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Pupil at Northolt High School School, taking part in Make Your Future programme. Photo: Caroline Heron

No sew clothes

No sew clothes mood board
Be inspired by fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto to make your own no-sew piece of clothing—just by folding, pleating and pinning. Design and Technology activity for Key Stage 3 and above, age 11+

Discovering Bauhaus

Discovering Bauhaus mood board
Explore the Bauhaus movement and challenge yourself to recreate one of Josef Albers’ geometric paper sculptures. Art and Design Activity for Key Stage 3 and above, ages 11+

Texture

Texture artist profiles

Texture mood board
Experiment with texture in your art, craft and design work. You’ll create a series of samples that will help build your understanding of texture, try new things and add to your portfolio. Art and Design activity for Key Stage 4 and above, ages 14+

Creative collaboration

Creative collaboration mood board
Take inspiration from artists, designers, photographers and craftspeople who have produced work together to produce your own collaboration with a friend. Art and Design activity for Key Stage 4 and above, ages 14+

Design for good

Design for good mood board
Explore design thinking and creative problem solving using materials and equipment found in your home. Your response could include graphic design, textiles design and / or product design. Design and Technology activity for Key Stage 4 and above, ages 14+

Redesign challenge

Redesign challenge mood board
Redesign of everyday objects is an important skill for emerging designers. Challenge yourself to redesign an everyday object, using sketching and model making. Design and Technology activity for Key Stage 4 and above, ages 14+

Space, place, and people

Space, place, and people artist profiles

Space, place, and people mood board

How does your environment make you feel? In this project you’ll explore the relationship between space and emotion. Art and Design activity for Key Stage 5 and above, ages 16+

Working with constraints

Working with constraints mood board
Can limiting your materials increase your creativity? See what you can create using only cardboard. Art and Design activity for Key Stage 5 and above, ages 16+

Disruptive design

Disruptive design mood board
Use design as a force for positive change by disrupting and redesigning existing systems or products to solve social challenges around accessibility and inequality. Design and Technology activity for Key Stage 5 and above, ages 16+

Speculative design

Speculative design mood board
Dive into speculative design - consider possible futures and solve problems that haven't happened yet. Design and Technology activity for Key Stage 5 and above, ages 16+


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