DesignTECH 2012 features innovative young designers from the 2012 Higher School Certificate Design and Technology course. The innovation that underpins the Design & Technology course is demonstrated throughout this exhibition of the state's most outstanding Major Design Projects. Students will have the opportunity to see how these talented young designers have explored the design process through a range of over 20 design solutions on display from sustainable fashion to systems solutions from a diverse range of products, to e-platforms for school calendars and interior design For case studies of students from this year's exhibition and past, talk about their Major Design Projects visit the following page: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/exhibitions/destek_2012.php

1. Pre-visit Exhibition Slideshow

2. Featuring innovative young designers from the
2012 Higher School Certificate Design and
Technology course.
designTECH 2012
exhibition The innovation that underpins the Design &
16 February -12 May 2013 Technology course is demonstrated
throughout this exhibition of the state's most
outstanding Major Design Projects.
Students will have the opportunity to see how
these talented young designers have explored
the design process through a range of over 20
design solutions on display from sustainable
fashion to systems solutions from a diverse
range of products, to e-platforms for school
calendars and interior design.
Presented in association with the Board of Studies NSW and
NSW Department of Education and Communities.

3. Dynafork
Andrew Lucas
Albury High School
Andrew wanted to make bikes more versatile, so developed the Dynafork,
the variable handling bike fork. By raising the front for a more upright and
relaxed seating position and weight distribution, the Dynafork can transform
a twitchy, responsive road bike into a relaxed cruiser or touring bike. By
lowering the front end on a sluggish mountain bike, it allows for a more
aggressive racing position.

4. The Buoyant Oceanic
Safety System (BOSS)
Mathew Butler
Knox Grammar School
Mathew’s Buoyant Oceanic Safety
System incorporates new
technology to help lifeguards
communicate with swimmers who
may be in danger. The BOSS can
be positioned so it is in swimmers’
line of sight, while its high visibility
colours and warning system mean
it can be seen and heard in almost
all conditions.

5. Street art
lighting
installation
Esra Capa
MLC School
Esra’s design goal was to
manufacture a working model of a
lighting system to supplement
existing crime prevention methods.
She has created a modular design
that incorporates a CCTV camera for
traditional policing and a laser-cut
image on a faceplate to project art
lighting. Esra’s aim is to discourage
crime in an aesthetically pleasing
and creative way.

6. Clique On
Chelsea Gilchrist
Callaghan College Jesmond
Senior Campus
Chelsea loves shoes. She wanted to make it possible to wear different shoes
while protecting the environment and the fashion follower's pocket. The
‘Clique On’ design enables the same pair of shoes to be used many times by
adding different decorative features. Magnets on the ‘Clique On’ product line
up with magnets on the shoe, making them easy to add and remove.

7. Preparing for
Kokoda
Katherine Barter
Newcastle Grammar
School
After visiting Papua New Guinea in
2011 to walk the Kokoda Track,
Katherine realised that trekkers need
to be prepared mentally and
physically to fully appreciate the
history of the Kokoda military
campaign and the culture of the PNG
people. She created a DVD and
booklet giving detailed explanations
and demonstrations of medical,
equipment and training preparation.

8. e-House
Mark Bersolto
Canobolas Rural
Technology High School
Mark wanted to design a house that would be both affordable and
environmentally friendly. His e-House uses thermal mass, natural
ventilation, orientation and insulation to reduce electricity use and improve
quality of life. The other significant aspect of the house is its affordability,
costing $100,000 less than the average house in NSW. Mark’s modern
design uses glass for its aesthetic and environmental properties.

9. Sustainable
handbags
Mikala Hanks
Cheltenham Girls’
High School
When Mikala researched the designer handbag market she found that the
bags were expensive, and their manufacture had an enormous impact on
the environment. This provided Mikala with the incentive to design
handbags that are stylish, substantial and environmentally sound.

10. Ironstein
Zaarkacha Marlan
All Saints’ College
Bathurst
Zaarkacha’s research showed that ironing boards can be awkward to carry
and the shape is not suited to ironing some clothes. This led her to develop
the Ironstein. Its unique shape reduces the time it takes to iron collared
shirts, and the leg-end makes the button area of pants easier to iron. The
removable clamping system makes it lighter and easier to transport.

