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GRAPHIC DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS

INTERACTIVE MOBILE PDF APPS

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These pdf apps are ideal for revision, theory lessons, preparation for examinations and independent learning. They can be stored and used on schools systems and distributed to pupils and students. They are interactive and link to further information from technologystudent.com. They can be used without an internet connection, as a stand-alone revision and learning tool. No editing, copying or converting to other formats allowed.
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When using a PC, right click on the App Icon and select "Save target as". You will then be able to save pdf Apps to your computer /device.
 
PDF FILE - CLICK HERE FOR - POSTER - HOW TO USE THE MOBILE APPS EFFECTIVELY
PDF FILE - PROMOTING THE APP SECTION WITH PUPILS
 

SUGGESTED PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES
GRAPHICS INCLUDING SHADING

 
This app includes: Shading Flat Surfaces, The Line Technique (Flat Surfaces), Shading Curved Surfaces, The Line Technique (Curved Surfaces), Coloured Pencil Shading Exercises, Shading technique for Natural Wood.  

SIMPLE SHADING TECHNIQUES
COLOURED PENCILS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Simple Shading Techniques - Coloured Pencils'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Simple Shading Techniques - Coloured Pencils'.

 
This app includes:
This knowledge map takes pupil on a journey of colours starting with the Colour Wheel, Primary, Secondary, Complementary and Tertiary Colours.
The map moves on to the Feelings, Emotions, Atmosphere relating to countries and cultures.
 

ALL ABOUT COLOURS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Colours'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Colours'.

 
This app includes: Using Felt Pens (Fine and Brush Pens), Video Demonstrating Fine and Brush Felt Pens, Drawing a Craft Knife (exercise stage by stage) Including Felt Pen Rendering, MP3 Player - Draw and Render, Video Demonstratiung the MP3 Exercise.  

RENDERING WITH FELT PENS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Rendering with Felt Pens'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Rendering with Felt Pens'.

 
This app includes: Thick and Thin Line (Two Tone), Line Technique with Colour, Hatching Technique, Highlighting with Felt Pens and Coloured Pencils, Video (all the techniques)  

THICK AND THIN LINE TECHNIQUE
AND HIGHLIGHTING

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Thick and Thin Line Technique and Highlighting'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on' Thick and Thin Line Technique and Highlighting'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to Third Angle Projection, Adding Dimensions, How to Draw in Third Angle Orthographic, First Angle Orthographic Projection.  

ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION

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ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWING EXERCISES
These exercises are designed to introduce pupils to Third Angle Orthographic Projectioin. Each page / exercise has links and QR Codes that lead to instructions on each exercise.
 
Click here for Exercise Set One - Orthographic Drawing PDF VERSION
Click here for Exercise Set One - Orthographic Drawing POWERPOINT VERSION
 
Click here for Exercise Set Two - Orthographic Drawing PDF VERSION
Click here for Exercise Set Two - Orthographic Drawing POWERPOINT VERSION
 
SECTIONAL VIEWS - Exercise Set Three

PDF FILE - Exercises on Sectional Views
PowerPoint version of Exercise on Sectional Views
 
This app includes: Isometric Drawing and Designers, Isometric Projection - an Explanation, Drawing an Isometric Cube, Isometric Grid Paper, Drawing Isometric Circles, Drawing Isometric Cylinders, Isometric Exercises.  

ISOMETRIC DRAWING - 1

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Isometric Drawing'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Isometric Drawing'.

 
This app includes: Sketching Isometric Circles, Cubes, Curves, Cylinders and more advanced sketching exercises. It also includes Shading Techniques.  

SKETCHING IN ISOMETRIC

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Sketching in Isometric'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Sketching in Isometric'.

 
ISOMETRIC DRAWING EXERCISES
These exercises are designed to introduce pupils to Isometric Drawing. Each page / exercise has links and QR Codes that lead to instructions on each exercise.
 
Isometric Exercises - PDF VERSION
Isometric Exercises - POWERPOINT VERSION
 
EXPLODED DRAWING EXERCISES
These exercises are designed to introduce pupils to EXPLODED VIEWS and how to draw them. Each page / exercise has QR Codes that lead to instructions on each exercise.
 
Exploded Drawing Exercises - PDF VERSION
Exploded Drawing Exercises - POWERPOINT VERSION
 
This app includes: An Introduction to Oblique Projection, How to Draw Basic Shapes, Circles and Cylinders in Oblique, Drawing a Camera in Oblique.  

OBLIQUE PROJECTION

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Oblique Projection'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Oblique Projection'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to Single Point Perspective, How draw in Single Point Perspective and a series of more Advanced Exercises.  

