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IB Design Technology

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IB Design Technology (DT) is a practical, inquiry-based subject focusing on the creative design process to solve real-world problems and meet user needs. Students take on the role of designers, combining critical thinking and practical skills to investigate the optimal balance between aesthetic form, functional utility, material selection, and manufacturing processes. The goal is to create effective and meaningful product/system solutions.

Common Challenges When Learning IB Design Technology

  • Terminology Challenge: Mastering complex technical English vocabulary about design, materials, processes.
  • Creative Thinking Demands: Developing genuinely original design solutions that go beyond simple replication
  • Theory-practice challenge: Effectively transferring knowledge into prototyping, working with materials and tools.
  • IA project management challenge: Independently planning, managing time, and completing complex internal assessments.

Course Content

1.1: Anthropometrics
1.2: Psychological factors
1.3: Physiological factors

2.1: Resources and reserves
2.2: Waste mitigation strategies
2.3: Energy utilization, storage and distribution
2.4: Clean technology
2.5: Green design
2.6: Eco-design

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About

IB Design Technology

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While drawing skills can be an advantage, they are not the sole mandatory factor. More importantly, the subject requires logical design thinking, the ability to creatively solve problems, and the skill to materialize ideas through various means (models, technical drawings, CAD, etc.). Intertu will support you in developing these necessary skills throughout the course.
Both levels share core content on design principles, materials, and manufacturing processes. However, the HL level delves deeper into complex theoretical aspects such as User-centred design, Sustainability, Innovation and markets, and Commercial production. The Internal Assessment (IA) at HL also demands a greater scope and complexity.
IA projects in IB DT are highly diverse and practical. Students independently identify a specific real-world problem or need and develop a complete design solution to address it. Projects can include designing consumer products, furniture, assistive technology solutions, or improving existing systems. This process involves research, ideation, design development, prototyping, and evaluation.
Teachers at Intertu provide detailed guidance on the entire design process according to IB standards, from problem identification, research, and idea development, to prototyping techniques, using CAD software (if relevant), and effectively managing and presenting the IA project. We focus on developing your thinking, skills, and methodology so you can confidently undertake your project.
IB Design Technology strongly develops students' creative thinking, complex problem-solving skills, practical abilities, project management, and understanding of the relationship between design and technology, business, and society. These qualities and skills are highly valued by leading universities, especially in fields such as Engineering, Architecture, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Business, and many other related areas.
Yes. Intertu Education offers trial classes for IB Design Technology. This is an excellent opportunity for you and your parents to directly experience our teaching methodology, get acquainted with our teachers, and assess suitability before deciding to enroll in the official course. Please contact our counseling department to learn more.
The tuition fee for IB Design Technology at Intertu Education depends on the study hour package and the level of support service (Standard, Premium, Platinum) that parents choose, aiming to best meet specific learning needs and goals. To receive a detailed fee quotation and advice on the most suitable study package, please contact Intertu's consulting team directly.
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