Centre for Design Innovation (CDI)
As the design and consulting centre of the school, CDI seeks to be the design think-tank and resource for new thinking and design direction. It is dedicated to creating high impact, result-oriented design solutions, and offers fresh-thinking and future-focused consultancy and design services to a wide range of clients. CDI responds to needs in research and consulting in the broad areas of apparel design, new product concepts and design, branding and visual communication, new media design, and interior space and architectural design.
Heavy Model Making Workshop
This is a comprehensive workshop for wood, metal, plastic and ceramics work. Here, students will explore 3D ideas and concepts and learn the basics of product semantics through making maquettes, highly finished models and aesthetic prototypes.
Corporate Training Room
Specially catering to design professionals, this is where the School offers part-time and specialist courses for working practitioners who are keen to upgrade themselves and keep up with the latest in various fields of design. By providing training resources for the design community, the School contributes towards advancing new learning technologies in education; providing training for on-line publishing; and supporting capability development for the growing interactive and digital media industry.
Hereafter Post-Production Lab
This is the first post-production laboratory in the region using Apple’s High Definition (HD) technology and 2K workflow. This new high-end facility features the latest, state-of-the-art HD post-production editing suites used in industry today. Using the latest equipment and editing software, the suites represent a complete workflow from filming to editing in HD format. The new technology allows students to film and edit on the go, cutting post-production time significantly.
Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing Laboratories
Equipped with the latest hardware, CAID and 3D modelling software, the CAM facilities enable students to add professionalism to their apparel and textile designs, mood boards and merchandising projects. The CAM facilities enable them to relate to the production aspect of the apparel industry. Students can add professional lustre to their apparel and textile design projects here.
Post-Production Rooms
Post-production of video works is done in this suite. It includes industry-standard editing facilities, and a sound effects library.
TV Studio
A scene from a sit-com? A news segment? A talk show? Here’s where ideas come to life on the TV screen. This TV studio includes a complete three camera set-up with a control room, lighting and sound consoles with Beta recording and playback equipment.
Digital Photography Studio
Equipped with the latest in technology and innovation, the digital photo studio caters to the emergence and convergence of electronic manipulation, traditional media and analogue imaging.
Animation Rooms
Here, students create 2D and 3D animation forms using line test machines, stop-motion cameras and high-end computer workstations.
Light & Sound Studio
The studio enables students to experience, experiment, measure and assess the effects of lighting and sound quality in an interior environment.
Model Photo & Simulation Room
This room is used primarily for taking interior photographs of models to support studio-based projects and self-directed learning. It is equipped with a sophisticated modelscope, digital camera, computer, and basic photographic accessories complete with lighting, product table and backdrops. A library offers Interior Architecture & Design students the opportunity to access material samples and supplier catalogues to enable students to learn how to work professionally.
Human-Centred Design Laboratory
The habits and manners which people interact with the world are extremely important to designers in their effort to design meaningful products, services, messages or systems. This laboratory is a controlled environment in which human behaviour is observed and studied.
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