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BBC Design Bitesize  
Bad Human Factors Design
This is a 'how NOT to do it site!' Entertaining yet thought provoking.
BSI
British Standards education pages have some very useful project information.
Crafts Council Online
DesignAddict
This is a very useful site, particularly its designindex and designlinks
Design Council
Have a look at the Teaching and learning resources pages.
Design and Tech.com
*** Superb links page!
Design and Technology Department
An excellent site with lots of useful information and links.
Note that the text is copyright - cite correctly!
Design and Technology Online
A useful site with information about electronics, packaging, environment, food etc.
Design and Technology on the Web
Check this one out. Take time to look through the left column - Artist and Designer Indexes at the bottom.
Design & Technology Resource Page
howstuffworks
Really useful - once you get beyond the Americanisms. It offers print versions of the documents, ie without the adverts and useless bits.
Tech It Out
Well worth a look. Access via Knowledge or Projects. I've linked to their standard Internet resolution page.
Technology Links
A portal to a wide range of sites. Unfortunately, not updated as frequently as we could wish - you'll come across a few dead links.
TechnologyStudent.com
Extremely useful - covers specific aspects for KS3 & KS4. Thanks to CD for recommending it.
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Memphis
Memphis - at the Design Museum
Mod to Memphis
From the PowerHouseMuseum - information on a previous exhibition.
Memphis Remembered
From the DesignBloom site.
Check out the interviews and Memphis Blues link at the bottom of the page.
Aarnio Eero 's plastic furniture from Eero-Aarnio.com
Aarnio Eero on the Patrick Brillet Fine Art Site
Aarnio Eero on the Design Addict site
Ettore Sottsass at the Design Museum
Examples of Ettore Sottsass work at the Virtual Design Museum
Galleries on the Web
British Museum
Design Museum
Excellent content but be warned ... it is not easy to enter / navigate.
The Lighthouse
Scotland's centre for architecture, design and the city.
Le Louvre
Primarily an advert for the Palace & Museum, it also has useful 'selected works' in its collection section.
Pompidou Centre
Modern arts centre in Paris.
Victoria & Albert Museum
The V&A "the world's greatest museum of applied and decorative arts".
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Retail Links
adflip
The (self-styled) world's largest archive of print adverts. Covering the years 1940 to 2001 it is searchable by category, item or date. Try looking under 'computer' and see the 1981 adverts!
Argos
High St retail / catalogue store.
The History of Advertising Trust
Giving a focused overview of advertising, of particular use is its Picture Gallery
NB These are copyright protected and you MAY NOT download them.
Habitat
High St 'design' shop.
IKEA
Scandinavian multi-national. The epitome of the flat-pack home - and I'm not being rude! - anyone familiar with my lounge would know I'm not such a hypocrite! Current catalogue available for reference - ask at the counter.
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  Clocks: 681.11
ORIGIN Design
Creative, abstract designs.
Paper Scissors rock
Some whimsical, colourful clocks.
SHIFTERS CLOCKS
Features designs made of metal in abstract and natural forms.
Toy train  Toys: 688.72 & 745.59
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
Automata old and new
Robot.org.uk
Everything you want to know about making robots. Still under development so a few of the links are dead.
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