Intro to Design Theory - Final Assignment (Eco-Art Sculpture)

For this assignment, my group member,Faeona and I decided to choose Resource Depletion as our topic. Faeona thinks that most of the people only care about deforestation, air pollution or limited petrol left but not the other resources such as flora and fauna.

Besides, we want to make a sculpture which not only serves as display purpose but ALSO can be used. So, we kinda like developed something like tables and chairs. (We were both having headache when lecturer wants us to give her our idea for our sculpture LOL) To prevent something like chairs or tables collapsing when the judges sit on them, we decided to make tables and chairs for little children. So, when the chairs or tables really collapse, we can say because the lecturers are not with the little children's weight, therefore, the chairs or tables could not support their weight XD

OK, now we have the idea, then we'll need to explain them @@ the shape, the purpose the colours @@

What? The A for Ur Q
In recent years, the depletion of natural resources and attempts to move to sustainable development have been major focus of development agencies. This is particularly concern in rainforest regions, which hold most of the Earth's natural biodiversity-irreplacable natural capital. Resources depletion is defined as exploitation of natural resources which includes consumerism, logging, fishing and mining. (sources from wikipedia.com)

Why? The Microscoping Project

• Kids - they're like sponge,absorbing what's around them. We will have to teach them since young. Hence, we approach little kids.
• Bell Shape Table - Ringing the alarm to alert everyone that resource depletion is getting worse.
• Puzzle Table - The blend and mix of every one's effort. The <(He+She+U+Me)(Efforts)=Greatest Effect > concept
• Circle tray - The shape without edges, means there's no harm to work together to save our Mother Earth. Also represents the unity of every one's effort.
• Colours - Blue as the sky for the tray on the top, Green as the forest for the tables, Brown as the earth for the chairs.
• Usages- Kid's activity table, Garden Furniture for Kids
• Tighten the bonding between parents and kids as this is something that parents can do together with their childrens ^^

How?The Reversing Concept
What we had done is done. Now we should try to reduce all the activities which will worsen the problem. So, We will have to try to reverse what we had done to the Earth and make it whole again @@

Huhu~ done with the explanations...actually all these explanations are in the presentation boards lolz just in case the pictures are too small that you could not read what is written on them xD

Sketched plan for the table

Things needed ( egg trays, the roll of paper from fabric shop, cans and boxes)

Lalala~ Faeona is enjoying the cutting session @@?




We planned to make our own natural paint with Pandan Leaves but failed to do so=0=

Preparing to make the chairs^^

The jigsaw puzzle table =D

The glue made with flour but its either i bought the wrong flour or i cooked it with the wrong method, i'd FAILED to make the glue LOLz

Was sticking all the 'legs' for the table at my house then send to Faeona's hostel.

My car fully loaded with the weak tables lolz

Spraying the tray with blue ozone-friendly spray.

Spraying the tables with green.

The WHAT presentation board.

The WHY presentation board.

The HOW presentation board

This is the presentation board added after the presentation when lecturer says we will have to have one presentation board with our final product in. But, we submitted it too late then it's not marked by lecturer@@ hope we wont get DNC(do not complete) and FAIL!!! @@

Before carrying the table to Uni @@

Dang! the tiring job to carry these from the hostel to the uni's multi-purpose hall when u're wearing super high high-heels =0=

During the presentation....saw how high is my high-heels? LOLz

During the presentation, Mr Asfia and Mr.Allan.

Faeona and Me and our baby,Futurie Puzzie.

