D&T Conference 2010

This year's D&T conference was held at Dunman Secondary School with the theme 'Thought in Action'. Below are some pictures of what was showcased at the conference.

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Learning Journey@ Red Dot museum

This year's theme for the red dot museum showcases Tupperware, the company that is already a worldwide presence, making a difference to millions of lives for over 60 years thanks to the innovative storage products and an extremely attractive business opportunity. Tupperware has been given the Red Dot design team of the year 2009. Here are some pictures of the showcased products.

Piece-it-up: Eco design@Zhonghua

Zhonghua secondary school organised a Design and Technology exhibition at IKEA recently from 7 June till 13 June 2010. Below are some pictures of some of the exhibits. The theme for this exhibition is adopting sustainability and the projects are focused on saving the planet through the students' creativity in redesigning logos while incorporating the idea of sustainability into their designs.

At the entrance of IKEA.

Theme of the exhibition is Piece-it-up.

Before assembly.

After assembly.

After assembly.

Before assembly.

Students' works: Mobile phone holder

Showcasing 1N1 students' works on mobile phone holders.

Mini project: Cotton bud bridges

Students are given some cotton buds and tape to build a bridge with at least 1 span.

Singapore Structures: Resorts World Sentosa

Some of the structures that I find interesting at the newly-opened Resorts World Sentosa.

The shade that looks like leaves or petals of a flower.

The supporting colums that resembles a flower stalk that branches out.

The national icon of Singapore, the Merlion, is clearly visible from the Resorts World.

More information on the Resorts World Sentosa can be found at: http://www.rwsentosa.com/

D&T Pupils' seminar 2010

This year, the D&T pupils' seminar held annually at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) featured a Professional Designer from a company called The Asylum. Below are some pictures taken during the seminar.

Lecturer from NYP enticing students to consider taking their digital media/design course.

Lecturer ends his talk by showing students that designers rock! A loud applause followed.

Chris from The Asylum was up next explaining about his design philosophy.

One of the products designed by the The Asylum was the Chocolate Research Facility. The chocolate shop can be found on the second floor of Wheelock Place.

One of the many designs that were showcased in the School of Design at NYP. This space-saving chair can be sit by one or two persons.

Students that went for the seminar and tour of the school.

Card mechanisms

Showcasing students' works on card mechanisms.

Done by Susana of 3E4

Done by Joey of 3N2

Done by Aifah of 3N2

Done by Nuraidah of 3N2