Wow today was very busy and tiring for the class but it was fun. We went to Pavillion for our scheduled field trip today to research design and technology. Pavillion is a recently opened shopping mall in KL with many high-class and expensive brands. We expect to see many cool concepts of brands or shop outlets using design and technology. Everyone met at Starbucks to get a short briefing from our lecturer Teresa and then we were off in groups to find design and technology to do our presentation. My group members were me, Nasreen, Samah, Mayeesha and Jean. Here are the girls:
The display they are standing in front of is one of the first examples of design and technology that we found. Sportswear brands like Nike, Adidas and Reebok are well-known for the technology in sporting outfit and outerwear such as shoes. That is the display for Adidas football shoes featuring technology that provides better air circulation and comfortable wear while being hardy enough to be used in footie. Also there were many shops that had shoes with the same technology, only sometimes in different designs and for different functions. There were many examples of design and tech around Pavillion and we did try to take some pics without getting caught. The architecture and interior of Pavillion is a good example, as are shops like the one below called a beauty centre – ~H2O+ which used cool blue lighting all over its shop to make it look like watery and it matches the identity of the shop too.
Then after our research, we met up with the class again at 4pm and had a short meeting with Teresa to talk about our presentation, our research outcome and our ideas. We decided to do a presentation on the use of technology to create lights and lighting effects for shops display and perhaps other industries.
