Zhonghua Secondary School approached IKEA Singapore last week to suggest a team of 3-4 designers to work on this collaborative project. In the light of this, we have proposed that teams of 3-4 designers to explore product range will be formed. The teams will meet, explore and make prototypes of product range. The team that offers the best product range will be selected for an exhibition at IKEA Singapore in June 2010
The main theme for this year's programme is 'Innovative and Sustainable Design'.
The design brief for the project is:
To design and make a domestic-based product that could be used to extend the message of saving the earth.
The design specifications are:
1.The product must be able to be placed on a dining table.
2.The product must be able to relay the message of saving the earth to the users. i.e. incorporate a sustainable element and/or bring across the importance of sustainability to the users.
3.The product must be able to be carried home easily without plastic bags e.g. ‘flat-pack’ etc.
4.The product should be aesthetically-pleasing to attract consumers to purchase it.
5.The product should be lightweight and durable to allow it to be moved easily.
6.The product should not be greater than 200 x 200 x 50 mm (tentative).
7.The product should represent a theme within the group.
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Ong Sock Hui(17)
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I felt that it is a good chance for the whole lot of us to do a "real" design and product for the use of public. It can help to motivate and improve our ideas on them and trigger our thoughts and the process of brainstorm.It is a higher stage of difficulties and challenge that we must faced, and certainly a good experience for us in Zhonghua. I hope that there are more events like this in the future to intrigue the students to crack their heads on D&T.
Au Yeung Ka Yan
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I feel honoured to be given this rare opportunity to innovate or invent a product that may some day be sold in IKEA. i also hope to gain experience from this activity and build bonds among my tem members.
Very fun and interesting.
ReplyDelete2e5 teng kang teng
I love to create and design, therefore, i like the lesson so far. Hope to design more.
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Lim Jin
I hope to design. Like the lesson so far. So, i hope to have a fun and interesting lesson. Wish for less reasearch.
ReplyDeleteIt is very interesting to do the designs and i had learnt alot from it.
ReplyDeleteChen Siya
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i hope to have lesser research on items. researchs on items and printing it out is not enivronment friendly.
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the task iz very intersting and useful in life. however, it toook tooooo much time to complete and i rather have a easier task
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Elgin Seow
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I think this project is useful,because it stimulates our brains to think more.It is also environmental friendly,I like it but i find it a sore to do alot of researching :/
Liaw Hui Xuan
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It is wonderful that our school is able to work with IKEA and the group that produces the best product range is given an opportunity to be display at the exhibition by IKEA Singapore in the coming June. This will allow us to think more deeply in order to produce the best product within the limitations surrounding us. I hope that there will be more of such events coming out in the future.
Esmonde Tan
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This would prove to be a once in a blue moon opportunity to be given the chance to work with IKEA. Our products may also be chosen to be showcased in IKEA giving us a sense of accomplishment.It could also allow us to stretch our creative juices to the maximinum and bond with our team mates. Since it is not a chance which comes by easily, I believe we should put in our heart and soul to accomplish it. =D
Chang Jian Ming
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this is a great chance for us to showcase our talent. We will do our best!!!
Lee Jia Xin
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This project is very interesting as it allows us to design our own things. It is about being environmental friendly, so in this way we can help to save the earth..
Tan Hui Ling
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Finally found the 'tagboard'..
should add a tagboard for easier posting..
I feel very honoured to be able to create a product for ikea, this project will definitely be interesting
Wang Hsin Han
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This project is interesting but i faced problems like which material must I use so that i can let it be the same as my theme.
Liaw Zi Yang
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Uh, are we allowed to use singlish here..? Ok, anyway, I feel that this's really a great opportunity for us, to be able to work with IKEA. It also allows us to bond better with our friends and to wreck our brains together to come up with something really interesting and original. There will be lots of sense of achievement among the members..! whoo~
Chan Yi Tien
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I feel that working with Ikea is a good opportunity to expand our thinking skills, but I feel that the workload will become too much for the Sec 2s to bear and would rather have a simpler project. I will try to do my best though.=]
Joyce Tan
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I feel happy that we are able to collaborate with IKEA and we will put in our best effort..(:
Lam Ka Lui
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It sounds interesting to work on a project with IKEA. However, I am not quite clear about what we should do on this project now, but I will try my best.
Sherlyn Pang
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I posted a comment ytd but it's not shown here, anyone has any idea why?
Phang Siong Hang
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I think that IKEA is a very big furniture store and it is a great oppotunity for us to work with them. This opportunity will enable us to learn more about D&T, and of cause, it will be a very nice experience.
Victoria Cheong
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I feel that we must work extra hard as it is a one time chance to work with IKEA and I know that it is very rare :)
Candy Ng :D
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I feel that it's a very rare opportunity to be able to have the recognition by IKEA. Though it seemed rather unreal initially. I guess everyone in the Secondary Two cohort will try to put in their best efforts into making the prototype. Jiayous~! :D
Chong Chee Siang
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I felt that this is a rare opportunity to work with IKEA. I will put in my best efforts into the project. I think it will be hard for my group to get a place to present our prototype as every group in the cohort are going to do their project.
I am grateful that IKEA has given us this chance of producing a product that might be showcased in IKEA. For the past few lessons, we have been guided through different steps that would help us to accomplish this task and to come out with our final product. We did things such as coming out with different shapes with a few simple lines and circles and then converted those 2D drawings into 3D drawings. We were also briefed by our fellow teachers on what we had to do. A spokesperson from IKEA even came down to our school to brief us. In a nutshell, the fact that IKEA has given us this chance proves that the students of Zhonghua have what it takes to be scholars and leaders in regards of DnT and many more. Hence, I hope that all the students, including myself, will try our best to produce a product worthy enough to be showcased at IKEA. (: Jiayu 2E4
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I feel that this is a rare opportunity because we do not have chances like that to be able to work with big companies like IKEA. It is also a very good chance for students who have talents in designing. Although it will be quite a process, we have teachers guiding us through our projects. From simple lines and shapes,we are able to link them together and form a unique design. Researches in products also helped us get inspirations. We design this product in order to convey the message of saving the Earth to the people. I hope that we will be able to do a good job.
