Project Guide Archive - Design Ventura https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/ Design Ventura is a free, design and enterprise challenge for students in years 9, 10 and 11, supported by industry professionals. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:43:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ventura.designmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-DM_DV24-25_Logo_Transparent_square-for-website-32x32.png Project Guide Archive - Design Ventura https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/ 32 32 Teacher Prep https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/teacher-prep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teacher-prep Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:26:33 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=187 You must log in to access this section. Resources for getting ready to run the project and booking visits, workshops and CPD.

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]]> The Design Ventura programme is designed so that you can deliver it in your schools, in whatever way works for you; as curriculum lessons, extra-curricular classes or even as an off timetable day. The range of workshop plans and resources are here to be used flexibly as a guide. Don’t forget that the Design Ventura team is on hand to help at any time via email or telephone.

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]]> Launch https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=launch Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:26:33 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=188 Resources to help getting into teams, watch the brief film and get started on the project.

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]]> Introduce the competition, the process and what the students can compete for. The most important thing to do at this stage is understand the various aspects of brief for the year. Students need get into teams of 4-6 and decide who in the team will do what.

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]]> Research https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/research/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=research Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:26:32 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=186 Understand the setting for your ideas including Design Museum Shop and target audience

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]]> Find out more about your audience and the products they like. Research the Design Museum Shop and see what is on sale and who goes to shop there. You can do this on a free visit to the museum or on the shop website.

Now is the time to take a good look at relevant products and consider possible target audiences.

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]]> Idea Generation https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/idea-generation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=idea-generation Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:24:33 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=179 Get creative and look for ways to come up with new and original responses to the theme

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]]> There are lots of ways to generate ideas – start by thinking of a problem to solve, or perhaps try to come up with lots of initial, quick responses to the brief or go straight into paper modelling. Whichever method you choose to use, the aim is to explore and not to get fixed on the first idea you come up with. This can lead to some unexpected and original solutions to the brief. Stuck for ideas? Try The Idea Machine it can help you come up with ideas in only 60 seconds! You can also run our Paper Forms Workshop Video in class to show students how function can follow form for idea generation.

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]]> Refining your design https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/refining-your-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=refining-your-design Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:26:31 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=185 Reflect on different aspects of the brief to help develop ideas, find flaws and rethink to make them even better.

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]]> Students may have more than one design that they feel fits the brief. It’s time to select and refine their ideas to develop them further. Test their ideas against the brief, through prototyping and user testing with their chosen audience. Don’t forget to consider wider issues such as sustainability. Even if the idea is a good one developing it through questioning, finding flaws, rethinking and refining it, can turn a good idea into a winning one. To get students started with prototyping, try running the Paper Forms Workshop Video to examine how function can follow form.

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]]> Enterprise https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/enterprise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enterprise Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:26:26 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=184 Make decisions on the manufacturing, costing and marketing of product ideas.

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]]> Now a final idea has been developed, start looking at the details that turn a design into a real product – costing your chosen materials and pricing your product. Look at branding, packaging and communicating to your target market.

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]]> Pitching your idea https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/pitching-your-idea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pitching-your-idea Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:26:25 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=183 Communicate product ideas on paper and through a pitch.

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]]> Only one entry per school can be submitted to the Design Ventura competition. This a great opportunity for all students to get the experience of communicating ideas in a persuasive way both on paper and through pitching. Why not get a panel of judges together and hold an in-school pitching event? Headteachers and local business people would make a good panel, or hold a class vote.

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]]> Submitting & Finishing up https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/finishing-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finishing-up Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:26:19 +0000 http://make-it-clear.design-ventura.in-beta8.co.uk/?post_type=project-guide&p=182 A chance to reflect on the lessons learnt throught the process and think about what's next.

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]]> Having chosen which idea will represent your school in the Design Ventura competition, this section includes all you need to know about how to submit, finishing up and next steps.

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]]> Mini Challenge https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/mini-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mini-challenge Thu, 25 May 2023 10:40:09 +0000 https://ventura.designmuseum.org/?post_type=project-guide&p=9389 Resources to support the delivery of the Mini Challenge.

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]]> The Design Ventura Mini Challenge is open to students in years 7 -11. The mini challenge offers a taster of the Design Ventura programme for students which can be run in a single lesson, set over rotation or given as homework.

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]]> Video Resources https://ventura.designmuseum.org/project-guide/finishing-up-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finishing-up-2 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:34:03 +0000 https://ventura.designmuseum.org/?post_type=project-guide&p=8194 Video resources relating to the current Design Ventura programme

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