SINGLE POINT PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Single Point Perspective'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on,'Single Point Perspective'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to Two Point Perspective Drawing, How to Draw in Two Point Perspective, A Series of Exercises, from Basic to more Complex.  

TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Two Point Perspective'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Two Point Perspective'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to Estimated Perspective Drawing, Three Exercises (increasing in difficulty).  

ESTIMATED PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Estimated Perspective Drawing'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Estimated Perspective'.

 

INTERACTIVE DRAWING EXERCISES

Exploded Views / Drawing Exercises (PDF version)

Exploded Views / Drawing Exercises (PowerPoint version)

 
This app includes: Nets, Developments, Tessellations, Pyramids, Cones, Cuboids, Cylindrical Nets, Triangular Prisms, Popular Nets for Packaging and Projects  

NETS AND DEVELOPMENTS

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Click here for 'Fantasy Card Figures', Manufactured from Nets'.

 
This app includes: Pop-Up Letters and Characters, V-Fold Mechanisms, Constructing Symmetrical Pop-Ups, Rotary and Parallel Slide Mechanisms, Internal Stands, A Moving Face and Mouth, Pop-Up Projects.  

CARD MECHANISMS AND POP-UPS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Card Mechanisms and Pop-Ups'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Card Mechanisms and Pop-ups'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to Graphic Writing Styles, Typography - The Basics, The Sun - Exercises and Examples, Energy and Emergency - Exercises and Examples, More Writing Style Exercises  

GRAPHIC WRITING STYLES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Graphic Writing Styles'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Graphic Writing Styles'.

 
This app includes: Setting Up Paper on a Drawing Board Accurately, Basic Use of a T-Square and Set Square, Printing Accurately in Block Capitals, Printing in Lower Case Letters, Drawing Angles with Set Squares, exercises with T-Squares and Set Squares.  

T-SQUARES AND SET SQUARES

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This app includes: Questionnaire to Pictogram, Sample Pictograms, Examination Question, Flowcharts, Pictorial Flowcharts, Sequence Drawings and Instruction Diagrams.  

PICTOGRAMS, FLOWCHARTS, SEQUENCE DRAWINGS AND INSTRUCTION DIAGRAMS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Pictograms, Flowcharts, Sequence Drawings and Instruction Diagrams'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Pictograms, Flowcharts, Sequence Drawings, and Instruction Diagrams'.

 
 
 

FACTORS INFLUENCING GRAPHIC DESIGN

 
Updated 25/10/19
This app includes Planned and Perceived Obsolescence, Crowd Funding, Fair Trade, Cooperatives, Product Development, Inclusive Design, Adjustable Products, Advertising and Biomimetic Design
 

FACTORS INFLUENCING DESIGN

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercise on Factors Influencing Design

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Factors Influencing Design'.

 
UPDATED 25/10/19
This app includes: Maintenance, Repairability and Product Design, Design Strategies, Customer Profiles, Role of a Focus Group, Market Research and Design Fixation.
 

FURTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING DESIGN

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercise on Further Factors Influencing Design

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Further Factors Influencing Design'.

 
Updated 25/10/19
This app includes: What is Technology Push? What is Market Pull? Brand Identity, What is a Trend? What is Copyright? What is a Patent? What is a Registered Trademark?
 

EVEN MORE FACTORS INFLUENCING DESIGN

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Click here for mart Learning Exercise on Even More Factors Influencing Design

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Even More Factors Influencing Design'.

 
This app includes: A range of issues faced by designers, manufacturers, consumers and Governments - relating to product design, manufacture and the environment.  

MORAL, ETHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATING TO DESIGN, MANUFACTURING AND THE CONSUMER

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Moral, Ethical, Environmental Issues relating to Design, Manufacturing and the Consumer.

PowerPoint version of the Smart Learning Sheets for this App.

 
DESIGNING AND MAKING PRINCIPLES
 
This app includes; Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Cubism, De Stiyl, Bauhaus (Modernism), Art Deco, Pop Art, Studio Alchimia and the Memphis Group.  

ART MOVEMENTS

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Art Movements

PowerPoint Version of Smart Learning Sheets on Art Movements

 

Updated 25/10/19
This app includes eleven designers including:
Philippe Starck, Charlotte Perriand, Zaha Hadid, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Margaret Kalver and Jock Kinneir, Micheal Thonet, Eileen Gray, Marcel Breuer, Robin Day, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Harry Beck
 

DESIGNERS - PART ONE

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Designers

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, ' Designers'.