Gregory Ong
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This project is meaningful as we are designing products which can promote saving the Earth.It is also lucky for us that IKEA has chosen zhonghua for designing useful products their showcase/gallery.During the period of this project,we can also learn how to work with our peers to come out with great ideas.Ideas which are impossible to come up with if we are doing it alone.Teammates can also point out the flaws of our design and help us improve it into such an effective product which is able to send the message of saving the Earth and become a useful product at the same time.Projects like this can also help us to think of many ideas,which in turn can make us more creative people.
Note to Mr Suffian:Sorry for any inconvenience caused.I understand that everyone is on a tight schedule and thus,we need to all do our part in this project to ensure that it goes on smoothly.If I appeared to be disrespectful today,I am also sorry for that.I have completed all assignments including the ones due next week =) I hope that this will clear up any bad karma between us.I promise to treat D and T more importantly now. Thank you for reading.
I am still puzzled about the size of the project. What should be the ideal size of the project?
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Yeo Yuan Zhen(22)
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That time, each group were ask to choose a theme for their products. But now we were asked to draw sustainability images so as to relay the message of saving the earth to the users. If the theme chosen is romantic, the products are going to be place in a high class restaurant, how is the sustainability images be able to relate to the theme? I'm confused >.<
Ong Hui Shi(16)2E6
ReplyDeletei feel that having such a project is very useful as there will be many ideas on how to save the earth and will also educate students to treasure our resources, recycle and think green in all ways. i think that having icons on the products that are interesting are attractive are important as it should leave a deep impression in those who see it to remember and think green too. Also if its very unipue,the information about it will be passed on to othere people to know about which will further spread the message of the icon.
Ivan Lim (29) 2E3
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that the wonderful thing about having to draw random designs is one if the best parts of this project.They open to us designs what we could never imagine without this.For this,I am grateful to all the teachers.But the most difficult part is thinking of how to infuse the message inside the product.I hope some advice will be given on this.
TanShuYun
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I think that this is a really good chance for everyone to learn some new skills and to think out of the box.And by having this kind of project, it can also help to contribute more ideas on how to save the Earth,be able to make students to learn to cherish their resources and hopefully, to pass on the message of saving Earth to others through words and also through the product that we make at D&T.I think that this will also be a very good chance for students with talent for designing to make full use of their potential to create useful and meaningful work so I think that this will be a great experience for everyone :D
Calvin Seng (27)
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I find this project very meaning full as we can help spread the message of saving the Earth and improve our Design and Technology skills. I also feel honored to be able to take part in a project organised by IKEA. I hope everyone will try their best in making their products.
Olivia Goh
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I feel that this is a wonderful opportunity for us to design something for IKEA which may help others who may have the same problems as us. Addin on, if our product is chosen, it will make us and our family proud and we will be happy of our accomplishment.
Tan Pei Yu
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i am glad that our school have the chance to design/invent something for IKEA. Now, i am learning may things in d & t and i enjoy the lesson.
Zoe Seah
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I think that this project is very interesting as we can help to pass the message of saving the earth and we can also improve our skills on d&t. Goodluck to everyone :)
Andre Chuah
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This project is very benificial to both other people and ourselves. I feel that we can gain valuable experience from this project, for instance, equipping ourselves with new skills. As for the environment, the final product that is created/invented, will reduce the effort required to complete a certain task, and this will in turn help the environment as well.
I feel that working with IKEA to make a product that is environmentally friendly is very good in the sense that we not only learn how to design a product, we are also helping the environment. Thus, i feel that we should all put in our effort to complete this project and to do a proper one. If our product is good then, it might actually be helping to save the earth as others will be using it.
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Chia Ren Jun
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I think that drawing our own boxes is much more easier than to stick with the template as the template is a fix size and when we draw it ourselves, it is easier. I thank the school and the D n T commitee for letting us work with IKEA as it is a great opportunity for us no become innovative leaders and scholars. :)
Nigel Ong
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I think that this project would be fun and interesting as it let us express our creativity in another way.
Ng Yi Dian
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A way of life to success. I think that this project would be fun and something to look forward to. Cheers!!!
Nigel Ong
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I feel that this project would be fun and meaningful. As it harbours the thought of sustainability, which means to to continue without causing damage to the environment. I believe that this project would be essential to the start of other projects to harbour sustainability. Let's all save the earth together!!!
Seriously, a tagboard would be better. :)
Liu Yi Fan
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this project will be educational and we would be able to learn dnt skills thru the making of the items.
(the detention thing still nid to go? -_-)
It is great to be able to have the opportunity to work with IKEA and save the Earth!!
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I feel that designing products for IKEA is a rare opportunity, and we will definitely do our best. Because if our products are displayed in IKEA, we will have this sense of achievement and be proud of ourselves. This project will also let us be more creative in our designs, and come up with nice and unique products.
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Jiayi (15)
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This is an awesome project that we'll gonna crack our heads. A grea time to bond. A great opportunity.
Kenneth Teh (30)
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I think that it is a great chance to crack our heads and think about the project as it is a important project and we should give it our best.
Shean Peh
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This is a good opportunity to be able to collaborate with ikea and designing something which can relay the importance of saving the earth to the user.So i will put in my best effort to do it.
Charyl Low
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I think this is a good project because it help in the importance of team work.It is also a rare oppotunity so everyone should try their best in this project.
Joy Tham
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I think that this project is fun and interesting and this can help team bonding.It is also a good opportunity to let us show our talents.So i will put in my best effort to do the project (:
Sherlyn Pang
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IKEA project is really quite tough and I'm having some problems drawing the 3D form. But I'll work harder. :))
IKEA project is useful to us and i cant believe that a youth like us can acutally be a designer.
