Product Design and Technologies study guides

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to Design theory and context. Covers the major design movements and styles, influential designers and companies, the factors that drive product development, and the effects of technological change, with the named examples and exam patterns Edexcel repeats.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to Ergonomics and human factors. Covers anthropometric data and percentiles, ergonomics and usability, inclusive and user-centred design, and aesthetics and form, with the percentile reasoning and exam patterns Edexcel repeats.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to Manufacturing processes. Covers scales of production, industrial shaping, forming and casting, joining and finishing, and CAD, CAM and digital manufacture, with the cost reasoning and exam patterns Edexcel repeats.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to Materials and properties. Covers papers and boards, natural and manufactured timbers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys, polymers and textiles, composites and smart and modern materials, with the properties and exam patterns Edexcel repeats.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to the Mathematical and technical principles (the maths in context). Covers tolerances and fits, costing and quantities, scale, ratio and geometry, and data handling and statistics, with the worked methods Edexcel repeats.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to Sustainability and ethics. Covers the 6 Rs and the circular economy, life-cycle assessment and the carbon footprint, designing for disassembly and maintenance, and the social, moral and ethical issues of manufacture, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to Systems and mechanisms. Covers electronic systems and components with Ohm's law, logic gates and microcontrollers, mechanical devices and types of motion, and gear, pulley and lever calculations, with the worked methods Edexcel repeats.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level Product Design guide to The design process. Covers design briefs and specifications, iterative design and modelling, planning for manufacture, and testing, evaluation and standards, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats and the link to the NEA project.