11. Transportation
Trolley
Melanie Altit
Moriah College
Melanie wanted to create a storage
device for beauty products, to
eliminate the inconvenience of
multiple boxes and cluttered drawers.
Her trolley allows the products to be
stored quickly and neatly, helping
makeup artists and hairdressers
maintain a tidy workstation, improve
their work processes and provide a
polished and professional service.

12. Flipsock
Stephanie McIntosh
Mount St Joseph Milperra
As a surf lifesaver, Stephanie observed that body-boarders often suffer from
blisters or lose their fins in the ocean, while people with arthritis struggle to
get their fins on. The Flipsock is an ankle-high neoprene sock with a
polyurethane fin. The sock sits across the heel and easily slips onto the
foot. The mould for the Flipsock is also displayed here.

13. Tasmanian
deforestation
dress
Gabrielle Ingham
Monte Sant’ Angelo
Mercy College
Gabrielle’s project highlights the need
to protect our natural environment.
She designed two garments
representing the before and after
effects of deforestation. The
‘Rainforest Dress’ shown here uses
bamboo and 100% natural fibres, with
750 individually laser-cut leaves
based on the Tasmanian Blue Gum.

14. Merino wool
dress
Jessica Zinga
Barrenjoey High School
Jessica chose Australian merino wool
for her dress because it is a
renewable, recyclable, sustainable and
biodegradable resource. This makes it
a more environmentally sound
alternative to synthetics, cotton, silk
and cashmere. Jessica has promoted
the dress through art shows and social
networking to inspire people to
purchase merino wool products.

15. Don’t Break
Your Heart
Christina Georgiou
St Euphemia College
Seeing her grandmother struggle with
heart disease motivated Christina to
create her wearable art piece. Made
from recycled materials, the dress is
designed to inspire women to protect
the health of their hearts and the
environment. The base for the
swatches incorporates her
grandmother’s wedding skirt, while the
swatches include personal pledges
written by women affected by this
disease.

16. Rowing
simulator
Mitchell Shaw
The Scots College
Now an experienced rower, Mitchell clearly recalls the difficulties of learning
to row on public waterways. There was always the fear of colliding with a
passenger ferry or fishing trawler and his coach’s instructions were nearly
inaudible. The rowing simulator allows young rowers to row in a controlled
environment, where communication is clear and a sense of safety assists
learning.

17. Disaster relief
water purification
Kaytlyn Davis
Cherrybrook Technology
High School
One in five children in developing countries does not have access to clean
water and millions die each year as a result. These facts motivated Kaytlyn
to design a cooking pot that doubles as a water-purifying device. Unsanitary
water is poured into the pot and purified via distillation, collecting in the
oversized rim of the lid and eventually pouring out through the spouts into
collecting cups.

18. Autistic Sensory
Learning Centre
Lucy Ford
St Vincent’s College
Lucy wanted to create a learning centre to cater for the needs of autistic
children and help with their integration into mainstream classes. She
focused on providing a number of therapy tools and activities to meet the
children’s educational and emotional needs, with special consideration
given to their sensory preferences in the selection of toys.

19. Collapsible
asthma spacer
Laura Schouten
Cherrybrook Technology
High School
Laura is one of two million Australians affected by asthma. She set out to
design and produce a collapsible asthma spacer that would be smaller and
easier to carry than current models. Laura’s design makes it possible to
have the asthma spacer with you at all times & small enough to store in a
first aid kit. She made several prototypes before arriving at the final design.

20. Adjustable
wakeboard rack
Zachariah Bostock
The Riverina Anglican
College
An enthusiastic wakeboarder and skier, Zachariah found that having all his
gear in the boat restricted what he could do in the water. So he designed a
rack that can be adjusted to hold wakeboards, skis and a kneeboard. To
manufacture his design he had to learn many new skills and gained a
greater understanding of precision metal fabrication through the use of a
milling machine and welders.

21. Portal Diary
William Tapp
Shore, Sydney Church of
England Grammar School
William has designed an iPad
application prototype that replaces
the need for a printed school diary.
By integrating the diary into the iPad,
he was able to give it features such
as a calendar, timetable,
homework/study planner, sporting
fixtures, assessment record, a Board
of Studies link, and links to the
school’s online portal.