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IKEA project is useful to us and i cant believe that a youth like us can acutally be a designer
Vivian Phang
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This is no doubt a very rare opportunity for students to be involved in projects for established corporations like IKEA. It also enhances our creativity and thinking skills. To come up with a unique product that spreads the message of saving the Earth is definitely not a simple task. However, with the help of our teachers, the project should be easier to manage. I hope that more projects of the same kind shall be introduced to the school.
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ReplyDeletei feel that this is a good opportunity for us to brainstorm and create things or improve on our daily necessities as most of us do not really think as hard normally.
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Jolene Low
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I think this project is interesting, fun, meaningful and quite enjoyable because to me, it is really a good opportunity to create a product for IKEA :D
Name: Hwang Shi-Hui
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I believe that everyone is very excited about this special and unique project working with IKEA, and we will definitely do our best for this project. I think that this is a rare opportunity for us to cooperate with a big company like IKEA. I believe that most of us did not experience this before. This is a wonderful chance for us as we can gain experience in cooperating with big company and we will know what to do when we work with other companies next time. This is also a great chance for more people to know about our school and our school will be famous through media when the tv station report this news to the entire Singapore.
In conclusion, we will be serious about this project and will cherish this unique chance.=D
ZhuangZhuoHan(39)
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I felt that it was a honour to be able to design for ikea and the skill learned will definately help in our future lifes
I feel that this D&T project is very interesting and that it will help us to better our skills. It also challenges us to make the product by sustainable means, which I find is quite difficult. I also have some problems with my drawings and hope that I'll improve in the future :)
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Lee Zhi Ning
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I think that this is a rare opportunity . This project is also quite meaningful and challenging to us as we'll be thinking what to design for this project .
Ong Chu Wen
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I think that this project is very meaningful as it can let us think of what we really need in our life and how we can make it into a useful product.
Khong Jia Wei
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I feel that this project will allow us to make new friends and build stronger bonds between group members as some of us are with people we do not know due to the splitting of classes.
I think that it is a good project because it can help in buliding an importance of team work.Its also a rare oppotunity to work with ikea so everyone should try their best in this project (:
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cheryl lim
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Marcus Phua Zheng Jie
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I feel that having this design project is meaningful and interesting. By having IKEA to collaborate with us, we will be exposed to more challenges as we need to consider more factors. Even though it's tough, we can find ways to overcome our problems. This enables us to learn better in D&T.
Kuah Rui Wen
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I feel that this is a once-in-a-life-time oppurtunity to be able to work with IKEA as a student to create a product that could be sold in IKEA eventually. However, I feel that there is a bit too much work and we often get confused with what we're doing in IPW and DNT classes. Nevertheless, my team members and I will still do our best in these projects.
i think that this project have good and bad points. the good points is that we can save the earth by making our project environmental friendly. the bad point is that we must do a lot of research and to do a lot of paper work.
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Chong Yong Xin
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This is a rare chance for us to showcase our talents. This project also teaches us to save the Earth as the teachers told us that we have to make a product that is environmentally friendly, thus this project teaches us a lot of things and we will benefit a lot.
Liu PeiJia :D
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Firstly, thanks a lot to IKEA and Zhonghua Secondary School for this rare opportunity. I feel really honored to be able to participate in this project. I believe this is a chance for many of us to unleash our talents and hidden potential in designing. While this project will be a challenging one, I strongly believe it will also be an enriching one. I look forward to working and learning from the experts in IKEA.
With IKEA corporating with Zhonghua Secondary School, it gives us, students a lot of opportunities to let our creative juices flow while designing for IKEA. and when our products are put up for sale in IKEA, people will recognise Zhonghua Secondary School as a school filled with creative students!
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I feel that this project is very interesting as it is a rare opportunity to get such projects to do in our school lives. ^^
ben chan
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I feel that this project is very interesting and challenging as it tests our designing skills. I would also like to thank IKEA for this great opportunity.
Khoo Chong Kai
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I think that this project is quite interesting as we rarely get projects like this during our school live. I would be sure to treasure this opportunity.
tan zi yong nicholas
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i feel that this gives us orpotunities to experience what working in ikea is.
darren cheng chin wee
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this is a intresting chance that ikea has given us as it is a good way to experince work
Eunice Poh
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I find this project very intersting as it allows us to express our creativity in designing a product for Ikea.
Cheryl Hay
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I find this project interesting and meaningful as it allows us to experience of designing a "real" product for IKEA
Deon Pek
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Although we might face many problems while we are trying to complete this project, but designing the item for Ikea is a real honour for us.
Chong Han Lyn
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This is indeed a rare opportunity and I feel very honoured to be given a chance to design a product for Ikea. Despite all the problems we have face and will face, we will be able succeed. Together with our fellow group members and teachers, I am sure that this will be a wonderful experience and we all all learn alot from it.
Shermaine Foo
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Working alongside IKEA to ensure that furnitures are made better is indeed a rare opportunity for my peers and I. Through this opportunity, we would definitely learn many new experiences and at the same time, gain more knowledge of the working world. This is defintely a stepping stone for us and I am sure my peers and I would benefit and enjoy this project.
i think this IKEA Project will be of good use to me in the future.. And it gives us a great opportunity to interact with the outside world.
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Brenda Lim
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i think that this project will allow us to be more eco-friendly and stuffs. Be more aware about stuff relating to the environment and all. Allows us to be more creative in thinking of ideas and producing our products and all that. Uh, yeah. :D
I think that this is a very good opportunity for people with the talents of designing to display their talents to the public. I am very excited about this project as it is an once in a blue moon opportunity to work with such a big company. I will cherished this chance and put in my hundred and one percent effort to complete it. I am also looking forward to see our schoolmates product being displayed at IKEA.
