Pre-visit Exhibition Slideshow

Featuring innovative young designers from the 2012 Higher School Certificate Design and Technology course.

The innovation that underpins the Design & Technology course is demonstrated throughout this exhibition of the state's most outstanding Major Design Projects.

Students will have the opportunity to see how these talented young designers have explored the design process through a range of over 20 design solutions on display from sustainable fashion to systems solutions from a diverse range of products, to e-platforms for school calendars and interior design.

Presented in association with the Board of Studies NSW andNSW Department of Education and Communities.

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16 February -12 May 2013

Dynafork

Andrew Lucas Albury High School

Andrew wanted to make bikes more versatile, so developed the Dynafork, the variable handling bike fork. By raising the front for a more upright and relaxed seating position and weight distribution, the Dynafork can transform a twitchy, responsive road bike into a relaxed cruiser or touring bike. By lowering the front end on a sluggish mountain bike, it allows for a more aggressive racing position.

The Buoyant Oceanic Safety System (BOSS)

Mathew Butler Knox Grammar School

Mathew’s Buoyant Oceanic Safety System incorporates new technology to help lifeguards communicate with swimmers who may be in danger. The BOSS can be positioned so it is in swimmers’ line of sight, while its high visibility colours and warning system mean it can be seen and heard in almost all conditions.

Street art lighting

installation

Esra Capa MLC School

Esra’s design goal was to manufacture a working model of a lighting system to supplement existing crime prevention methods. She has created a modular design that incorporates a CCTV camera for traditional policing and a laser-cut image on a faceplate to project art lighting. Esra’s aim is to discourage crime in an aesthetically pleasing and creative way.

Chelsea loves shoes. She wanted to make it possible to wear different shoes while protecting the environment and the fashion follower's pocket. The ‘Clique On’ design enables the same pair of shoes to be used many times by adding different decorative features. Magnets on the ‘Clique On’ product line up with magnets on the shoe, making them easy to add and remove.

Clique On Chelsea Gilchrist

Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus

Preparing for Kokoda

Katherine Barter Newcastle Grammar

School

After visiting Papua New Guinea in 2011 to walk the Kokoda Track, Katherine realised that trekkers need to be prepared mentally and physically to fully appreciate the history of the Kokoda military campaign and the culture of the PNG people. She created a DVD and booklet giving detailed explanations and demonstrations of medical, equipment and training preparation.

Mark wanted to design a house that would be both affordable and environmentally friendly. His e-House uses thermal mass, natural ventilation, orientation and insulation to reduce electricity use and improve quality of life. The other significant aspect of the house is its affordability, costing $100,000 less than the average house in NSW. Mark’s modern design uses glass for its aesthetic and environmental properties.

e-House Mark Bersolto

Canobolas Rural Technology High School

When Mikala researched the designer handbag market she found that the bags were expensive, and their manufacture had an enormous impact on the environment. This provided Mikala with the incentive to design handbags that are stylish, substantial and environmentally sound.

Sustainable handbags

Mikala Hanks Cheltenham Girls’

High School

Zaarkacha’s research showed that ironing boards can be awkward to carry and the shape is not suited to ironing some clothes. This led her to develop the Ironstein. Its unique shape reduces the time it takes to iron collared shirts, and the leg-end makes the button area of pants easier to iron. The removable clamping system makes it lighter and easier to transport.

Ironstein Zaarkacha Marlan All Saints’ College

Bathurst

Transportation Trolley Melanie Altit

Moriah College

Melanie wanted to create a storage device for beauty products, to eliminate the inconvenience of multiple boxes and cluttered drawers. Her trolley allows the products to be stored quickly and neatly, helping makeup artists and hairdressers maintain a tidy workstation, improve their work processes and provide a polished and professional service.

As a surf lifesaver, Stephanie observed that body-boarders often suffer from blisters or lose their fins in the ocean, while people with arthritis struggle to get their fins on. The Flipsock is an ankle-high neoprene sock with a polyurethane fin. The sock sits across the heel and easily slips onto the foot. The mould for the Flipsock is also displayed here.

Flipsock Stephanie McIntosh

Mount St Joseph Milperra

Tasmanian deforestation

dress

Gabrielle Ingham Monte Sant’ Angelo

Mercy College

Gabrielle’s project highlights the need to protect our natural environment. She designed two garments representing the before and after effects of deforestation. The ‘Rainforest Dress’ shown here uses bamboo and 100% natural fibres, with 750 individually laser-cut leaves based on the Tasmanian Blue Gum.

Merino wool dress

Jessica Zinga Barrenjoey High School

Jessica chose Australian merino wool for her dress because it is a renewable, recyclable, sustainable and biodegradable resource. This makes it a more environmentally sound alternative to synthetics, cotton, silk and cashmere. Jessica has promoted the dress through art shows and social networking to inspire people to purchase merino wool products.

Don’t Break Your Heart

Christina Georgiou St Euphemia College

Seeing her grandmother struggle with heart disease motivated Christina to create her wearable art piece. Made from recycled materials, the dress is designed to inspire women to protect the health of their hearts and the environment. The base for the swatches incorporates her grandmother’s wedding skirt, while the swatches include personal pledges written by women affected by this disease.

Now an experienced rower, Mitchell clearly recalls the difficulties of learning to row on public waterways. There was always the fear of colliding with a passenger ferry or fishing trawler and his coach’s instructions were nearly inaudible. The rowing simulator allows young rowers to row in a controlled environment, where communication is clear and a sense of safety assists learning.

