Today we were focusing on product and industrial design. First off, we were greeted by the lecturer and we were brought to around the workshops and the classrooms where the PID students were using. He then briefed us about the rough schedule of today and gave us the necessary materials to work with and what we needed to do there.( take pictures of a creation that attracts us and how it can be improved)
After that we took a bus to the URA museum to look at the stages of urban development in singapore, where we spotted a 3d model of the whole of singapore , where all of the buildings are being modeled as little wooden shapes. Everyone was so fascinated by the intricate design and the details of it as we were all busy searching for our "tinyhomes" in the vastness of the model.
Shortly after, we were then brought to the Red Dot Museum where we saw the works of different award - winning designers that screams out their innovation and creativity. I was really amazed by how ordinary objects can be turned into something even more useful/ have better functions/so much more improved than the original product. Before this, i had totally no idea that these things existed and that someone would be so talented to create such creations that would help make this world a much better place.
After indulging in the good food at the hawker centre right along maxwell road, we then headed back to school where we prepared for our mini presentation.
my improved design is based on the Magisso cake server, which has the ability to cut a cake and also to serve the cake.
so, my improvement to it is to make it even more compact, to make it more eco-friendly and allow it to have more functions.
i added hinges to it to make it foldable, change the material to hard plastic recyable) and added grits and teeth at the bottom of the knife to cut patterns on the cake.
After listening to my classmates' improved designs , we were also told that we needed to get used to the idea of morphing designs.
So, that marks the end of day 4 of the school discovery program.
