1+Observation+and+Critical+Analysis

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You have recently been hired to join the ThreadBanger team. Your first project is to design and create a simple furnishing item such as a cushion to enhance an area of your house. The ThreadBanger boss has asked that you look at an area in your home that is a little plain, drap or needs jazzing up and create a simple piece of soft furnishing to be made from textile materials and making use of two or more fabric decoration techniques. You have been allocated a budget of $30 so you may consider using recycled materials to keep the cost to a minimum.

The company boss has asked you to keep a video of you making this furnishing item so that it can be edited and included on their video tutorial page. The video needs to show the preparation, steps of construction and final product in a maximum 3 minute funky video to encourage viewers to undertake the project themselves. (This video will be uploaded to the Production page of your wikifolio)

**__Design Breif__** To design, produce and evaluate a soft funished item for an area of your home, the item is to be made from textile material and make use of at least two or more fabric decorated techniques. You also need to create a video to be included on the ThreadBanger website.

__** Key Words **__
 * ** Design: ** to plan, draw or conceive an idea in the mind**.**
 * ** Produce: ** to bring into existence. In this project it means to make.
 * ** Evaluate: ** to determine or set the value or amount.
 * ** Material: ** a textile fabric.
 * ** Textile: ** any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting

**__Limitations__** ** Defin limitations: ** a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap. **4 limitations:**
 * 1) Two or more decorated techniques.
 * 2) $30 budget.
 * 3) Completed by the dead line.
 * 4)  Video must be a no more then 3 minutes.

__** Criteria for Success **__ **__Factors Affecting Design__** This does need to be considered in this project because we are disigning something. This does need to be considered in this project because it does need to be beautiful.
 * 1) Completed by the dead line.
 * 2) Spend $30 dollars.
 * 3) use two or more decorated techniques.
 * 4) Make a video
 * 5) as creative as possible
 * Function - the purpose for which something is designed or exists;role.
 * Aesthetics- the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty.
 * Human form-

This does need to be consideredin this project because it does need to be a thin or thick material. This does need to be considered in this project because you do use may different things. This does need to be considered in this project because there are different right and wrong things that you can do. This does need to be considered in this project because you do need to make th ething to fit in with the environment aroun you. This doesnt need to be considered in this project because there are no laws to be made.
 * Scale- any thin, platelike piece, lamina, or flake that peels off from a surface, as from the skin.
 * Ergonomics- The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort
 * Ethical- pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
 * Environmental-  //Ecology// . the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.
 * Legislation- The act or process of legislating; lawmaking

This does need to be considered in this project because the cost of things matter because you only have $30 dollars to spend. This does need to be considered in the design project because you could link the things you are making to a type of culture.
 * Cost - the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: //the high cost of a good meal.//
 * Socio-cultural- Of or involving both social and cultural factors.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-fareast-language;">Resources availability-


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-fareast-language;">Physical and material properties-

This does need to be considered in the design project because you have to be very safe at all times when you are using all of the different michines and instruments.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-fareast-language;">Safety- the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.