Rowing simulator Mitchell Shaw

The Scots College

One in five children in developing countries does not have access to clean water and millions die each year as a result. These facts motivated Kaytlyn to design a cooking pot that doubles as a water-purifying device. Unsanitary water is poured into the pot and purified via distillation, collecting in the oversized rim of the lid and eventually pouring out through the spouts into collecting cups.

Disaster relief

water purification Kaytlyn Davis

Cherrybrook Technology High School

Lucy wanted to create a learning centre to cater for the needs of autistic children and help with their integration into mainstream classes. She focused on providing a number of therapy tools and activities to meet the children’s educational and emotional needs, with special consideration given to their sensory preferences in the selection of toys.

Autistic Sensory Learning Centre

Lucy Ford St Vincent’s College

Laura is one of two million Australians affected by asthma. She set out to design and produce a collapsible asthma spacer that would be smaller and easier to carry than current models. Laura’s design makes it possible to have the asthma spacer with you at all times & small enough to store in a first aid kit. She made several prototypes before arriving at the final design.

Collapsible asthma spacer

Laura Schouten Cherrybrook Technology

High School

An enthusiastic wakeboarder and skier, Zachariah found that having all his gear in the boat restricted what he could do in the water. So he designed a rack that can be adjusted to hold wakeboards, skis and a kneeboard. To manufacture his design he had to learn many new skills and gained a greater understanding of precision metal fabrication through the use of a milling machine and welders.

Adjustable wakeboard rack

Zachariah Bostock The Riverina Anglican

College

Portal Diary

William Tapp Shore, Sydney Church of England Grammar School

William has designed an iPad application prototype that replaces the need for a printed school diary. By integrating the diary into the iPad, he was able to give it features such as a calendar, timetable, homework/study planner, sporting fixtures, assessment record, a Board of Studies link, and links to the school’s online portal.

Jesse is a keen golfer who knows that losing tees can be frustrating and costly. A retractable mechanism, connected to the tee via a cord, seemed like a simple solution. However, it soon became apparent there were design problems. With a great deal of perseverance, Jesse finally developed a mechanism that automatically returned the tee to the case.

Tee Buddy

Jesse Dunn Camden High School

Hamish wanted to improve on existing automatic ‘man overboard’ systems used by solo sailors. His SoloSafe system is capable of slowing the vessel down, allowing the sailor to potentially return to the boat. The SoloSafe provides a towed platform for recovery, a storage unit for sustenance, equipment to assist in reboarding, and items such as EPIRB/flares to call for help.

SoloSafe Hamish Gullick

Kirrawee High School

Lilli’s five-year old female labradoodle, Smudge, needed a single garment that incorporated a harness, coat, life vest, seatbelt and lead. One of the greatest challenges was finding a suitable material to create the buoyancy required to support Smudge in the water. This material had to be light-weight, flexible, water-resistant and fast drying for Smudge to get the most out of the garment.

Multipurpose dog

safety harness Lilli Stromland

SCEGGS Darlinghurst

Student Awards

This year, the four award winners and their designs are:

The Alan Broady Memorial Award  - for exemplary use of resources in the design and production of a Major Design Project.

Street Art Lighting Installation  Esra Capa,  MLC School 

The Shelston IP Award - for demonstration of the best understanding of potential commercialisation and Intellectual

Property protection. Adjustable Wakeboard Rack Zacariah Bostock, The Riverina Anglican School 

The UNSW Built Environment Award for Sustainability in Design

- sponsored by the Built Environment, UNSW Disaster Relief Water Purification Product Kaytlyn Davis, Cherrybrook Technology High School

The Powerhouse Museum Award for Innovation in Design - for innovation in design

The Buoyancy Oceanic Safety System (BOSS)Mathew Butler, Knox Grammar School

Design process

1. DesignTECH exhibition 2012, featuring 4 interviews with students featured in this year’s exhibition

2. DesignTECH 2011 Design and Technology students speak about their MDP’s

3. DesignTECH 2010 Design and Technology students speak about their MDP’s

4. Australia innovates, an online guide to innovation in Australia’s industries

5. Australian designers at work, meet six designers and learn about their design practice

6. D*hub, online design magazine and gateway to the world’s best design collections

Online design resources

6. HSC technology syllabus support: case studies in design, technology and cultural diversity

7. Sydney designers unplugged: case studies from seven design studios

8. Electronic swatchbook: thousands of fabric samples from the 1830s to the 1920s

9. Interactive database: search 69,112 objects collected from 1880 to the present day

10.Australian Dress Register: documenting significant men’s, women’s and children’s dress in NSW up to 1945

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Design related Powerhouse exhibitions

Experience a dynamic program of exhibitions and events including Sydney Design 2013, in August, an annual festival of exhibitions, talks, workshops and student study days. Exhibition highlights include:

Ecologic: creating a sustainable future, Level 1

Cyberworlds: computers and connections, Level 1

Love Lace, Level 2

Australian International Design Awards, Level 3

Engineering Excellence, Level 3

Wallace and Gromit, Level 3

Australian Inventions, Level 3

Faith, Fashion, Fusion, Level 3

Held at the Powerhouse Museum, the seminars focus on students’ major design projects for the Stage 6 Design & Technology curriculum. Seminars for the Preliminary and HSC courses are presented in separate sessions.

Year 12 seminars: Monday 25 February to Friday 1 March. There are two seminars each day Morning seminar 9.00am – 12.00 noonAfternoon seminar 12.30pm – 3.30pm

Year 11 seminars: Monday 18 March to Friday 22 March. There are two seminars each day Morning seminar 9.00am – 12.00 noonAfternoon seminar 12.30pm – 3.30pm

For more information visit, http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/exhibitions/

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