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This book, designed to support the implementation of Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum provides information on the principles, elements and history of design, and discusses design and graphics in relation to technology education. Looks at what design is, design and technology education, principles of design, visual elements of design, major influences on design in Aotearoa/New Zealand, graphic techniques, modelling, and design in the classroom. Covers aesthetics, function, colour, point, line, shape, tone, form, texture, Nga Taonga Maori, Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Machines and Industry, Design trends after the Second World War, sketching, crating, shadows and form, rendering, layout, formal drawing systems, sectioning, concept models, static models. working models, prototypes, computer modelling, creating an environment for design, getting motivated, and design and graphics in Student’s Learning in Technology.