National Five Research Project Prototype

In fifth year high school I was asked to design an archetype for a new Nat 5 project.

As my year group moved into fifth year, the old third - fourth year courses (Intermediate 1 and 2) were replaced with the new National 4 / 5 courses. For Product design (now Design and Manufacture) this involved a research - oriented project for which I was asked to create an architype to be used for demonstration purposes. The brief was an introduction to research to inspire an interest in developing fields and technologies as well as an interest in research as a functional and recreational activity. This is something I very much agree with and so was excited to participate in the creation of this new project.

The landing page for Lockheed Martin's fusion project.

At the time, Lockheed Martin was making headlines with their ambitious claim that they were five years away from achieving a sustainable fusion reactor. This was exactly the sort of thing the brief was indenting to look at.

At the time I was unfamiliar with vector-based programs, I created logos by designing shapes in Inventor and drawing over them with the colour select tool in Photoshop.

To visualise the research I utilised newly - learned ideas about graphic design, flat design and visual presentations.

Final Poster Design

Utilising some previously devised archetypes and new techniques,this was the final design which was well accepted by the technical team for use in the project.