I really find learning AUTOCAD very useful. Although I'm not a pro at it, at least it helps in creating nice detailed images for our bag design.
So I drew these bags in AutoCAD, not bad for a beginner I think.
Saturday, 19 April 2014
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Some More Material Research
Jessica was suggesting about parachute material for our bag since it's very light and waterproof.
So I looked into it further and I found the material used is NYLON.
Non-rip nylon
Personally I don't fancy how it looks on the picture above. It's very dull and non-attractive.
But there are bags that use this material and has good market sales like Le Sportsac.
Perhaps when designed properly with the right colour & patterns (maybe), it looks better.
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Helium Tank Material Research
We know that Helium gas can escape through pores just in the case of balloon. So I researched for what kind of material can hold Helium gas for a long time.
Then I stumbled upon this website http://blimpguys.com/helium.htm
A company that sells BLIMPS which is a big balloon that is usually used for advertisement.
photo courtesy: http://blimpguys.com/galleryPhoto.htm
Then I read up what kind of materials they use and TA-DA I found it!
POLYURETHANE VINYL. The website even explains its characteristics.
POLYURETHANE VINYL. The website even explains its characteristics.
I find it very suitable for the helium tank for our bag.
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Popular Bag Designs
Doing a bit of research for our HELIUM BAG design.
Since we are targeting young kids & teenagers, the design must be appealing to them right?
So I found some pictures of school bags that I often see teenagers bring around in Singapore
Starry starry night, galaxy design is popular these days
Simple, plain & clean look is always in
DENIM NEVER GROWS OLD.
picture courtesy: www.twoseasons.co.uk
SOLID COLOURS
I got an inspiration from this picture for our bag sizes.
It's rather a good idea to have different sizes to suite each student's need!
Same design with different sizes, should talk to our group about it!
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
101
101 Ideas.
This is what I love the most when it comes to working in team.
For it is here that different opinions can be equally appreciated. Finally.
No matter how crazy & inapplicable some of the ideas are but all of us love it!
The craziest 3:
1. Training your bird to carry your school bag
2. Inventing vitamins that can boost up your immune system & muscles in a matter of seconds
3. Designing tunnels that link your bedroom & classrooms so you can just drop your bag in there and it will be transported into the classrooms.
It was so fun and we all really went crazy. NO JUDGEMENT :)
All pictures are self-taken :)
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Training to be A Secretary?
Just updating what I have been doing behind the scene :P
Creating & updating a Gantt Chart regularly.
It's a job that requires more than a discipline but also good memory, honesty and a heart full of care.
It's a job that requires more than a discipline but also good memory, honesty and a heart full of care.
Since I'm a left-brained person (proven by so many tests on the net), I kinda enjoy doing this.
It's systematic. No fuss about it. Just have to do it every week then it's all done and dusted.
Now now... I'm training my left brain muscles hard hey?
Maybe I'll be a good secretary one day ;)
Maybe I'll be a good secretary one day ;)
Case Study 2.1.4 Lockers and Other Facilities in Singapore Public and Private Schools
Primary and secondary institutions in Singapore are grouped into public and private schools. Despite the same curriculum being carried out, facilities on each school varies from one to another. This case study will compare and contrast the school facilities in Nanyang Girls’ High School (public) and St. Francis Methodist School (private) as well as looking into Endeavour Primary School’s (private) No Heavy Bag Programme.
Nanyang Girls’ High School (NGHS) classrooms are redesigned to fit 21st century teaching process. One of the new facilities is individual lockers inside the classroom to store students’ belonging. Recently, NGHS also runs Prototype 21st Century class (P21C2) by creating technology-based environment and interactive lessons. iPad is used as the main tool of learning process which requires students to carry iPad to school. Books are replaced by iPad during P21C2 lessons. Another facility that NGHS offers is Mac Lab, however, it is not opened for students to use at anytime.
Facilities provided by schools can help students for better organizing the content of their school bags. For instance, unnecessary textbooks or items can be left inside the lockers instead of having to bring it back and forth from home to school.
Similar to NGHS, St. Francis Methodist School provides lockers facility and I.T labs. The lockers, however, are not owned by the school, therefore, students who wish to rent a locker must pay extra fees of $40/year. Unlike NGHS Mac lab, the I.T labs in St. Francis Methodist School are opened for students to use at any school hours.
Endeavour Primary School is an example of schools in Singapore to have the ‘No Heavy School Bag programme’ that was first developed in 2008 and implemented the pilot phase in 2009 and 2010. Intending to resolve the issue on children having heavy school bag, the programme involves setting up class rooms to have virtual environment with hands-on activities which means that activities are carried out with digital resources available in the classrooms. Most school subjects such as English language, Chinese language, Malay language, Mathematics, Science and Art are carried out in these virtual classrooms which requires students to bring no text books to school.
The No Heavy School Bag (NHSB) lessons are conducted using e-book software Koobits through which students are encouraged to create stories by imagination to share with the class at the end of day as well as some other softwares like Audacity that is used to record student’s oral reading. Students’ response to this programme is very positive. Nirohshaa Chandra Shaharan, primary 5 pupil comments, “Thursday is my favourite school day, it's the day for No Heavy School Bag Malay lessons, which are very fun and challenging, especially when I create my own stories and make them different from everyone else's."
Currently, the NHSB programme is only applicable for primary 3 to 5 students and is ran once a week. A large part of teaching process is still carried out in standard classrooms. However, the school plans to apply the programme on a larger scale in the near future. Other than the NHSB programme, the school website does not mention about other facilities such as locker facility, thus, it can be assumed that it has no other facilities that aids in tackling heavy school bag problem.
From the students’ positive response to this NHSB programme, curriculum similar to this can be designed as a possible solution to heavy school bag problem. However, the designing process will need a further research and observation on how NHSB programmme is conducted in reality.
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