Unit 2. Working with design

1. Read and answer the questions:

1. Would you like to be a designer?
2. What spheres and fields need design requirements?
3. What sphere would you like to work in?
4. Make a word map to describe the varieties of using the design.

Car design  

Furniture design

	Mobile phones design

1. Study the active topical vocabulary.

Design (n) – 1) the way that something has been planned and made, including its appearance, how it works; 2) a decorate pattern on something;3) the art or process of making a drawing of something to show how you will make it or what it will look like.

(v) 1) to make a drawing or plan of something that will be made or built; 2) to plan or develop something for a specific purpose.

Costing (n) – a calculation of the cost of design and manufacture of a product.

Brief (n) – instructions and information given to somebody before they do a piece of work

Function (n) – the purpose or use that something has.

Requirement (n) – something is needed.

Sketch (v) – to draw quickly and simply without details.

Supplies (n) – the parts and materials that a manufacturer needs to make things.

Model (n) – a three - dimensional image or prototype used as part of the design process.

Mass – produce (v) – to manufacture something in large quantities.

Manufacturing (n) – making or producing goods by machinery or other industrial process, usually in large quantities.

1. Read the text and put the phrases in correct order.

Designer speaks about the design process:

“I start with a design brief - a description of the problem I’m going to solve. In this case, it’s to design a backpack for cross-country skiers. Then I investigate, and do some research about cross-country skiers, the things they need to carry and the weight they find comfortable. I also think about the best choice of material- waterproof, hard - wearing, easy to work with. Next, I sketch different shapes for the backpack and choose what I think is the best solution. I transfer my sketch to a computer to make a proper drawing with all the dimensions in place. Then, I ask a company to realize it and make up some prototypes to test how well it works. Finally, I compare the product with the brief. I evaluate it by asking questions like: Does it meet all the requirements? Can I make it any better, or improve it somehow?”

The STAGES of Design Process

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