D.V.C: My Main Project

Hi there!

Today I will be writing about what I have been doing in D.V.C class this term. 

In class, our main task/project was to design either a spatial or static product. Spatial being a room or building and static being a something like a drink bottle or umbrella as an example. 

In our project, we had to include 3 different pages regarding what we would be designing. We were required to have an 'Ideas' page, 'Concept' page and 'Development' page. 

The 'Ideas' page is pretty self-explanatory, on this page we wrote down or drew our ideas regarding what we wanted to create. We also had to decide whether it would be spatial or static. Another requirement was to decide who our product would be for. 

The 'Concept' page was the page which was dedicated to one of our ideas. This page was to start developing our idea and fine tuning it slightly. 

The 'Development' page was the page which went into finer detail of our project, we had to find ways to make it better than our previous design as well as seeing if there was anything we could add on to our design to make the best version of it we could. 

I decided to do a spatial design, designing my dream bedroom. I decided that my bedroom would have to have some specific things to make it work as a functional bedroom. Here they are:

• Sliding door wardrobe flat against wall
• I want a sliding door wardrobe because I don't want to have to use dressers for my clothes, I'd rather use a dresser/drawers/cabinets for book and other miscellaneous items.
• Desk with storage/shelving that can turn into a dressing table
• I want a desk to do my schoolwork at, but I want it to be able to serve as a dressing table when I am getting ready for my day too. 
• Double bed
• Wall mounted television
• I want a wall mounted television because it won't take up any floor space.
• Storage cabinets 
• I want extra storage cabinets because I want places to hide away my exercise gear which I use often so I don't need to place it in another room. 
• Mirror 
• An obvious one but very necessary, a window
• Two layer and/or blackout curtains
• I want blackout curtains in my room so I don't get woken up by the sun, I'd rather wake up when my alarm rings. 

Thanks for reading!

Home Economics: Term Learnings

Hi there!

Today I will be writing about what I have done this term in Home Economics. 

Here are some photos of what I made:

This term, we have been learning about colour, flavour and texture. These 3 things are very important when it comes to making meals.

Colour:

Colour is important because as humans, before even trying something we eat with our eyes. If a dish isn't colourful, we won't be very tempted to try it - no matter how good it looks. However, too much colour in a dish isn't good either. It can throw a person off wanting to eat it if the colours look sickly or are too saturated. 

To entice a person and really want them to eat a certain dish, the colour must be balanced out. You must include different colour groups. Here is a list of different fruits and vegetables, including what colour group they fit in.

• Red
• Strawberries
• Capsicum
• Apples
• Yellow/orange
• Oranges
• Lemons
• Carrots
• White/brown
• Mushrooms 
• Parsnip 
• Ginger
• Green
• Celery
• Chives
• Avocado
• Blue/purple
• Eggplant 
• Figs
• Beetroot

Flavour:

Flavour is extremely important in food. It provides excitement when we are eating, giving us a variety of different tastes. Flavours come naturally but are very commonly artificially produced too. Both natural and artificial flavours are needed in food, sometimes natural flavours aren't strong enough and therefore don't come across, making the food taste bland. 

Without flavour, we wouldn't be able to taste anything we eat, everything would taste the same - bland. Can you imagine eating chilli and not feeling the burning heat which comes along with it? It seems wrong, doesn't it?

Flavour/taste helps us decide what to eat and it influences our mind to digest it effectively and efficiently too. 

Texture:

Texture is defined as properties of food that are determined by touch in the mouth and touch by the hands. Texture is important to enjoyment and acceptability of foods. In a dish, the texture cannot just stay the same, otherwise it would get boring and difficult to eat. So, like colour, texture MUST be contrasting. Some good examples of texture contrast are: 

• Chips and dip
• Soup and toast/bread
• Nachos
• Waffles and fried chicken
• Popcorn chicken
• Crème brûlée

Texture is important to identify too, an experiment conducted where young adults were asked to identify what food they were tasting in puréed and strained form. The young adults were only able to identify 40.7% of the foods, this shows that flavour is not enough. 

Our mind thinks that foods which squeaks is bad, whereas foods which are crunchy are good as we are very sensitive to texture. 

Thanks for reading!