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Learning about design terminology
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What does use of materials mean?
What type of materials have been used and why.
How the piece was made.
How the design was built.
How the materials have been used to make the piece.
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What does use of space mean?
How much space there is around the design.
The space within or surrounding the design.
The number of gaps in a design.
The amount of space the design takes up.
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What does visual impact mean?
What is it about the piece that stands out.
What the design looks like.
Why has
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What does aesthetics mean?
How it works and the way it was made.
How it looks and the reason for this.
How well it fits to the body.
What materials have been used.
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What does typography mean?
The style and appearance of the lettering used.
The type of language you use.
The way you write something.
The way you type something.
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What does influences/ source of inspiration?
Explain what the design piece was inspired by.
What the design looks like.
Who you think it was made for.
How does it make you feel.
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What does pattern mean?
The lines used where and why.
The way the shapes are organised.
How many of the same colour is used within the pattern.
The type of pattern that has been used and been positioned.
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What does construction mean?
The type of building designed.
The name of the construction company.
What type of scaffolding has been used.
Describe and explain how something is built.
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What does texture mean?
How a material has been applied.
What feeling does it have.
How the paint has been applied.
What type of texture has been used .
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What three categories is ergonomics split into?
Style, aesthetics and function.
Psychology, physiology and anthropometrics.
Anthropometrics, target market and materials.
Function, style and fitness for purpose.
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What does techniques mean?
How materials have been used to achieve an affect.
What type of material has been used.
What type of manufacturing process has been used.
How the painting has been created.
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What does ergonomics mean?
Who it is for.
Materials and techniques
How it was made, used and who it was made for.
How it makes fits to the body, makes you feel and usage
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What does Physiology mean?
How it fits to the body.
How well a person fits the design.
How to make someone feel better after an injury.
How do we use the design.
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What does imagery mean?
What photographs have been used in the work.
How the design looks.
What does the image remind you of.
Images, symbols or language used to represent something in a piece of work.
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What is anthropometric data?
How it fits to the body using body measurements.
How it makes you feel.
How comfortable it is.
How the materials are collected.
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What does layout mean?
Describe and explain how something is arranged or laid out.
How the design has been pieced together.
Does the object stand upright.
The arrangement of a poster.
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What does form mean?
What size is the work.
What it is to represent.
What type of shape it is and if it is 2d or 3D.
What height is the work.
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What does colour mean?
How you make the colour of plastic.
Where have the colours been used in the design.
Name the colour.
What type of colour has been used where and why.
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What does target audience mean?
Describe and explain what group the product is aimed at.
The design company who made the product.
Music created for a specific group of people to listen to.
A group of people who asked for this design to be made.
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What does target market mean?
Who is the design aimed at?
What age does the design suit.
Who looks at the design.
Describe and explain who you think the design was made for.
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What does fitness for purpose mean?
Who it was made for.
What it is used for.
Why it was made.
How successful the design is in meeting its purpose.
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What does style mean?
Why a design looks a particular way.
Why the design is shaped in a particular way.
The look and the characteristics the design's similar to.
What it was inspired by.
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What does tone mean in art?
When grey is added to a colour.
What type of musical note has been used.
What type of lighting has been used.
A colour or shade going from light to dark.
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What does decoration mean?
What style of decoration has been used.
How detailed a design is.
The way something has been detailed/decorated to create an appearance.
How someone has decorate a room.
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What does wearability mean?
How something is worn, ease of taking on and off, suitable for purpose.
What is the purpose of the outfit.
Does it look like it could be worn.
How it is worn.
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What does shape mean?
What type of form does the object take.
Where shapes have been used in the artwork.
What type of shapes have been used.
What stands out in the picture.
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What does design psychology mean?
The study of the human brain .
How a design makes you feel.
How we think when making a design.
How it safe it feels to wear.
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What does scale mean in art?
The height of the objects in the work.
What stands out most in the work.
What size is the work / design.
What shape is the objects in the work.
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What does function mean?
What is the purpose of the design.
How it is to be worn.
How the materials are used.
How it fits to the body.
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What does manufacturing mean?
How well it fits to the body.
Describe and explain what type of machinery has been used.
What materials have been used for.
What type of paint has been used.