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this is a once in a 'lifetime' chance to collaborate with IKEA and i hope it will be beneficial for us.
ReplyDeleteplease lessen the workload thanks.x)
ngkaychyn:)
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Lee Jia Xin:)
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Sustainability is about an object being able to withstand for long periods of time. It is the capacity to endure weight of an object. It also means to help our Earth, sustain our Earth so that we are able to live in it. Sustainability is very important. I am sure I will learn alot of things from this project. Thanks..
Chong Chee Siang :]
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I am excited about tomorrow IKEA visit at Tampinies. I am sure the visit will help my group a lot in our project and hope that I will learn a lot from this project.
Xu Jiang Shen
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It is a wonderful opportunity for us to be able to work with IKEA. In addition to this, the school has also arranged the IKEA visit, I believe it will be a fruitful result.
The designs have to be environmental friendly- it has to be! Unlike the Copenhagen Climate Conference which turned out to be a failure.
Kuo Meng Fan
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i find thta this is a very meaningful project and i will put in my best effort.
jordon ho
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hmm... really hard to make... if we manage to sell this to ikea, will we get any profits$?
Huang Min-Chen
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I feel that this is very rare opportunity to showcase our talent. From simple lines and shapes,we are able to design unique products. This is a new experience for all of us. We'll do our best and put in our best efforts.
Elston Aw
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I feel that this is a golden opportunity to showcase our talents as not all schools get to collaborate with IKEA, or any other famous companies. I think that IKEA has chosen us as we have a unique way of designing our products such as using lines and curves. We should be proud of ourselves and do our best to show IKEA that we're a good schol.
Daniel Chin Jun Mun
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"IKEA.....IKEA....!!!" Wow! Blows my mind to know that how Zhonghua is working alongside with IKEA. The word "IKEA" already speaks a thousand words. I cannot imagine how marvellous this would be..... I bet alot of people are too excited for words.
Well, I can see why they chose us: Highly Innovative Perspective or H.I.P. Sure, this would be a once in a lifetime rollercoaster but many of us would feel the thrill.
Calvin Chng
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I like what I saw and experience in IKEA. Their designs are simple, practical and affordable. It is a reflection of their philosophy of life. I hope to be able to learn more about their approach to design through this project.
I think sustainability is to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure and also to go green and save the Earth.
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Tan Zhen Xun,Frederic 2E6
ReplyDeleteWah? Ikea, good partnership, great products, reasonable price, care about everybody. This is a good chance for us to gain experience from great businessman and create products and learn how it is like in the market.
Sy Wen Hao,2e6
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very good oppurtunity for us to try our designing skills and bond with our friends.It is also an honour to work with a famous company like IKEA.
Liaw Zi Yang 2E6
ReplyDeletewe every week have to post one post..? :/ erm, i don't know what to say eh. just that it's really a good opportunity for us tto work with IKEA lor
Sustainbilty is the ability to support a certain object without breaking or falling.It's one of the important factors to protect Mother Earth. So let's go green.
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Sy Wen Hao,2e6
ReplyDeleteI think IKEA's idea of sustainibility is very good as it helps economically, environmentally, and socially.
i feel that working with ikea is a great way to do our projtect regarding sustainability.Firstly,many people go to ikea tobuy their furniture.by making our product interesting and appealing,its will attract the customers to buy the product thus enabling our project of sustainabilty to success.i fell that sustainability is very important as to many scientists,making the Earyth sustainably is very to important to us as we only have our one and only Earth.By doing our part in being environmentally friendly, we are helping to make earth sustainable for our future.making a product about sustainability is also important.thus i fell that doing this project about susytainability with ikea will greatly improve the effect and usefulness of theproduct.
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lol sy hope u post soon:)
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Yong Ming Sheng 2E6
ReplyDeleteI feel that it is really a fantastic opportunity for us to be able to design things for IKEA. We can also band better with our friends.
I think that sustainability is a very important factor in any product that we are doing,especially since now that Earth is facing a problem of "getting sick" and it is all because of our human activities so sustainability is sort of a must, as if a product is sustainable, it can be used for a lond period of time and that will help us to save our Earth's resources. And if a product is sustainable for quite a period of time, it will also ba more popular among people as it will help them to save money on buying a new one when it spoils and this benefits many people.So I think that doing this project on sustainability is a very good opportunity to do our part in saving the Earth and to also improve further on the product
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ok I'll do it and too bad that I post ltr then you D:
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I enjoy doing this project. It allows us to further enhance our creativity. I have learnt quite a few things through these programme, and today's trip to IKEA.
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Zoe Seah(26)
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I think that sustainability is to not affect the thing that it supporting you.
Andrea Kow(8) 2E3
ReplyDeleteIKEA learning journey was fun and fruitful. I worked well with my groupmates and we found out that the questions allows us to think deeper inside. Colous that are not striking for example blue, white might not be as plain as it looks, instead, it enables us to focus on the striking colour althogh it is only a small part of the room. Measurements are also very important as a little mistake might cause the product to be unable to work properly. All in all, i enjoyed the IKEA trip and it also allows me to be able to work even better with my groupmates.
Lim Jia Ying
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The IKEA trip was fun! (although abit messy here and there) We sure learnt a reasonable amount of knowledge by looking more clearly into the showrooms and some products, and learnt more about the meanings when u say something is "constrasting" or "not matching".By the way, the food was EX!
Calvin Seng (27)
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I think that the sustainability of a product is very important as being able to be used for a long time help conserve Earth's resources. This also help poor people as they would not need to change the things they buy oftenly.
Ong Sock Hui(17)
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I think that sustainability had a great influence in all the designs of the products. Basically, from what I learn in d&t lessons with which we are currently working with IKEA, sustainability are the factors that must be...:
1.convenience for the customers to use
2.aesthetically attractive in the designs for the customers to buy
3.must be able to support the weight and last longer
4.saving the earth....be green
5.Is it possible to be made for a design that is safe for use...?...etc
I agree with my friend, Shu Yun, for the definition of sustainability. Our Earth ,our home,is indeed being damaged by us humans and we need to think of various ways to save it. It all lies in our hands, the earth's fate. By the way, I felt that Ikea's idea of saving the earth also saves our money...
