Design Mash-ups - 20 creativity challenges

Design Mash-Ups is a collection of 20 highly engaging Design Lab worksheets that challenge students to combine unexpected brands and products to generate imaginative new design concepts.

Students explore how brand identity, materials, colours, user needs and aesthetics influence design while developing creativity, annotation and sketching skills.

Examples include:
Apple Bus Shelters
London Underground Headphones
McLaren School Uniforms
Greggs Backpacks
Spotify Lunchboxes
Heinz Playground Equipment
Lush Cars
Smiggle High-Top Trainers
NASA Wedding Dresses
LEGO Furniture
Ferrari Smartphones
Fender Desk Lamps
and more!

Perfect for:
KS3 Design & Technology
Cover lessons
Starter activities
Design thinking activities
Product design
Graphics
Textiles
Resistant Materials
Creative homework
Enrichment and extension work

Students learn to:
analyse existing products
identify design features
apply branding to new contexts
generate original ideas
communicate concepts visually
develop confidence in sketching and annotation

Includes 20 printable A4 pdfs plus blank template.