MASTER CHEF O ur E C As an d Ho u se co mpeti ti o n s, f rom t he For m ula One Club to Vo g u e an d D esi gn Cl u b to Tast y T V, cont inue to prove p o p u l ar w i th o u r seco n da r y a nd p r im ar y st ud ent s a l i k e. I t is gre at to see su ch i nterest and ent husiasm f ro m s u c h a m i x o f a ges a n d a bi l i ti es. We esp ec ially love welco m in g t h e pr i ma r y stu dents to our k itc hens and wo r ks h o p s, an d seei n g th em sta r t their D esign Tec hnology j our n e y w it h u s ea r l y !
Healt h, Biomi mi c r y a n d Su s t a i n a b i l i t y to K i n g s’ to fa c i l i t ate a d esign relate d t a l k to KS4 s t u de nt s. Th i s p re s e nt at i o n d isc ussed what de s i gn i s a n d w h at t h e c a re e r a s p e c t s a re i n t he c ur rent indu s t r y a n d t h e p ro s p e c t s o f h ow t h e de s i gn ind ust r y will c h a n g e i n t h e fu t u re. M a k i n g t h e s e c l e a r links to t he de s i gn i n du s t r y i s i mp e rat i ve to e n g a g e me nt and ent husias m, ma k i n g l e a r n i n g w i t h i n t h e de p a r t me nt relat ab le and p ro gre s s i ve towa rds fu t u re c a re e r o p t i o n s.
We are co nt i n u in g to ma ke l i n ks w i th ind ust r y and have h a d t al k s wi t h ch efs a n d cater i n g colleges to enhance t he food te ch n o l o gy exper i en ce. Wi th i n t he D esign ind ust r y our co n n e c t i o n w i th th e D u ba i I n sti tute of D esign and I nnovat io n ( D I DI ) co nti n u es to grow wit h exc ur sions d ur ing D esi gn we e k and presentati o n s f ro m key sp eaker s wit hin sc ho o l. We h ad th e pl ea su re o f wel com ing Dr. Car los Alb er to M ont an a- H oyo s, a n awa rd-w i n n i n g designer and ac ad em ic, wi t h i nte re s t s i n i nterdi sci pl i n a r y a nd c ross- c ult ural a ppro ac h e s to desi gn a n d resea rch ex p er t ise in D esign for
Sup p or t ing t h e To u r D e K i n g s’ i s a l ways a h i g h l i g ht w i t h i n t he d ep ar t me nt - u n i t i n g a l l a s p e c t s o f D e s i gn Te c h n o l o g y ; incor p orat ing e l e me nt s fro m G ra p h i c s, R e s i s t a nt M ate r i a l s and Food Tech n o l o g y to c re ate t h e s t a l l s, p a c ke d w i t h c ulinar y d elight s fro m a ro u n d t h e wo r l d t h at a re a l ways a hit wit h st ude nt s a n d te a c h e r s a l i ke ! M iss Gray Head of S eco n da r y D e s i gn Te c h n o l o g y
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