FYP Product Design 2016-17

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Anodized Aluminum

Anodized aluminum creates cool, kid-friendly climbs. The panels on our Mobius® climbers are made of recycled, textured, anodized aluminum. This rust-free surface refracts sunlight for a comfortable climb all summer long and is virtually maintenance free. And it’s grippy, so it helps kids maneuver safely through their loopiest climbs. Panels in cool silver; steel supports in any ProShield® Read more →

Wet pour rubber is the EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Modified) rubber granules that form the basis of wet pour playground safety surfacing.  Other fixed play surfaces such as Notts Sport Childsplay are polypropylene, but some ChildsPlay systems do incorporate the use of rubber crumb.

The majority of black, wet pour playground surfaces are made from recycled car tyres.  Read more →

This post mainly discuss:

How to depict status through each piece of jewelry

and

What are the 6 jewelries I am making

To show the rankings/status of the jewelries, there must be some easy-to-understand symbols or metaphors.  Now let’s look back at the rankings of concubines in Chinese History.   Refer to previous post: https://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/tzhao002/chinese-hairtyles/

皇后 Queen Consort x Read more →

    

the old model only involves waist movements. in the 1st draft, aesthetics were not taken consideration yet The new model aims to become a system of tools/equipment that will engage isolated body parts to perform movements extracted from Taichi.   Therefore, there would be equipment cater to legs, waist, hands, arms separately. Furthermore, considering working adults would not be in exercise attire Read more →

            

1. How did Tai Chi begin?

There are two theories

Theory #1 Around the Yuan and Ming Dynasty – Chang Sanfeng – about 600-700 years ago lived in Shaolin Temple and went to WuDang Mountain and created Tai Chi. He saw a crane fighting with a snake. The crane was always hard. The snake would Read more →

Beijing Form

Chinese Pinyin English 1 起势 qǐ shì Beginning form 2 野马分鬃 yě mǎ fēn zōng Wild horse, part the mane 3 白鹤亮翅 bái hè liàng chì White crane, brilliant wings 4 搂膝拗步 lǒu xī ǎo bù Embrace knee, twist step 5 手挥琵琶 shǒu huī pí pá Hands play Pipa 6 倒撵猴 dǎo niǎn hóu Retreat, expel the monkey 7 左揽雀尾 zuǒ lǎn què wěi Left grasp the sparrow’s tail 8 右揽雀尾 yòu lǎn què wěi Right grasp the sparrow’s tail 9 单鞭 dān biān Single whip 10 云手 yún shǒu Cloud hands 11 单鞭 dān biān Single whip 12 高探马 gāo tàn mǎ High pat the horse 13 右蹬脚 yòu dèng jiǎo Right Read more →