recycle - Which parts of the product can be recycled? Is this information

clear on the packaging?• Repair - Which parts might need to be replaced? Which parts might fail

with use or over time? How easy would it be to replace parts?• Reduce - Are there any parts in your product that are not needed? How

can the amount of material be reduced? How could you simplify your product?

• Refuse - Is your product really needed? Have you thought about the people who might be making your product - are they treated fairly (pay, living and working conditions etc)?

Environmental / sutainability

• Built in obsolescence is when a product is designed and made with parts that are known to fail after a specific time. This means a new part or a new product will have to be bought to replace it.

• Designs that try to reduce waste will avoid built in obsolescence.

Moral, social and ethical issues

• It is the responsibility of the designer to consider the moral, social and cultural aspects of their design

• It is the responsibility of the consumer to justify and feel comfortable with their choice when purchasing a product.

Is it ever right to:• use child labour?• develop cosmetics through testing on animals?• breed, grow and sell genetically modified crops?• demand products that encourage deforestation?• transport day to day items on a global basis?• use heavy pollutants in a products manufacture?

Ethical trading

To trade ethically you must at least:• ensure safe working standards and procedures in

the factories• set out fair pay and working conditions for

employees• act upon the impact of production on the local

environment• assurances that the trading procedures are sound

can be gained from the presence of the fair trade symbol.

Mark Scheme

• The implications of a wide range of issues including social, moral, environmental and sustainability, are taken into consideration and inform the development of the design proposals

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Social

Moral

Environmental

Sustainability

Page 2

• Title:– Testing & Manufacturing Specification– ½ page per part

Testing

• Choose you materials• Test them• Take photos of the result• Write about:– How well has it performed in that test (or not)– Give it a score

• At the end comment what each would be would be good for

Tests

• Wear• Ease of cutting (different types of cutting)• Ease of creating• Water resistance• Appearance / aesthetics• Others?

TestingI will… (what you plan to do)

Comments on materials chosen for purpose here

1. Say what you plan to do and why

2. Do the table with results and comments (WITH PHOTOS of results)

3. Underneath the table comment what each material would be good for and why

TestsWearEase of cutting (different types of cutting)Ease of creatingWater resistanceAppearance

Material Photos Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4

600 micron card

Take photos of all 4 tests together in 1 photo

Write about the results6/10

Paper

Encapsulated paper

Paper with coverseal

Acrylic

Grey board

Board backing fabric

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Mark Scheme

• Appropriate materials and components selected with full regard to their working properties

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Materials1.11.2etcProcesses2.12.2Finishes3.1

Components4.1

Joining5.1

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• Fully detailed and justified product/manufacturing specification taking full account of the analysis undertaken

Manufacturing Specification

• Headings:– Materials– Processes– Finishes– Components– Joining

• It must be detailed and justified– How you will make YOUR game.

Board – 2mm grey board, board backing fabric, graphicsCounters – acrylicCards/instructions – paper encapsulatedBox – 600 micron card, graphics stuck on, coversealed

Board – by hand (scissors & craft knives) / Adobe PhotoshopCounters – laser cutCards/instructions – Adobe Photoshop, cut, encapsulatedBox – 2D Design & laser cut, Adobe Photoshop & printed, coversealed

Cover sealAcrylic – self finishingBoard backing fabricEncapsulation

Dice

Spray mountTensol cement (3D counters)

Comments on materials chosen for purpose here