Question 1

What is NCEA AS 91067 about?

Accepted Answer

This standard asks you to find an influential designer whose work you admire, analyse what makes their design style distinctive (how it looks and how it works), then use those ideas to create your own original design responses. You'll be judged on how well you can identify what's special about the designer's work and actually apply those influences to your own ideas.

Question 2

What do students need to do for AS 91067?

Accepted Answer

1. Identify an influential designer and research their body of work to understand what they're known for 2. Recognise both the visual/aesthetic qualities and the practical/functional features that make their design distinctive 3. Integrate these design characteristics into your own original design ideas in a way that shows you've understood them 4. Show how the designer's approach informs your responses to a design brief 5. Make deliberate design choices that connect back to why you chose that designer

Question 3

What's the difference between Achieved, Merit, and Excellence for AS 91067?

Accepted Answer

Achieved: You identify an influential designer, recognise what makes their work distinctive (how it looks and works), and use some of those characteristics in your design ideas. Merit: You identify an influential designer and clearly blend both the visual style and practical approach of their work into your design ideas so the connection is obvious. Excellence: You identify an influential designer and integrate both their aesthetic and functional characteristics into your design ideas in ways that make genuine sense for the specific design problem you're solving.

Question 4

What mistakes do students typically make in AS 91067?

Accepted Answer

1. Describing a designer's work in detail without actually showing how it influenced your own design ideas—you need to make the connection visible 2. Focusing only on how something looks (aesthetic) or only on how it works (functional) rather than considering both aspects together 3. Choosing a designer whose work doesn't actually have much connection to the design brief, making the influence feel forced or irrelevant

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