Teaching Industrial design in China

Bernie Walsh and Ian Wong at Southeast University- Monash University joint graduate school in Suzhou China

What a wonderful group of hard working and creative student

Industrial Design concept sketch demo in China

Haven't posted a lot of tutorials since I have been teaching in China so here is one. carrying on from the tea bottle showing how an Industrial Designer would develop a concept theme into a related product.

Samsung Galaxy note 10.1 to go

With the Samsung Galaxy note 10.1 the portability and ease of sketching with Sketchbook pro made sketching quick demos in class  a breeze.

1st Sketchbook pro demo in China

 My first Sketchbook pro demo was a Chinese tea bottle very popular in China and it was something all my students were familiar with.
We also added what we called "socks"

China Wacom studio

It was so cool to teach in a studio that was equipped with the latest technology from both Wacom and Samsung. Each student had a Wacom 22HD and a HP 24'' dual screen set up as well as Samsung galaxy note 10.1 for portability My demo screen was a 60''Sharp led aquos which was perfect for class demos as well student reviews.

 

More from China

In my first class teaching here at South East / Monash University in Suzhou in China I asked the students to teach me about the beautiful sculpture at the entrance to the University......I learned that it depicts Lao Zi a famous Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism. The inscription on the sculpture says "The highest good is just like the character of water accessible to all things and does not compete with fame".
So the first exercise was to draw coloured balls to show form and from the sculpture they added Chinese characters. After my demo my very enthusiastic students were very eager to learn and surprised me with a very high standard of work on the first day, all the sketches were done in the new Wacom lab on brand new 22HD Cintiqs with HP 22 second monitors for reference and running Autodesk Sketchbook pro 6 for all our sketching.

Greetings from China

Ian Wong and myself arrived in Suzhou on Monday.  We were totally amazed by the size of the Industrial Park here and how much this city has been transformed.  As you can see I am standing outside the new building for the joint venture between Monash University and South East University. 

It is good to see the new contemporary Chinese architecture and how they have managed not to have forgotten the past.



Stingray

One the best nomneclature designs I have seen for a long time is the new stingray badge on the new corvette  and it's great to see they have used the original stingray name. So as most of you know we have sold the farm and are off to China,  So as I was moving some stuff into our friends garage on their farm we had to roll this old thing out first and to my surprise it was an original 74 corvette stingray

Flashbay business cards

With all this new technology I thought what can I find that is different for my business cards. So how cool I found this company Flashbay.com that made all sorts of flash drives so last night I took delivery of some business cards that looked like plastic credit cards that had my details and imagery,but were equipped with a flip out 4 GB usb key that I could load different digital folios and introductory information in different languages..... so perfect for my stint in China. Thanks James from Flashbay for some great service.

First post

Thought I would introduce my first grandson Cody Walsh to blogging so I posted this on my Samsung smart pc

Country Roadside Art

   Saw this the other night driving back to the farm, and thought it was so cool and creative.  It was on the side of the road in the long grass.  All lit up like tiny fairy lights in different colours. At first I thought it was glow worms or alien bugs!! When I investigated I found that some very creative person had stuck tiny reflective tapes to the grass stalks.

Samsung smart pc tablet Bernie Walsh Industry demo

The latest developments in tablet technology for industrial design were on show at a demonstration by MADA Monash Art Design and Architecture lecturer Bernie Walsh to key Victorian industry professionals. The use of the Samsung Smart PC and Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablets will feature in the delivery of the Master of Industrial Design program due to commence on March 4th in Suzhou China.

MADA Monash Art Design and Architecture lecturer Bernie Walsh demonstrates the Samsung Smart PC and Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet to industrial design industry professionals.

Program Director Ian Wong was particularly keen to seek feedback from industry leaders on the potential of the new devices for the practice of industrial design. "The Master of Industrial Design program units have been developed to provide students with the latest industry practice and technology, and the feedback today was very valuable' said Ian Wong 'Digital freehand sketching in meetings is for the first time enabled with the combination of portability and pen technology in these new devices'

Bernie Walsh sketch demo on the Samsung Smart PC tablet

Samsung Smart PC 700T1C-A02

       Samsung Smart PC 700T1C-A02

The program based in Suzhou China will also feature engagement with Victorian industry through the application of tools like Skype, Facebook, Twitter and Facetime. Facetime was used to allow industry professionals unable to attend the forum in person to join in from their studios across Melbourne. 'Industrial design programs have always engaged directly with the profession and tools like facetime will allow studios across Victoria to work directly with students in Suzhou' said Ian Wong.

The latest 3D printing technology, wikis, blogs and Wacom Cintiq tablets as well as applications like QQ will also feature in the delivery of the new program.