Task A4 | D

​ esign brief 
🔎 What? 
  
❗Why? 
 
Develop a design brief, which  You have to make a decision at this point in the project: What will you design and create, 
presents the analysis of relevant  for whom and why. You want your decision to be based on sufficient background 
research.  research.  

⚙ How? 
Research results summary 
● Present​ the main results of your research (from A2) in a concise list of bullet points. This must be in your own words! 
● Illustrate​ your take-aways with imagery wherever you feel this reduces the amount of writing needed. However, don’t 
add images for the sake of adding images. Cite any images that you use. 
● Cite​ (in-text) from the sources that you found your answers from. Use the proper MLA format. 

DEFINITIONS  By consulting sources, I have found out: 

● Fabric: Cloth that’s made out of snitching or knitting type of textile 
● Textiles: A type of cloth or woven textile 
● Garments: a fabric that make a part of the cloth 

MANUF​ACTURING  By consulting sources about manufacturing cotton, I have found out: 

● Cottons are first Planted in Autumn and harvested in the late spring​(Oel) 
● After ​it was harvested, it was separated from dirt debris and seeds which is called ginning
(Oel)
● When it was at the spinning factory, it got seperated with good quality and bad quality
and put in a machine which make them parallel to each other​(Oel).
● Then, they use ​hypochlorite or peroxide and then make them to fibre​(Oel).
● The Spinning machine turn them into long strand then turn it into yarn ​(Oel).
● Sewing and seam is one of the basic ways to join pieces of fabric together(Oel). 

TECHNIQUES AND  ● You first need to measure your body length 

TOOLS FOR MAKING  ● Then draw out the design that you want to make(Just a sample sketch) 
● Use a large sheet of paper to plot the measurements of your body 
● Draw Horizontal lines to mark your body parts 
● Draw lines to connect the measurements 
● Draw the neckline and your shoulder 
● Add seam around your curved lines 
● Create a sleeve pattern  
● Cut out the pieces and label them 
○ Scissors  
○ Pencils 
○ Ruler 
○ Meter ruler 

CLIENT INFORMATION  By consulting sources such as, I have realized the following considerations should be 
taken into account when designing and creating my product: 
● I will design for Seohyun(My friend in Italy) 
● She is a student so she represent the Middle school student group 
● She likes grey jacket with white shirt in it. And her favorite color is green so I 
think this is the kind of color padel that she will like  
● She is Korean so she likes sushi, and she loves stuffed animals. 

PRACTICAL SKILLS  By completing the practical skills tasks, I have learned the following skills (list & explain): 
 ● Running stitch- is probably the easiest thing of those basic skills for me, it looked 
pretty good and is just back front back front so is easy for me to do and easy to 
make each stitch even. 
● Overstitch- I did the overstitch good because is was closed together and is tied to 
it won’t open easily 
● Blanket stitch-This was okay for me, not easy not hard because is hard to do the 
stitch neat and in order but other than neat, it was all good, like how I stitch it and 
know how to stitch it well without having it all messed up. 
● Ending knot- It was hard when I first did it, but it changed when I practiced a lot 
of times, to know when to overstitch again and when to close it completely, 
because I did it while I watch the video, so some of the steps I didn’t fallow good, 
so when I did it several times, is good. 
The skills that will be useful for my project are (list & explain why): 
● Running stitch- I’m gonna use running stitch when I’m attaching the 
black(changing to green) strap to the main body of the sushi because the running 
stitch is the easiest way to attach 2 fabrics 
● Back stitch-I’m gonna use this for doing the eyes and mouth for the soft toy since 
is closed together so I’d have to use something that’s closed together  
● Blanket stitch -I’m gonna use this for attaching the big parts of the sushi soft toy 
together. 
The skills that I still need to practice or want to learn more about are (list & explain): 
● button-I did this several times to get it done good, because the back of the button 
was always really messed up so I did it again and again, but it finally become 
okay not that messed up so I stopped doing it again 
● French knot- the french knot was hard for me to do because it is really easy to 
get it not in the same spot so it is all over the place which doesn't look like a 
single knot anymore, but the 2nd time I did it was better than the first time. 
● Backstitch- This one wasn’t that hard, but when I did it, I did so tied that the 
fabric became wrinkled, and is like curved between each stitch. So I could 
practice doing that 
● Braid- As I said before, is untied, so the 3 strings are really easy to separate from 
each other, so I could try to tie it more tied next time 

Works cited 
● List​ any sources of information used in this section. Present in-text citations in your r​ esearch summary​ section to the 
references listed in this section. 

1, Maté, B. "How Is Cotton Made?" ​Oel​, Leaf Group Ltd., 28 Sept. 2017,
oureverydaylife.com/how-is-cotton-made-12571047.html. Accessed 6 Mar. 2020.  

Project commitment 
● State​ what type of product you are going to develop in your project in this unit and ​outline​ the direct practical purpose 
of this product. 
● Outline​ the bigger picture purpose of the product. 
● Describe​ the client or target audience for whom you will develop the product. 

Product and Purpose   In this project, I will create a soft toy that I’ve never done before, and it will be challenging 
for me to make something by myself for the first time 
The purpose of my product is to give this to my friend and for her to play with it to bring 
happiness for her 

Design Goal  My product will address the design problem of -textiles being quickly sent to landfills- by 
changing the jeans that I don’t need to a soft toy that can be played and sth that’s more 
useful 
 

Intended   My product is intended to be used by my friend in Italy which I will give her when I go back 
Target audience  to visit, she likes stuffed animal so this soft toy could me good for her 

Target audience representative  I would describe my client as a middle school student and a person who likes stuffed 
animal and you can say sometimes she is like a child but sometimes she is really adult like 
 which can help me in stuff 
 
Their needs and wants for the product are something that’s green(not must, but better 
with it)and she want it to be cute which I will try to do with showing it on the eyes and 
mouth 
 

   
A4 Assessment 
Level  Descriptor  Typical features of student work 

0  The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below. 

1-2  The student ​states some​ of the  ❏ Summary contains little credible, factual information. More evidence of 
main findings of relevant  relevant research was needed. 
research.  ❏ Sources are not cited (in​text or footnote). Review the MLA format for 
citations. 
❏ Works Cited is not complete. Use Noodletools. 
❏ The project commitment identifies the product and client in a limited way. 
More explanation of the needs & wants of the client are needed. 

3-4  The student ​outlines​ a basic  ❏ Report includes some credible, factual information about the issue. More 
design brief, which ​outlines  explanation of your findings and more varied sources was needed. 
some​ findings of relevant  ❏ Some sources are cited (intext or footnote). Review the MLA format for 
research.  citations. 
❏ Works Cited - Student attempts some sort of listing of texts but in an 
improper and incorrect way. Use Noodletools. 
❏ The project commitment describes the product and client. More 
explanation of the needs & wants of the client are needed. 

5-6  The student ​describes​ a design  ❏ Summary effectively recaps relevant and credible information about the 
brief, which ​describes​ the  issue. A greater variety of sources would prepare you for further for the 
findings of relevant research.  next stage. 
❏ Sources are cited properly (intext or footnote). 
❏ Works cited is correct. 
❏ The project commitment explains the product and client.  

7-8  The student ​develops​ a design  ❏ Report effectively synthesizes relevant and credible information about the 
brief, which ​presents​ the  issue. 
analysis​ of relevant research.  ❏ Sources are always properly cited (intext and footnote). 
❏ Works cited is correct and includes an appropriate number of texts. 
❏ The project commitment explains & justifies the product and client.