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=Design Situation = The ThreadBanger network is a landing point for people who want to create and discover their own style through alternative fashion: recycling, up-cycling and re-fashioning anything and everything with simple sewing tools and techniques. From our episodes, forum and blog, to our newsletter, contests and viewer-take-overs, ThreadBanger is a multi-media network for people who want to share their passion for DIY, fashion and crafting with each other. ThreadBanger is a place to share ideas, tips and advice and help make the world more fashionable, ThreadBanger style!

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) Type in the content of your page here.

=Design Brief = = = To design, produce and evaluate a soft furnishing item for the an area of your home, the item is to be made from textile materials and make use of at least 2 or more of fabric decoration techniques. You also need to create a video tutorial to be included on the ThreadBanger website.

= Key Words = = Limitations = The word limitation is something that limits you to doing something. for example one limitation is that we have a budget of $30, and this could have an affect on the final product. it is also a restriction and/or boundary.
 * **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 judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess
 * **Materials:** a textile fabric
 * **Furnishings:** furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room.
 * **Fabric:** a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fiberes
 * **Textiles:** [|artifact] made by [|weaving] or felting or [|knitting] or crocheting [|natural] or [|synthetic] fibers

= 1. Cost = we have a budget of $30. we wont eb able to use more than that ammount, in that case it might affect our final product. = 2. Time = time is a limitaion because we only have about 5 weeks to complete the wikipage. 3. Availability Of Fabric **-** **If i want a particular material or decoration that isn't available this will affect my final product as it will look different which could affect my mark.** 4. Availability Of Tools ** - ** If my tools for sewing my self-furnishing together are not available or if there are none, my final product will look different which affects the final product.

= Criteria for Success =

At the beginning of any project you must set a criteria to make sure your product/project is successful. This will be one way of evaluating whether you have satisfied the brief at the end of the project. The criteria you set needs to be clear and be able to be seen at the end of the project.

Examples of a design criteria:
 * 1) Needs to be completed by the deadline.
 * 2) Must cost less than $30 to produce.
 * 3) i have to use fabric and textile materials.
 * 4) i have to use a sueing machine or by hand
 * 5) the pillow has to decorate to fit the room. so the colours and patterns have to go well with the room.
 * 6) the pillow has to be decorated nicley. it has to fit perfectly with the room.

= Factors Affecting Design =

**Function- ** the role or actions of a person, thing or institution: the purpose of something that exists. - This factor needs to be considered in my project so i know what the purpose of my pillow is and what it is for.

- Aesthetics are important factors whenever designing or creating, it is important make our creation so it looks good.
 * Aesthetics- ** the way something looks, especially when considered in terms of how pleasing it is

-This factor does not need to be considered when making a self-furnishing
 * Human form- ** relating to, involving, or characteristics of human beings.

-The way this factor would need to be considered, is when drawing the self-furnishing we have a ratio to put it to the real life scale.
 * Scale- ** a ratio representing the size of an illustration or reproduction, especially a map or a model, in relation to the object it represents.

-This factor needs to be considered when creating as we want the product to be comfortable and safe for the people using.
 * Ergonomics- **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The technology concerned with the design, manufacture, and arrangement of products and environments to be safe, healthy, and comfortable for people.

-When making a self furnishing, whats right and whats wrong needs to be considered because we don't want our finished product to be wrong.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ethical - **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> being moraly right - whats right and whats wrong.

-When we make our pillow we don't want to harm the people and the environment around us in any way.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Environmental - **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Relating to or being concerned with the impact on the environment.

-We don't need to give or make laws when creating a pillow.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Legislation- **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">the making or giving of laws.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cost- **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the price to obtain, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- We need to consider this factor when making a pillow as we need to keep within our budget and not go over the price.

Socio-cultural- **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> relating to or involving cultural and social factors
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- This factor does not need to be considered when making a self-furnishing as our culture is not involved.

Resource availability- **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> whether the materials needed to produce or design an object are or are not suitable or ready for use.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Yes, this factor does need to be considered as we need to think about our resource availability so our

Physical and material properties- **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">-

Safety- **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> free from the occurrence of risk, injury or danger -Safety does need to be considered when making a self-furnishing because we don't want ourselves or anyone else to get injured whilst using the sewing machine or any other harmful textile materials