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Design lab · first ten sessionsYear 11 Design · T1 W1–2 · Learner prompts

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These are invented briefs. A sentence in a card is evidence within the fictional story, not evidence about real people. Do not share your own accessibility, health, family, cultural or money details. Choose a route from daily choices, or ask for the same work in a readable format. Your teacher can supply large-print or movable-word materials. Label sources and keep a question open when the brief does not answer it.

Day Read or use Your one-page result
1 Card A Match two design roles to different outputs. Name one stakeholder need, then one fact you would still have to find.
2 Cards A/B Label two stated story facts, one cautious inference and one unsupported claim. Rewrite the claim as a question.
3 Card B Write one specific “How might…” problem with reader, function, present problem and two constraints. Add one unknown.
4 Card C Write two criteria you can inspect on a paper tray and name one real-world measurement still missing.
5 File G First-encounter check: identify evidence, write a bounded problem, two criteria and a limit. Work from G only.
6 Card D Make a labelled layout for four group placeholders and an update date. Annotate one choice; say what remains unknown.
7 Card E Show two different labelled maps. Keep the stated corridor and mark the desk. Name the meaningful difference.
8 Card F Compare X and Y against two criteria. Name one visible strength, one limit and a proposed combined change.
9 Card F Show a before/after rough card. Mark one improvement, whose need it serves, and what has not been tested.
10 File H Second first-encounter check: problem, two spatial ideas, one revision and evidence limit. Work from H only.

Before submitting: Can someone point to the card line behind your need? Can they find the feature on your sketch, tile arrangement or digital diagram? Have you written “might” where a result has not been tested? A rough, legible prototype is useful; polished artwork is optional. Full text alternatives to the four visual aids are available.