22. Tee Buddy
Jesse Dunn
Camden High School
Jesse is a keen golfer who knows that losing tees can be frustrating and
costly. A retractable mechanism, connected to the tee via a cord, seemed
like a simple solution. However, it soon became apparent there were design
problems. With a great deal of perseverance, Jesse finally developed a
mechanism that automatically returned the tee to the case.

23. SoloSafe
Hamish Gullick
Kirrawee High School
Hamish wanted to improve on existing automatic ‘man overboard’ systems
used by solo sailors. His SoloSafe system is capable of slowing the vessel
down, allowing the sailor to potentially return to the boat. The SoloSafe
provides a towed platform for recovery, a storage unit for sustenance,
equipment to assist in reboarding, and items such as EPIRB/flares to call
for help.

24. Multipurpose dog
safety harness
Lilli Stromland
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Lilli’s five-year old female labradoodle, Smudge, needed a single garment
that incorporated a harness, coat, life vest, seatbelt and lead. One of the
greatest challenges was finding a suitable material to create the buoyancy
required to support Smudge in the water. This material had to be light-
weight, flexible, water-resistant and fast drying for Smudge to get the
most out of the garment.

25. This year, the four award winners and their designs are:
The Alan Broady Memorial Award
- for exemplary use of resources in the design and production of a Major Design Project.
Student Street Art Lighting Installation
Esra Capa, MLC School
Awards The Shelston IP Award
- for demonstration of the best understanding of potential commercialisation and
Intellectual
Property protection.
Adjustable Wakeboard Rack
Zacariah Bostock, The Riverina Anglican School
The UNSW Built Environment Award for
Sustainability in Design
- sponsored by the Built Environment, UNSW
Disaster Relief Water Purification Product
Kaytlyn Davis, Cherrybrook Technology High School
The Powerhouse Museum Award for Innovation in
Design
- for innovation in design
The Buoyancy Oceanic Safety System (BOSS)
Mathew Butler, Knox Grammar School

26. Design
process

27. 1. DesignTECH exhibition 2012, featuring 4
interviews with students featured in this
year’s exhibition
Online design
2. DesignTECH 2011 Design and Technology
resources students speak about their MDP’s
3. DesignTECH 2010 Design and Technology
students speak about their MDP’s
4. Australia innovates, an online guide to
innovation in Australia’s industries
5. Australian designers at work, meet six
designers and learn about their design
practice
6. D*hub, online design magazine and
gateway to the world’s best design
collections

28. 6. HSC technology syllabus support: case
studies in design, technology and cultural
diversity
Online design
resources 7. Sydney designers unplugged: case studies
from seven design studios
8. Electronic swatchbook: thousands of fabric
samples from the 1830s to the 1920s
9. Interactive database: search 69,112 objects
collected from 1880 to the present day
10.Australian Dress Register: documenting
significant men’s, women’s and children’s
dress in NSW up to 1945
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29. Experience a dynamic program of exhibitions
and events including Sydney Design 2013, in
Design related August, an annual festival of exhibitions, talks,
workshops and student study days. Exhibition
Powerhouse highlights include:
exhibitions
Ecologic: creating a sustainable future, Level 1
Cyberworlds: computers and connections, Level 1
Love Lace, Level 2
Australian International Design Awards, Level 3
Engineering Excellence, Level 3
Wallace and Gromit, Level 3
Australian Inventions, Level 3
Faith, Fashion, Fusion, Level 3

30. Held at the Powerhouse Museum, the seminars
focus on students’ major design projects for the
Stage 6 Design & Technology curriculum.
designTECH Seminars for the Preliminary and HSC courses
seminars 2013 are presented in separate sessions.
Year 12 seminars: Monday 25 February to Friday
1 March. There are two seminars each day
Morning seminar 9.00am – 12.00 noon
Afternoon seminar 12.30pm – 3.30pm
Year 11 seminars: Monday 18 March to Friday
22 March. There are two seminars each day
Morning seminar 9.00am – 12.00 noon
Afternoon seminar 12.30pm – 3.30pm
For more information visit,
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/exhibition