Once again, i would like to thanks to those who offered their help when we're rushing for this sculpture. Who were those heros and heroin???? Our class mammy-Liaw Kheng Boon, Our class daddy-Yeo Kee Liang, TIT- Tiong Ing Tian and my lovely babe-Kho Siaw Yee xD

My babe wasnt from our uni but from swinburne,taking accounting in degree. She was having her holidays and then i asked for her help xD She even stay overnight at my house to help me with the presentation boards why Faeona at her hostel doing the final touch up for the sculpture^^ love her!!!muacks~~~~

Last but not least, THANKS!!!!!! xD

Building Construction - Roof

Wooohoooooo =0=

This assignment had failed twice before we managed to finished it @@ The first is we painted the roof on the wrong surface....second is we failed to let the roof to "stand" by its own lolz We even used the silicon glue (or whatever-its-name-glue) to stick it with the "wall" but still we FAILED @@

We got no confident for this model but at least we finished it xD Let's pray for us that we won't fail for this module@@

Here's the pictures.... pictures for the failure are not with me...will update those pictures when i get them =D

The plan for the roof

The painted columns (antennas of the radio LOLs)

Drying the paint with hair dryer @@

Measuring the length with mobile phone's earphone =0=

Obviously, drawing lines lolz

Painting~~

Pouring the colour on the fabric xD

The harden colour @@ was mixing it with some water to make it liquid.

DANG DANG DANG DANG~~~ Hair dryer again =D

That is the wrongly painted roof....and i was cutting the wire for the triangle roof part xD

The final method we used xD i used nails to combine the supports and roof together =D

Top view for the final product ^^

Dang! I'm so happy and relieved when i finally finished the roof xD Clara went back to her hometown earlier and Faeona was busy-ing with our other assignment, the Eco-Art Sculpture and im fighting with this roof lolz

Happy but not satisfied with it @@ haizzz...

Building Construction - Foundation(Caisson Foundation)

@@ this foundation brings me headache LOLs my friend's hostel is kinda humid with only one weak fan =0= i was there for one whole week after lectures finish everyday and ended up having headache xD

Anyways, i like this model quite much cause we (HuiMin,Abbas,Faeona&Me) are the first group of students making Caisson model....and the final product is considered as not bad xDDDD
Out of all the lecturers, i like this lecturer the most...this lecturer is a very kind person xDHe understands the student well, he can be very friendly but no talking when he's conducting the class, and he gave us alot of informations and suggestion for the assignments =D love him heaps heaps xD

I have no much things to talk bout for this model so i'll just let the pictures do the talkings =D

Introducing the Crews:-

HuiMin

Abbas

Faeona

Me~the lazy big fat butt xD



hoho~ im very proud with my tractor xD i'd made it myself oh xD
we planned to ask the shop to make one for us but considering that will be very expensive, we decided to make ourself....

We submit this to lecturer but he says we had sticked the sea n sand part too far behind, so we'll have to bring it to the front part...xD

The final product~~ the improved one xD

P/S: how come i always encounter problems with the spacing =0= stupid thingy =="

Building Structure - Model (Bridge)

This is our very very very very first model xD

We will have to make a skyscraper's or bridge's model and also study about its structure.....But, we have no much sources for the structures @@

Honest speaking, i dont like this module =0= the Lecturer never really tell us how to do our assignments (the model and the report) just throw us the assignment brief and that's all =0=
I got so tensed and stressed when doing this module's assignment because i got really no idea how to do it zZzZz

Our library's reference books are so little and when we seek for lecturer's help...lecturer just tell us to go to state library for reference books =0= as if we pay the tuition fee to go to state library to do our own research....if so, i can just study on my own....wondering why am i/are my parents paying them for the fees if we can do our own research and understand everything...DUH!!!

Anyways, our group (Tiong,Liaw,Liang,Faeona and Me) decided to do a model of this Gateshead Millenium Bridge,located at UK, which is the first and only tilted bridge in our world =D







So, here is the pictures taken by liaw n liang~~~~

Mr.Liang with the bridge part lolz

The bridge on the inner part of the base...SUPER BIG base =0=

The support for the bridge which makes the model movable.

Closer of the bridge's side view

The pedestrian street with not much details made >0<"

Upper view for the bridge.

We did not know how to make a strong support for the bridge at left and right side, so we decided to use this to support the bridge when it's laying down lolx

(they're actually firmly rolled up papers)

The completed bridge model