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The following questions relate to areas which you have been studying during the
past few lessons.

Student Name:
Assessment Score:

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Question 1 is about designing. You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this question.
1 The products shown below all belong to the Memphis design movement.

1 (a) Describe two features of the Memphis style.

Feature 1

Feature 2

[4 marks]

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The products shown below all belong to the Memphis design movement.
1 (b) On the following page, develop a design for the
product from the list below. (Please circle the product
you have chosen).
You should show enough detail for somebody else to
be able to make it.
There are marks for:

CHOOSE FROM
Kettle
Lamp
Mobile Phone
Sofa
Chair
Clock
Radio
Television

How well your design links to the Memphis style

Originality of ideas
Materials and construction techniques
How well you communicate your design.

[15 Marks]

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Question 2 is about design movements and design methodology. You are advised to spend about 15 minutes
on this question.
2 Designers sometimes use an image or a style from the past. This is called retro design. The pictures of the
radios below show how design from the past has been used in a more modern radio. [9 Marks]

A 1940s Radio
Use examples to
explain how retro
design has
influenced the
design of products
which can be made
using modern
technology.

A modern digital
retro radio.

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Question 3 is about design movements and testing your knowledge of remembering design imagery. You are
advised to spend about 5 minutes on this question.
3 Look at the design movement images and draw a line matching the movement to the image. [5 Marks]

Arts & Crafts

Art Nouveau
Bauhaus

De Stijl
Art Deco

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Question 4 is about product evolution seen in designs which adapt due to technological advances. You are
advised to spend about 10 minutes on this question.
4 The images below show the evolution of the mobile phone. Study the photos carefully and write a bullet
pointed list of all the changes that you can see. [6 Marks]