Use the work of an influential designer to inform design ideas
This standard asks you to find an influential designer whose work you admire, analyse what makes their design style distinctive (how it looks and how it works), then use those ideas to create your own original design responses. You'll be judged on how well you can identify what's special about the designer's work and actually apply those influences to your own ideas.
You identify an influential designer, recognise what makes their work distinctive (how it looks and works), and use some of those characteristics in your design ideas.
You identify an influential designer and clearly blend both the visual style and practical approach of their work into your design ideas so the connection is obvious.
You identify an influential designer and integrate both their aesthetic and functional characteristics into your design ideas in ways that make genuine sense for the specific design problem you're solving.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.