Ong Sock Hui(17)
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Eh...the Ikea learning Journey is quite fun to me. I learn that for the designs to be basically good, the colours and measurements are important. All of these ensure that the designs are accurate and look pleasing in the way that we focus more on it. Like striking colours like red, orange... The measurements had to be accurate for safe use from the customers. The knowledge that I learn are very useful.I hope that next time if we are still working with Ikea, then we must go to the learning journey to learn more designs from there.+_+
Sam Li Ying
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I think that sustainability is vital to the Earth as less natural resources is being extracted and used, which can prevent or reduce the rate of global warming and the extinction of animals and wildlife (cutting down of trees and polluting rivers). Also, the companies and factories making products that can sustain for a long period of time indirectly benefits from it in the sense that more consumers that are environmentalists may support this idea and continue purchasing the vcompany's items, and the company may earn a good name from the decision of doing so.
Chang Ya Hsin
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Are we suppose to use environmentally friendly material to make our product since our product is suppose to pass on the message to save the Earth?
Glen Goh
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It is very easy to look for pics for the sustainanility image board. just search sustainanility at images.google.com and all ur photos will b there! it is that simple!
sustainability means to save the earth.So as human,we should do our part to relay the message of saving the earth to others. (:
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I agree with sheanpeh's comment. we should let others know the importance of saving Mother Earth. Sustainability means diverse and productive. I hope that through this project we can let other people know the importance of recycling.(:
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my opinion of the DNT project is that we should print less pictures.
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Kua En Na 2E5 ..
i think that this project allow us to have contact with some "bigger" projects? which could be helpful when we are out in the society.
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and i agree that we should reduce the amount of picture that we print.its a very waste of ink and paper. should'nt it be environmental friendly? i'm sure that's other methods fos us to get inspiration rather than printing all those pictures.
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What kind of material is provided for us?
Chan Yi Tien
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I feel that the IKEA trip was very fun and exciting. Me and my group fellows had tremendous amount of fun dashing around all over the place looking for the answers to the questions in the question paper. Despite having a few difficulties in a few areas in the worksheet, the overall very eventful and I learnt that IKEA tries to design their products to make things much easier for their customers and are also environmental friendly. Even though everyone was tired, I'm looking forward to more similar excursions like that again.
I feel that drawing our own boxes for the 3D-drawings is much easier that with the boxes provided. This is because I have to measure eveything exactly parallel to the sides of the box to be able to drawing a realistic 3D-drawing. Meanwhile, the teacher forbade us to use ruler for the freehand drawing and that allows me to just estimate everything roughly and is much faster.
All in all, I feel that D&T is becoming not as stressful as it used to be as there is only drawings to be done, and hardly anymore picture board. =D
Candy Ng :D
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Substainability means to recycle, reduce and reuse. It also means to cut down the usage of the plastic bags. Substainability also means to help save the earth within our means, e.g. reduce the amount of water we use per day. :D
Chong Yi Cheng
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I think this project overall is meaningful as it would benefit us in the future if we have this kind of project in our jobs
The IKEA trip was interesting as we had seen a lot of unique designs and colour matching
But i think we can furthur improve by doing out part by using less paper for drawing and maybe use the computer to do our drawings? Since our theme is sustainability, maybe we can kick off a good start through doing small and environmentally friendly acts
Sustainability means doing things that has a minimal long-term effect on the environment, like using recycled bag instead of plastic ones, as plastic is biodegradable and will harm the Earth.
ReplyDeleteReusing and reducing can also be used to sustain Earth's 'health'
>>See Yi Tiek
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Stella
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It must have been a great opportunity for us to collaborate to work with IKEA, especially an eyeopener for most of us. We must indeed be privileged to work with IKEA, in which I believe that everyone will put in their best efforts.
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ReplyDeletei find this activity very useful and it teaches us to save the earth so that the earth is healthy and there will not be major dieseases happening
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yanqi 2e3
ReplyDeletebleahs. i think this whole project is very beneficial, as we get to learn more about sustainability and color matching.
Jiayous people! ^^
i feel that our school working with IKEA will make us feel the urge to do better and create better products.So i will help us improve our creativity and our DNT skills.
ReplyDeletei feel that our school working with IKEA will make us feel the urge to do better and create better products.So i will help us improve our creativity and our DNT skills.
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i think this project is meaningful as we get to learn more about sustainability through it. We learnt about our fragile home and i believe everyone would ttake greater care of our home after this project as we cant possibly tell others to save th earth while we ain't doing so. hmm...the ikea trip was very beneficial to us too as we could pick up ideas as to how we can design our product and how to incoporate sustainability in our design...
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the trip to IKEA was fun~~WHEE~~~ :D
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anyway when i was there,learnt that the materials to make the object and the colors and sizes are important.
Hope we'll have more of these trips ;D
Lee Bing Qi
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I feel that this learning journey taught me alot..normally my parents would go and choose the designs when they go to ikea bt they didnt reli explore n i didnt rely notice abt the designs...products and stuff. this trip was enriching n i didnt noe ikea was so big and the designs and product types were so muc...i felt like a tortoise being exposed to the outside world...this is one of the few learning journies tat i reli find useful and fun...bt the eating time cn be extended and maybe u all cn explain to us abt the colors part b4 the trip.......
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i liked how the IKEA outing went,the things were quite well organised and i sincerely hope we can go on more trips to other place to see more of menu holders/ notepad holders. furthermore, i feel that the random designs we draw, the teachers should give us a template to make it more neater and presentable as i find it a little hard to draw them around the same size.
