DESIGN lecture by Dr. Leong Yap

Dr . Leong Yap is a professor of the Design at the school of Art and Design , He was trained as the industrial designer at Wellington polytechnic , New Zealand . He was also a member of the New Zealand Growth and Innovation Framework (GIF) Design industry Taskforce to advice the New Zealand Government on design stratergy and policy in using design as a key driver for the national competitiveness and enabler to wealth creation and economy growth .

It was a very inspirational lecture by Dr.Leong Yap

as he said , 

Design should be '' DIFFERENT OR DIE ''

he said , lets think new, new creations and innovations by using the blue oceans stratergy .  

he stressed on designing something new that does not exist , and not modifying something that exists . 

for instance , apple product took over the globe, all other products are no more in demand.  why ? because its a new creation . 

when you design a product make sure it satisfies the customers. 

he also mentioned a few places that has their products globally recognised, 
for instance ,: Finland , the whole economy of that place is just based on one  product that is '' NOKIA''
which is known globally . 

he insisted on thinking new, creating something new so that we do not have much competition . and our products would be a hit . 

it was a very interesting lecture , he did inspire us with his work .  and i am hoping  i will get there someday . 

The Pangkor Trip

The pangkor trip that was held on the 28th of november ,I was really excited for it and i was really looking forward to it . We took a bus to the ferry . on reaching pangkor we were assigned with tasks and each group got busy working on it .

It was a memorable trip as we had alot of things that we did together, solving each task was crazy but fun at the same time , the first day we had to crack a code which was a bit difficult at the start but we finally figured it , the very same day we also rode bicycle around the island which was amazing . 

The next day , we went to several bays  before going to the island where we had our next task .

To highlight a bit about these bays , very interesting part about it was that each bay had stones that resembled some still life or animal . 

we first saw this stone that looked like an ''APPLE'' 

Then we saw a stone that looked like a '' TURTLE ''

We also saw a stone that resembled a ''CROCODILE''

I found this very interesting , this is real beauty of nature . 

The ocean was amazing as always here are some photos of it . 

we also went snorkeling and it was a great experience . 

After this , we went to the island called '' the monkey island '' where there were alot of monkeys , 

we had our tasks to do , we had to make shelter using available natural materials , which was actually a fun thing , we used tree branches and logs to make a big shelter which could accommodate 4 people and more , we then had to make a raft ,and we had to make sure it was sustainable , which is we had to make one person float on the raft , we used 3 pieces of logs and held them together to make a raft . after all these activities we headed back home . 

everyone was really tired but we still went for something that was the best  , THE BANANA BOATING. 

the best part was the sunset was amazing during this ride , and it was fun too . 

the next day we went to do our other tasks, we went to several chinese temples, where there were quite alot of interesting things , such as painted carves on the stone. 

there after we went to the Dutch fort , its a very interesting site.  

there after we headed back home and every one was preparing for the final presentation for the night . after the presentation we achieved the second position .  and we were all happy . 

we also did some night photography . 

This was all about the pangkor trip . it was one of the best we had , and the memories will always be treasured.