Written and updated by a team of authors and examiners, the course is fully in accordance with the AQA specification for September 2001. The revised textbook includes new material on ICT and provides increased emphasis on the use of CAD-CAM throughout the units. The book continues to follow the tried and tested layout and design, recognised by Design &;amp Technology teachers across the country for its accessible and motivating style.

 

This book is part of a book series called Design And Make It .

There are 152 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

The series editor Tristram Shepard is also the series editor for the Design & Make It! for Key Stage 3 series as well as Getting IT Right.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Introduction: design matters; industrial matters; ICT in the textiles industry; using ICT in textiles technology. Part 2 Design and make it project guide: choosing and starting projects; project investigation; design specification; generating and developing ideas; planning the making and the manufacturing; testing and evaluation; project presentation. Part 3 Project 1 - on stage: the Mikado; designing for the theatre (1); designing for the theatre (2); creating an effect with colour; writing a specification/developing ideas; embellishing fabrics (1); embellishing fabrics (2); colouring fabric (1); colouring fabric (2); adapting a pattern; cutting it out; putting it together; planning the making/testing and evaluation; examination questions (1). Part 4 Project 2 - outward bound: carry on carrying; ergonomic investigation; fibres to fabrics; specification/container design development; specification/garment design development; fabric construction (1); fabric construction (2)/choosing fabrics; testing fabrics; making, testing and evaluating models.