IB Design Technology

3.1: Conceptual modelling
3.2: Graphical modelling
3.3: Physical modelling
3.4: Computer-aided design (CAD)
3.5: Rapid prototyping

4.1: Properties of materials
4.2: Metals and metallic alloys
4.3: Timber
4.4: Glass
4.5: Plastics
4.6: Textiles
4.7: Composites
4.8: Scales of production
4.9: Manufacturing processes
4.10: Production systems
4.11: Robots in automated production

5.1: Invention
5.2: Innovation
5.3: Strategies for innovation
5.4: Stakeholders in invention and innovation
5.5: Product life cycle
5.6: Rogers’ characteristics of innovation and consumers
5.7: Innovation, design and marketing specifications

6.1: Characteristics of classic design
6.2: Classic design, function and form

7.1: User-centred design (UCD)
7.2: Usability
7.3: Strategies for user research
7.4: Strategies for UCD
7.5: Beyond usability—designing for pleasure and emotion

8.1: Sustainable development
8.2: Sustainable consumption
8.3: Sustainable design
8.4: Sustainable innovation

9.1: Corporate strategies
9.2: Market sectors and segments
9.3: Marketing mix
9.4: Market research
9.5: Branding

10.1: Just in time (JIT) and just in case (JIC)
10.2: Lean production
10.3: Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)
10.4: Quality management
10.5: Economic viability