 
Updated 8/1/22
This app includes eleven designers including:
Sir David Adjaye, Ron Arad, Marc Newson, Patricia Urquiola, Lella and Massimo Vignelli, Florence Knoll, Daisuke Kitagawa, Verda Alexander, Norma Merrick Sklarek, Fumie Shibata, Hella Jongerius, Dieter Rams
 

DESIGNERS - PART TWO

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Two

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Two.

 

This app includes eleven designers including: Christopher Dresser, Archimedes, Charles And Ray Eames, Owen Maclaren, David Constantine, Otto Lilienthal, Barnes Wallis, Ali Ibn Khalaf Al-muradi, Su Song, Vladimir Shukhov, Nicolas-jacques Conté, James Watt
 

DESIGNERS - PART THREE

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PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Three

 

This app includes eleven designers including: Leonardo da Vinc, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Richard Roberts, Johannes Gutenberg, John Smeaton, John Harrison, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Reginald Joseph Mitchell, Ettore Sottsass, Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis
 

DESIGNERS - PART FOUR

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PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Four.

 

This app includes eleven designers including: William Morris, Gerrit Rietveld, Alessandro Mendini, Julia Krantz, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Nakashima, Christopher Cockerell
 

DESIGNERS - PART FIVE

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Five

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Five

 
This app includes: What is an Iconic Design? and an explanation of sixteen more iconic designs - Polyprop Chair, Thonet No14 Chair, Sydney Opera House, Juicy Salif, LC4 Chaise Longue Chair, Whistling Bird Kettle, Anna G Corkscrew, Apple iPhone, Mackintosh Chairs, Eames Lounge Chair, London Underground Map, Bibendum Chair, Charlton Dresser, Barcelona Chair, Mclaren Buggy, MB 118 Chair,  

ICONIC DESIGNS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Iconic Designs

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Iconic Designs'.

 
UPDATED 18/4/19 This app includes: Why make a Model, Physical Models, CAD Models, Spreadsheets, Modelling Materials, Model Making Tools and Equipment and Sample Models (Architectural, Systems, Card etc...)  

MODEL MAKING AND PROTOTYPES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Model Making

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Model Making and Prototypes'.

 
This app includes: A Range of Companies - Alessi, Apple Incorporated, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Tesla, David Constantine and Motivation, Zaha Hadid Architects.  

COMPANIES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Companies

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Companies'.

 
GRAPHICS AND DESIGN PORTFOLIO LAYOUT
 
This app includes: An introduction to the NEA, What is Iterative Design? Takes pupils through the entire iterative design process, from start to finish, from identifying a context and problem, to sketching and model making, testing, critical analysis, developing and design, feedback, evaluation and every other stage. It links to detailed examples and generic advice. A must for pupils taking the NEA.  

THE NEA (NON-EXAMINATION ASSESSMENT)

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PAPER AND BOARDS
 
This app includes: Sustainable Forests, How Paper and Card are Manufactured, the Structure of Corrugated Card, Composition of Laminated Card, Card and Board - Stock Forms.  

SOURCES, ORIGINS, PAPER AND BOARDS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Sources, Origins, Paper and Boards.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Sources, Origins, Paper and Boards'.

 
This app includes: Common Papers and Boards - Cartridge Paper, Tracing Paper, Duplex Board, Solid White Board, Corrugated Board, Foil Lined Board, Paperboard, Box Quality Board, Bleed Proof Paper, Grid Paper, Ink Jet Card, Layout Paper, Newsprint  

MATERIALS - PAPERS AND BOARDS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Materials - Paper and Boards'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Materials - Paper and Boards'.

 
This app includes: Workshop Tools and Equipment, Basic Manufacturing Techniques, Standard Components, Seals and Sealing Techniques, Binding Techniques.  

WORKING WITH PAPERS AND BOARDS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Working with Paper and Boards'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Working with Paper and Boards'.

 
Updated August 2020. This app includes: Letterpress, Rotary Press, Screen Printing, Lithography, Foil Blocking, Photocopying, UV Varnishing, Laminating, Embossing, Die Cutting, Direct Printing, Sublimation Printing, Flexographic Printing and Web-Fed Systems  

PRINTING PROCESSES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Printing Processes'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Printing Processes'.

 
This app includes: Functions of Packaging, Packaging Materials, Smart Materials for Packaging, Die Cutting, Common Symbols, Blister Packaging and Biodegradable Inks  

PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Packaging and Associated Information'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Packaging and Assoicated information'.

 
This app includes: A Wide Range of Symbols - Recycling, Sustainability, Quality, Food Related Symbols, Information and Ingredients and many more. In total, 38 slides of symbols and their meanings.  

PACKAGING SYMBOLS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Packaging Symbols'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Packaging Symbols'.

 
 
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