AQA GCSE Design and Technology - Product
Design questions and answer sheet
Why does product evolution occur? - answer ✅✅>
Continuous improvement
> Market pull
> Technology push
> Social/cultural needs
> Political/environmental needs
What is market pull? - answer ✅✅> Designing to satisfy the
needs and wants of customers - costumer demand
> Changing fashions and social attitudes affect what people
want and it isn't always the same
,Give an example of market pull - answer ✅✅A car is
designed to get you from A to B but they have become a
status symbol and luxury extras such as seat-back TV
screens are added
What is technology push? - answer ✅✅> Research and
development leads to new technologies, materials and
manufacturing techniques
> New technology can make a product cheaper, perform its
function better or be nicer-looking
Give an example of technology push - answer
✅✅Computers started as a hude 'adding machines' but now
microchips allow for small, fast and powerful machienes
What is continuous improvement? - answer ✅✅>
Manufactures want to make more money, increase profit
> They improve the design do they can be made more easily
'continuous improvement'
> They make them as good as possible to make money, be
competitive and meet standards of product quality
,What alternative reasons can a product evolve for? - answer
✅✅> Social or cultural needs (For example, wind-up radios
for Africans so they could listen to educational broadcasts
about health concerns)
> Political or environmental needs (For example, the need
for environmentally friendly products such as hybrid engine
cars that are more efficient)
Name the features of the Arts and Crafts movement - answer
✅✅> Founded by William Morris
> Bases on patterns found in nature
> Upright and angular
> Made by made and skilled craftsmen
Name the features of the Art Nouveau movement - answer
✅✅> Designers include Louis C.Tiffany
> Flowing and curvy designs
> They use floral or insect motifs
Name the features of the Art Deco movement - answer ✅✅>
Inspired by African and Egyptian art
> Bold colours, zigzag and stepped shapes, bold sweeping
curves and the sunset motif
, > Example is the Chrysler building in New York
Name the features of the Bauhaus movement - answer ✅✅>
Movement from Germany
> Has the motto 'form follows function'
> Function is most important and appearance is second
> It is futuristic, simplistic and used mass production
methods
> Uses chrome tubing and black leather
Name the features of the De Stijl movement - answer ✅✅>
Dutch modernist movemnt
> Basic - uses simple shapes, horizontal and vertical lines
> The three primary colous only
> Well known example is Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue chair
Name the features of the postmodernism movement -
answer ✅✅> Rejected 'form follows function'
> Put style as the focus point of design
> Memphis used bright, contrasting colours and different
materials
> Some styles contain kitsch and minimalism
Design questions and answer sheet
Why does product evolution occur? - answer ✅✅>
Continuous improvement
> Market pull
> Technology push
> Social/cultural needs
> Political/environmental needs
What is market pull? - answer ✅✅> Designing to satisfy the
needs and wants of customers - costumer demand
> Changing fashions and social attitudes affect what people
want and it isn't always the same
,Give an example of market pull - answer ✅✅A car is
designed to get you from A to B but they have become a
status symbol and luxury extras such as seat-back TV
screens are added
What is technology push? - answer ✅✅> Research and
development leads to new technologies, materials and
manufacturing techniques
> New technology can make a product cheaper, perform its
function better or be nicer-looking
Give an example of technology push - answer
✅✅Computers started as a hude 'adding machines' but now
microchips allow for small, fast and powerful machienes
What is continuous improvement? - answer ✅✅>
Manufactures want to make more money, increase profit
> They improve the design do they can be made more easily
'continuous improvement'
> They make them as good as possible to make money, be
competitive and meet standards of product quality
,What alternative reasons can a product evolve for? - answer
✅✅> Social or cultural needs (For example, wind-up radios
for Africans so they could listen to educational broadcasts
about health concerns)
> Political or environmental needs (For example, the need
for environmentally friendly products such as hybrid engine
cars that are more efficient)
Name the features of the Arts and Crafts movement - answer
✅✅> Founded by William Morris
> Bases on patterns found in nature
> Upright and angular
> Made by made and skilled craftsmen
Name the features of the Art Nouveau movement - answer
✅✅> Designers include Louis C.Tiffany
> Flowing and curvy designs
> They use floral or insect motifs
Name the features of the Art Deco movement - answer ✅✅>
Inspired by African and Egyptian art
> Bold colours, zigzag and stepped shapes, bold sweeping
curves and the sunset motif
, > Example is the Chrysler building in New York
Name the features of the Bauhaus movement - answer ✅✅>
Movement from Germany
> Has the motto 'form follows function'
> Function is most important and appearance is second
> It is futuristic, simplistic and used mass production
methods
> Uses chrome tubing and black leather
Name the features of the De Stijl movement - answer ✅✅>
Dutch modernist movemnt
> Basic - uses simple shapes, horizontal and vertical lines
> The three primary colous only
> Well known example is Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue chair
Name the features of the postmodernism movement -
answer ✅✅> Rejected 'form follows function'
> Put style as the focus point of design
> Memphis used bright, contrasting colours and different
materials
> Some styles contain kitsch and minimalism
