The Design Curriculum
Design is shared within the curriculum by two subjects which both embrace aspects of design, but without clear delineation in the scope of their teaching…
What, therefore, is ‘design’ in art and design?
Design can be considered as a discipline that enables the learner to make careful choices, classify and order their creative thinking and actions in ways…
Design in D&T
Aims and objectivesThe study of design and technology seeks to prepare students to participate confidently and successfully in an increasingly technological…
The Design Process
Designing is an iterative process and can incorporate many forms in order to organise, record and inform improvements in the creative thinking and actions…
A Creative Design Process
7 areas of design activity A fully flexible Design Process for Creativity, that broadly follows a circular process flow, but enables movement between…
The influence of the Bauhaus on Design and the way we teach art and design
When considering the origins of modern day design, art and design teachers often focus on the evolution and creative legacy of the Bauhaus. The…
Differences in the language of design used by D&T and art & design
Whilst both subject areas mention creativity and designing for purpose, design in D&T is seen to a much greater extent as the practical application…