Some excellent development pages from 2.5

            2.5, and the other S2 classes are attempting to simplify their clock designs so that the right balance between visual interest and technical complexity is established. Evaluation criteria are discussed and agreed with the class. We came up with the following rules:

No more than five parts. [Not including backing piece]
No more than thirteen edges.
No tiny little parts.
No really tight curves.
If possible, all parts should be the same colour.
Must collapse back to a square, circle or triangle.
Must be manageable in a six period build time.

All rules were agreed after the practical limitations were explained. Pupils were urged to, "design in simplicity". After all, if the model is not completed within the build time what we'll end up creating is scrap. Also, we're firm believers in Mies van der Rohe's famous line, "Less is More". A day rarely passes when somebody is not heard proclaiming this statement. And it really is true. Simplicity is harder to design than complexity. Good design should look effortless but it rarely is.

These pupils have really grasped this and are demonstrating some really clever ways of explaining their design thinking in diagrammatic form using arrows to sequence the stages their thinking goes through. Interesting. Well done you lot. Keep it up! 
   

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Jordanhill School

Department of Design and Technology

Mies van der Rohe

Clock Project

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Sets appears in: • S2 Clock Project 2010

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