Designing - EdexcelReviewing designs

Designers use many techniques to create products and solve problems. Design and development involve creating working drawings and parts lists to enable a third party to manufacture the design.

Part ofDesign and TechnologyNEA project skills

Reviewing designs

Designers should review and compare their ideas to determine what design to take forward:

  • review against the design brief
  • review against the criteria in the design specification
  • ask users for their opinions about the design ideas or models
  • ask experts for their opinions about the design ideas or models

and are a crucial part in the design process as they can highlight any modifications that need to be made at the next stage. It is also a valuable point at which to consider the product against the original design specification and ensure the users’ needs are met.

Modifications will be made in relation to the design brief, specification and users’ needs to develop their ideas into successful products.

A man holds two different boxed products in a shop, comparing the two with thought.
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User opinions aid the review of designs and help in making justified design decisions and modifications