Handout FOR STUDENTS

HS321

Stationery for Designing (III)

  • LEVEL

    III
  • YEARS

    School yrs 7, 8, 9
  • AGES

    12–14 years old
  • Stages

    UNDERSTAND ➔ DECIDE ➔ CREATE ➔ BUILD ➔ TEST
  • SUMMARY

    The stationery that you need to succeed in your design project.
  • TECH

    Low-tech
  • CHALLENGE

    Simple
  • TIME

    1 session (half-day)
  • TEAM SIZE

    1 or 2

About

Be organised and have the right materials that you need to do a design project. If you have everything that you need at your fingertips, 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.
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​​​​​​​FIGURE: The stationery that you need to design. Tick-off each item when you have it.


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What you need

  • Note pad, A4.
  • White paper, A4.
  • Plastic document wallet, A4.
  • Graphite pencil.
  • Pencil sharpener.
  • Plastic eraser.
  • Highlighter pen.
  • Scale or ruler.
  • Tape dispenser.
  • Set of colour pencils or pens.
  • Scissor.
  • Glue stick.
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How to organise your design notes and sketches

  • Keep all your work when you do a design thinking project.
  • As you learn about the design topic during the UNDERSTAND stage, keep good notes and attach things to your notepad such as handouts, and printouts of information that you found.
    • Write notes in an A4 notepad.
    • Add the date to each note.​​​​​​​
  • Sketch on A4 white paper with a graphite pencil.
    • Do one sketch per sheet of paper, paper is cheap.
    • Keep all your sketches in an A4 document wallet.
  • 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 printer paper or Xerox paper (Letter-size in the US) are cheap and plentiful, and are the perfect drawing materials.