Ong Xin Wei
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i have never actually been to IKEA, hence this journey gave me the opportuninty to see how it looks like. it was fun and exciting, a good way to get the student participating and active, however i guess we could lengthen the time limit so as to let us find what else we for our project, instead of just learning what is stated in the worksheet and doing it for the sake of doing.
thank you =]
2E3 Toh Jiamin
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a little difficult to find..
1)the materials for our product, can we also take the old acrylic pieces or stuff from the Recyclebox thingy?
2)the learning journey was a lil too hurried...though we did learn more from it then on normal days because we had to find it and examine, indentify its usefulness...
3)you could have told us more about color themes,the color wheel and stuff before the trip to prepare us
i do hope you can help reply me soon! thanx!
tang shi jie
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i feel that this is a orpotunitie that ikea has given us to learn
nicholas tan zi yong
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ikea has made the trip there really good
firstly they have really good food and i also like the idea of having DIY
darren cheng
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ikea gived me the orpotunity to learn alot
i also like DIY as it shows that it gives us
a chance for independence
nicholas tan zi yong
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i agree with darren as it really gives us an orputunity to be independent
darren cheng
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thanks nicholas i also think that ur post is quite good as you show how good the food there is despite the price
tang shi jie
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this has given me an orputunity to learn what DIY is
tang shi jie
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i agree with darren's post as it really shows the use of DIY
happy chinese new year and happy valentines' day!
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Happy CNY!!!
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I appreciate this trip ALOT! haaha (: though it was a little to hurried but i have certainly learnt alot. i went to ikea before, but no like this trip.this trip has let me observe many things in ikea that i have not observe before :D
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2e3 FTW!
wow this project had sure made me learn more about d&t and that d&t is not just purely about sketching only but it can also be related to art and many other factors.
ReplyDeletelike in this ikea project i have learnt a lot about colours and differenr colour combination to make my product look better. it had also let me learn more about sustainibilty and that is not just able to last longer but also related to the earth. to allow product to last long will allow the less of wasting of materials.
d&t taught me alot......
jian ming
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Au Yeung Ka Yan
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To me, sustainability is able to provide life for everything. The product will be durable and eco-friendly as well. This allows us to conserve our resources by using less plastic, recycling used cardboard and reusing tins. And we can help to save our Earth together.
Esmonde Tan
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The D&T trip to ikea was a fruitful one as i had harvested alot of fresh information there. One main thing I learnt from Ikea was the different kinds of colour combination that could make the design of the room very different. For example, contrasting colours could be placed together to produce a effect. Dull/Cool colours makes the room feel more relaxing and compact, giving people the feeling of 'Home sweet home'. While bright colours make the room more spacious and gives me the enjoyable feeling. Mixing and matching different shades of colour could give many different kinds of feeling to the product, it can make it look relaxing or look fun to play with.
The second thing I learnt was about sustainability. To me, sustainability means quite alot of things. For example, I feel that sustainability is made up of the social and environment factors. We must make friends and establish harmonious relationships with other people so that everyone would be happy and the product will be sellable. The environment factor makes up a huge bulk of what i think of sustainability. The product must be durable(Thats for sure) the materials must also be eco-friendly, for example wood as it is a adundant resource and carbon emissions are lower conpared to other materials but also have similar qualities to those materials. E.g. Aluminium. By using recycled materials, we could also save the Earth too. So all in all, sustainability means durability and eco-friendly. =D
Esmonde Tan
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>>Jian Ming
Yeah I totally agree with your post. Colour combinations could make a product look nice or to put it crudely, ugly.
Your comments on sustainabiliy are cool. But I belive there is more to it than to be able to last longer, save more materials. To what I feel, sustainability also need to be eco-friendly as well as using abundant/ recycab
le materials =D
Toh Jiamin 2E3
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the materials for our product, can we also take the old acrylic pieces or stuff from the Recyclebox thingy?
btw. happy chinese new year!
Au Yeung Ka Yan
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I agree with both Candy and Jessica on sustainability. :) Everyone can do their part by making the first step of saving the Earth. Simple things like reducing the use of paper can help make a big difference.
Liaw Hui Xuan
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To me personally, sustainability is not something that will change its shape easily nor can it be destroyed easily.
However, after the trip to IKEA, I learnt that sustainability can actually be ‘place’ into products. Without it, a lot of things will be destroyed very easily after receiving the ‘wonderful care’ given by humans (not all them though). Sustainability is in fact helping items to prolong their period of being use by people.
Liaw Hui Xuan
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I agree with Jessica about sustainability. It is true that with the help of sustainability, we will be able lengthen the time that earth is able to stay ‘healthy’. I think without it, the earth’s ‘health’ would be worse off than now. Therefore, everyone should do their part by just starting off with something simple, even if using recycled bag than plastic bag. We can go deeper in by remembering the three R’s: reusing, recycling and reducing.
Yap Te Rong
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I think that this project had made me go through more thinking and let my mind flow and improve my designs. It is also a great opportunity for our product to be shown to the public and have a great impression of zhonghua Secondary School.
Rachel Ng
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Um.. the IKEA trip was really fun and i got to learn alot of things. Sustainability is really important so that we could do our part to save the earth. The materials used for the products should be both environmental friendly and durable. This would make people more interested in buying the products.
Vivian Phang
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Sustainability. Before my very fruitful trip to IKEA, I never really knew what the word meant. The dictionary didn't help, of course. What with the "to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure." Well, now I know fully well that sustainability is not much more than doing our part to help the Earth stay healthy. Or to put it crudely, survive for longer than expected. Therefore, everyone should do their part to ensure that sustainability stays "alive".
We are asked to decide on the colours of our selected sustainability icon and explore different colour themes for our symbol in our design journal. Each group member should be responsible for at least 10 different designs.
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Leong Kah Leng(11)
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Vivian Phang
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I agree with Esmonde's viewpoint of sustainability. Indeed, the product that sustainability is used on must be durable and at the same time, eco-friendly. The materials used play a great part in determining that factor. Thus, before producing a product, the materials that are going to be used must be given careful thought. Recycled materials are, of course, the best choice.
