HS221 Stationery for Designing
TECH
Low-tech
CHALLENGE
Simple
TIME
1 session (half-day)
TEAM SIZE
1 or 2
About
Having proper stationery will help when you are designing. If you have the items that you need, you will be able to concentrate on the job. Keep all the work that you do, and all the papers that you have collected when designing. Photograph your models to have a record of them.
Figure: The stationery that you need to design. Tick-off each item when you have it.
What you need
- Note pad, A4.
- White paper, A4.
- Plastic document wallet, A4.
- Graphite pencil.
- Pencil sharpener.
- Plastic eraser.
- Scale or ruler.
- Tape dispenser.
- Set of colour pencils or pens.
- Scissor.
- Glue stick.
How to keep your design notes and sketches
- Keep all the work that you do.
- Write notes in your notepad.
- Write the date with every note.
- You may also paste things in your notepad, for example handouts, and printouts of things that you found during the LEARN step.
- Sketch on A4 white paper.
- Keep all your sketches in an A4 folder.
- Photograph your models to record them.
Tips
- Use the figure above when buying stationery. Tick-off each item when you have it.
- You don’t need special equipment to design. Graphite pencils and A4-size copier paper or Xerox paper (Letter-size in the US) are cheap, and the perfect drawing materials.
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