Personal Reflection (8th March 2010)

Today, three groups has presented their views on helping the environment by introducing their modified product, which is really interesting. The three main things that I have learnt from today's lesson is:

• The Keynotes slides must be short and simple; otherwise, the presentation may look very confusing to the audience as well as the presenters themselves, thus causing some unnecessary arguments.
• The presentation must be straightforward and be clear on the functions of the products; otherwise, the audience may be lost halfway through the presentation.
• The presenter must elaborate on points, especially the main ones, that are important in the presentation but are too short.

The two concepts I learnt today pertaining to design is Feasibility and Creativity. Feasibility is important as the manufacturing of a particular product must be possible, in terms of cost and time that will be taken. It cannot be ideas from movies because often, the ideas are far-fetched, which may or may not be a good thing.

Creativity is another important concept pertaining to design as the unique features(i.e appearance) of a product must attract the attention of the customers; otherwise, it will be a complete failure without these two vital concepts.

I also learnt another interesting thing today; that is, a unique feature in any product can change its whole function and become an exactly different item.