Jian Ming
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>>Esmonde Tan
i totally agree that you say my comments are cool:p the recycle part where u mention is true but however like wood you have to take down wood and as what everyone know, wood comes from trees and trees take a long period of time to grow back into a big adult tree so i would prefer the use of metal. though mental is non-biodegradeble but it is recycleable and when throw away could be used to make into new items.
anyway i totally agree with the point i missed out about sustainibilty that it should be eco-friendly....
Randy Hong 2e4.
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I agree with your post on improving Esmonde's viewpoint. Although trees take a long time to grow, but for every tree that's cut down, grow back other one :D! And as for your metal theory, that works too. But won't the same apply for materials like plastic? So when people say 'Plastic is bad' and 'contributes to a non-sustainable environment', what exactly is the 'sustainable' material?
Randy Hong 2e4
ReplyDeleteSustainability, to me. It is something that can be applied to almost everything around us. It is the way to make sure something is of good quality and meets our requirements while, at the same time, not compromising most of our resources and can be maintained for a long period of time. One example on giving the sustainability touch is on forests. To make the items that we need, such as paper, furniture, etc, we need to make sure our methods are sustainable. By doing this, we can make our products of good quality without compromising the population of the forests. One example of these methods is the replacement of trees that were cut down. By replacing them, the population is balanced and thus, not compromising the forest.
I agree with Ka Yan's post dated on February 13 on how sustainabilitycan affect the Earth and that every little things that we have done could affect out earth.The IKEA trip has help in either one way or another and all of us can use these information to help save the earth and be more enviromental friendly.Cheers~ :D
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I can say it's such a rare opportunity to work with Ikea. I'm really glad that we're given such an opportunity. I hope this will be fun and memorable experience:)
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Chan Yi Tien
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'Sustainability' to me, is making use of, recycling and reusing a good product for as long as possible. This can help in saving the environment as we would be saving alot of materials, both rare and precious. I feel that sustainability can help the Earth very much, ensuring that we can live harmoniously with the environment for a long period of time.(Instead of the having the world end in 2012..:P) In my opinion, a product that can be sustained is a very satisfactory product. :D
Happy CNY All~
Chan Yi Tien
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I support Vivian's post of 'ensuring that sustainability stays "alive"' as if there are no longer anymore sustainable products in the world, we would need to keep coming up with new product, if need be, even mass producing them. Thus, precious materials all around the world would be collected and destroyed for the new products and the world would be greatly damaged. To sum it up, ensuring sustainability stays "alive" is a crucial responsibility that everyone must contribute in. =D
Candy Ng
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I agree with Jessica and Randy's posts on substaiability, how it can be applied to our daily lives and has minimum long term effect on Earth. It also applied to me when I encountered the same incident with Vivian. In conclusion, i think the trip to IKEA was a fruitful and enjoyable one, simultaneously, an educational one too. :D
Esmonde Tan
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I agree with Candy's and jessica's point of view of the 3R's, reduce,reuse and recycle. True enough that has got to do with sustainability. We have to think of a long term solution and the 3r's seem to have a great effect. However I belive durability is also a factor. Eventhough a prduct would be classified as eco-friendly, if it is not durable, who would even want it? Thus, durability is also a factor, with it combined with the 3R's it would be great =D
To me, sustainability means to not only be able to last long, but also able to endure a certain weight. It must also be useful and make of materials that does not harm the environment. It is also about the 3R's, reduce, reuse and recycle.
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I agree with Vivian's point of view. We need to keep sustainability "alive". If there is no longer sustainability products around, the products that people buy would not be sustainable and it would not be able to last long. If the products are not sustainable, people will have to keep changing their products and causing more harm to the Earth.
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To me, sustainability is:
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-Durable
-Can be recycled and reused
-And the product is not a useless product that occupys space for nothing
The above facts are important as people can save money by not buying the product frequently as it is durable and when the product is durable, less people will buy it,
less material will be needed to make it and less space will be used up for it.
I agree with Carina's point. If a product is not durable, people will not buy them as it is a waste of their hard earn money. If a product can not be recycled, it will take up space and we will have to cut down trees to have space to live in, which is very environmentally unfriendly.
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To me, sustainability means that it is able to last for a long period of time, can be recycled and reused and last of all,able to withstand a certain amount of weight. Sustainabilty is closely linked to the product which we are making for IKEA. As one of its main factor is that it can save the earth. By applying recycle and reuse, our product can help save the Earth by wsaving its precious resources.
ReplyDeleteI agree with carina and shi hui's comment. Without the factors of sustainability, a product would have no meaning in helping mankind ad it will simply harm Earth's precious resources and in turn, affecting mankind in a negative way. This, without a doubt, defeats the purpose of why the product was created in the first palce- to help mankind.
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Chin Wai Yheng
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What does sustainability mean to me:
-Durable yet environmentally-friendly
-Use of recycled materials
-Anti-plastic
-Saving resources
-Able to withstand weight
Sustainability is an important factor that we must not overlook because consumers consider this factor before they purchase our products. Moreover,we can do our parts on saving the Earth. Hence I feel that sustainability is very imporant.
Ong Yu-He (36)
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I feel honoured to be able to work with IKEA for this project.I am grateful for the learning journey as it has educated me more about why IKEA has such a different business model compared to other furniture shops.I realised there was so much more in the showrooms when I went with the school compared with going there with my parents. The learning journey gave me more inspirations for my product and through it, I will be able to create a product that is both practical and sustainable, thus making it eco-friendly.
Chin Wai Yheng
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I agree with Yi Tien's post. What she has mentioned about sustainability is definitely something that we can do as students for saving the environment that we live in. I agree that a product which can last is a good product. :D
Chong Yong Xin
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In my opinion, sustainability is the capacity to endure the potential for long-term maintenance or well-being. Sustainability also means that the materials used for making the product can last for a long time and the materials itself do not harm the environment.Thus, it means that the product is eco-friendly and can be maintained for a long time.
