3.3 Designing and making principles

Students should investigate, analyse and evaluate the work of past and present designers and companies to inform their own designing.

Students should investigate the work of a minimum of two of the following designers:

• Alexander McQueen

• Aldo Rossi

• Aljoud Lootah

• Charles Rennie Macintosh

• Coco Chanel

• David Adjaye

• Elsie Owusu

• Ettore Sottsass

• Gerrit Reitveld

• Harry Beck

• Joe Casely-Hayford

• Karim Rashid

• Kusheda Mensah

• Louis Comfort Tiffany

• Marcel Breuer

• Mary Quant

• Morag Myerscough

• Norman Foster

• Philippe Starck

• Pierre Davis

• Raymond Templier

• Rei Kawakubo

• Sir Alec Issigonis

• The Singh Twins

• Vivienne Westwood

• William Morris

• Yinka Ilori

• Zaha Hadid.

Students should investigate the work of a minimum of two of the following companies:

• Alessi

• Apple

• Braun

• Dyson

• Gap

• Primark

• Under Armour

• Zara.