The InnoWorks™ programme at Kranji Secondary was a little different from the usual. Mr Chua, HOD of D&T wanted the students to learn the foundation of design, aesthetics and sketching and to also view all of these from a designer's point of view.
So we asked Justin Lee, designer and artist extraordinaire to come in and lend his expertise and experience to help students to learn better. He shared with the students his beliefs and the sources where he draw inspiration from for his artwork.
Justin also taught the students on the finer points of sketching, and how to sketch on canvas as well as on a tablet.
With the focus of the programme being on toys (and toys are something that both Justin and I have had a lot of experience with), a visit to the red dot design museum helped cement the notion that even in the area of toys, there is still a lot of room for innovation. All you need to do as a young innovator and designer is to just simply, step up :) )
For more information on Justin and his works, visit http://www.justinleeck.com/
The first session was on the Entrepreneur Mindset as an induction programme for the Secondary 1s who just joined the club, we shared about real-life examples of entrepreneurs and how they can adopt the same attitudes as well as strategies in their everyday school life.
The second session was where we taught them some techniques from our InnoWorks™ programme to help them to conceptualize and improve on ideas for a bazaar during Chinese New Year.
The third session was a board game programme, where students learned about entrepreneurship and how to manage money. I asked a few facilitators from the National Junior College I&E Club to come and help out as well as to share more about some of the things they do at the I&E Club in NJC..jpg)