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To me,sustainability means that the materials used is able to last for a very long time thus it won't cause any waste to the environment. And it also means that is actually friendly to the environment.
huang min chen
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Agree to what yong xin had posted.
The main point of a product to have sustainability is to be more friendly to the environment and to prevent globol warming from turning bad to worse.So a good product do required sustainability thus hope that we will be able to produce a product that has that.:)
Lee Gui Yong
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I believe that sustainability is what earth requires to endure. Therefore i greatly feel that having a sustainability sign is a useful note to consumers, to remind them of saving unnecessary electricity. Also, i have learnt many things from IKEA, specific details of each items shown there. The trip had allowed me to understand the obstacles faced to design a new product as well...
sherlyn pang
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To me,sustainability is about the 3Rs which are reduce, reuse, recycle. This basically means to care for the materials on Earth as it is limited. Besides that, sustainability also means to me that it should not be of plastic material. This is because plastics are non-biodegradable and plastics are made from fossil fuels that are already running out.
sherlyn pang
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After reading the comments made by fellow school mates, I strongly agree to the statement by waiyheng. She pointed out that customers look at the factor on sustainability. And in Ikea, we are selling things to people of all ages, this means that if we could make sure we have sustainability this factor met, we would have higher chance of having our item being popular. :D
Chong Chee Siang
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I think sustainability to me means the product must be sustainable and long lasting. Sustainability to me also means that the making of the product must also not harm the environment.
Chong Chee Siang
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I agree with Chong Yong Xin as the product must be lasting and should not harm or destroy the enviroment. This is to stop the environment from becoming worse, not only in global warming but also the increasing amount of rubbish and the decreasing amount of fossil fuels. Though it is going to be hard to produce a product that can do that but I will try my best to produce such product.
Lee SHin Yi (35) 2E4
ReplyDeleteTo me, sustainability means that the product must not harm the environment, for example, the materials used to make the product must be environmentally-friendly. The product must also be able to last long and it must carry a message to remind people to care for the environment.
Goh Ming Min
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I think that the learning journey trip to ikea was benificial. I had a whole new experience as compared to going with my family. I learnt many new things like sustainability and 'flat pack'. Overall, it was a enjoyable trip and a fun learning experience. I hope more of such learning journey will be organised. =)
Flat packing limits our design too much.(serviet holder) Does it have to be packed such as there is very little or no spaces?
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Tan Shu YUN 2E6
ReplyDeleteI think that sustainability is the ability to maintain for long periods of time(durable), without spoiling and must be ecologically viable in the long run. I think that sustainability is very important now, especially since we are all facing problems like Global Warming, less Earth natural resources...., so all the more we need to produce more items that are sustainable, in order to help us all save more resources of Earth by taking only what we need and thus do our part in saving Earth. So to me, I think that sustainability is a very important factor.
TSY 2e6
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Link: international.gc.ca
greencollaborative.org
longwood.edu
fortlewis.edu
nzbsc.com
Tan Shu Yun 2e6
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Wai Yheng had posted that sustainability is very important in the product that we do. Since now that Earth is facing problems like depleting natural resources, all the more we should do our part in saving Earth by making products that are durable and last for long periods of time.So I hope that we can all achieve that while doing our D&T product :D
Ong Hui Shi(2E6)
ReplyDeleteI feel that what Jessica tan from 2E4 had said about sustainability is quite meaningful and i fully agree with the concept she has for the meaning of sustainability. Her concept wraps around the idea of cutting down the unneccesary expenses to help earth from global-warming.
ideas like bio-degradable bags and using recycled bags instead of plastic bags were mentioned. ihope this kind of idea will be etched in the minds of puiblic which will help the environment greatly.
Siti Aisyah
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The following is my reflection on our DNT class that went on today which was mostly about SCAMPER.
In my point of view, if we have to modify our product according to S.C.A.M.P.E.R is quite interesting and it helps us to think deeper and develop our product to its highest potential. However, I would like to emphasise about what P and E stands for which is Put it to other uses & Eliminate. In my point of view, if we were to put it to other uses and eliminate it or other things that we find maybe will promote difficulty in doing the design itself, why put it to other uses in the first place when knowing that we must eliminate it there after. P and E to me are not quite important as our focus are more to Sustainability. Like Mr. Suffian's example, in one of his diagram he drew a slot to put it to other uses during the Put it to other uses but eventually, eliminate it on the next diagram (if I am not wrong), I get that he is trying to demonstrate the whole idea of SCAMPER but to me if you were eliminate something that was already drawn or may be put into other uses may be quite dangerous as students in the process of trying to keep it simple might eliminate other ideas that are productive.
Hence, in my opinion, SCAMPER, during the elimination process, students must be extra careful with what they think might be good or bad for the product itself.
http://www.seattleu.edu/uploadedimages/facilities/slideshow/sustainability.jpg
ReplyDeleteAfter going to IKEA, it relly expands my horizons of what is it like to save the environment. As days and weeks goes by, the potential of designing is unleashing among our groupmates. I hope that our end product would be a success.
Jiayi(2e6)
We have been very fortunate to be chosen by IKEA to join their efforts in saving the Earth. Students should take this opportunity to showcase their talents in DnT. By creating a product that is portable; light and small, we can make life easier for people and help save the Earth at the same time. It is of upmost importance that we take this project into the back of our minds as a good product, could change people's mindset on the Earth and help out. And having been grouped together, we could take this chance to increase our bonds and learn new things together. Having groupmates, they could tell and help you to correct your mistakes and vice versa.
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working with ikea is really quite stress as the poduct seems to be perfect. i hope teaches will excuse us for not doing the homework given as next week is common test. thks^^
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