Cutting edge GCSE designs

We love these lamps designed by students at Mortimer Community College in South Shields. LEDs and switches from Rapid were incorporated into many of the designs, which were for final projects in the pupils' GCSE Product Design controlled assessment.

Toucan and rainforest lamp by E. White

Design & Technology teacher Annie Shaw tweeted these pictures and kindly sent us some of the designs from last year to show what fabulous work her students consistently produce. 

"The brief was to design and make a lamp in the style of a 20^th-century design movement", Annie told us. The pupils found inspiration in  Art Deco, Memphis and Arts and Crafts designs. 

Pupils used laser cutting equipment to create their designs from acrylic and laser plywood, spray painted the finished product and used a mixture of super bright and normal coloured LEDs to achieve the lighting effects.

Art Deco inspired lamp with turned brass feet

"Within product design, to access the higher grades I encourage the students to use a range of different materials", said Annie. "Making a circuit with LED’s gives them an extra skill within their work and helps to gain more marks".

 

"We used 15mm black rocker switches as well which finish them off really nicely and make them look more professional."