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POR TFO L I O Sarah Tsai

2018 / Spring

Frisian Design Factory

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About me Feel the night visit Aldeboarn 3D modeling Branding Logo Design Final prototype hotpot party mini prototype reflections

Sarah Tsai,Hui-ju

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About Me

My nane is Hui-Ju,Tsai. You can call me Sarah. I am an exchange student from Taiwan to the Netherlands. I major in product design in my home university and study in fine art and design at NHL. I participate in FDF as an alternative course to one that has been canceled. I joined in a light challenge project took place in a typical Dutch village-Aldeboarn.

We are "Dreimtiem". They are Anke, Remo, Timo, Daniel and Laurens. They are really amazing people!

Feel the Night

This is the first activity I join with the team. The Light Challenge 2018 organization held an assembly with several lectures and a boat trip in the dark. We had a boat trip from Harlingen. We saw stunning sunset but unfortunately we were running out of time to wait till the sky dim to dark and we had to return. Although most of the speech are in Dutch and I can hardly understand, it is a nice chance to know the team better.

I took the first group photo together with our couch.

Visit Aldeboarn

We visit the place where the project took place, Aldenoarn.

Aldeboarn is a small typical Dutch village. We meet the residents, local boat designer and photographer for disscussions and advices. They leaded us to a local museum and show us many traditional collections and told us the brief history of the village. We waited until the sky is dark and they took us on a night boat trip through the canal to see the village at night and look for the exact location for our project.

3D Modeling

I major in product in my home university and we usually build 3D model to varify the size, proportion and the entire appearance of the product. Building 3D model with material rendering can easily give a glance from idea to reality and evaluate the feasibility of the project.

The right hand side are the detailed dimension drawing for the project.

After reference the 3D modeling, we did a bit of adjustment, so the end prototype is slightly different from this 3D model. However, this still shows the concept of our project and a process for development.

Branding Logo Design

I designed our group logo based on our final prototype image. It is a simplified version but also symblieze the concept of our project.

Due to language difference, I can't help on their documentary work. My work is design a branding layout for the final documents. The cover is the based on our original prototype image and the six dots symblieze six of us in the group.

I designed a poster for our project as well. It can also be folded into a booklet, there are brief imformation inside to introduce the end outcome of our project.

Final Prototype

The prototype can be compared to a kind of crystal, consisting of all kinds of semi-transparent bars, which stand on a pedestal. This prototype represents a pedigree, the pedigree of Aldeboarn.

Each bar symbolizes one (or more) family (s) in Aldeboarn. The length and placement of the beams depend on the time period in which the families lived in the village. Like the history of the village, the object starts with just a few bars, but the amount increases as time goes by. By applying family history, the form is entirely due to the village's past.

The base represents the peat that was traded in Aldeboarn and transported via the Boarn. The image seems to grow out of the plinth, as the village has grown thanks to the peat.

Final Prototype

first version

mini Prototype

BOnus! hotpot party

To celebrate reaching our milestone, we held a hotpot party in FDF! We bought some ingredients from the Asian market but we don't have enough equiptments. Problem solving! With the spirit of FDF, we use the materials making prototype to support the pot. That's a lot of fun , also a good opportunity to introduce and experience Eastern style food.

It 's a special scene to see a group of European holding chopsticks!

BOnus!

Mini Prototype

After the final presentation, we still have some time till the end of the semester. Remo came up an idea to make mini prototypes! I designed and made them based on the team logo I designed. Remo and Timo helps a lot. Everyone of us can take one home as an unique souvenir to record the project we had developed and the lovely time we spent together.

Reflections

Joining FDF is the best choice I have made in the Netherlands.

Thanks a lot to my amazing team members, it’s a wonderful experience to join in a group with local students. They are really nice to me even though I am the only one speaking English. This improves my English speaking ability and overcome my fear to express my opinion in groupworks. As a part-time group member and not understanding Dutch, I know I didn't contribute much to the project. However, I like the working atmosphere in the group. I did my best to assist the project development.

In my opinion, the most important thing I have learned in FDF is not improvement in skills but the unique experience they gave.

As an Asian in the Netherlands, I face a lot of culture difference. They led me to experience the way they run a team project, local culture and traditional cuisines. Through this project, I also have the chance to see unique Dutch landscape by boat and visit typical Dutch village.

I really look forward to see our light challenge project been built up in Aldeboarn!

Special Thanks

driemtiem

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