The start of a new academic year, filled with anticipation
and excitement. This is my final year
studying Interior Design, and the future is approaching faster than a train. It’s
time to start making decisions and thinking about life after graduation. As the
class gathered in contemplation, the tutor set an enthralling exercise which
divided the class into three groups of six. The exercise was to create an eight
metre cube using a tape, lining paper rolls, roll of tracing paper, electric
tape, and a ball of string. The lack of instruction in this task insinuated the
need of team work and effort.
At first I was unsure of the relevance of this task, however
as the task progressed, a sudden realisation hit me. This task has all the
elements of being an Interior Designer, and this means working as a team, being
creative and finding solution to any issue detected. It was a great way to ease
back into the arduous and gruelling university life. As my team and I began
constructing this cube, I found myself intensively thinking about what sort of
Interior Designer I could be. This exercise was almost a way of unconsciously
engaging the mind solely on interior design. The whole atmosphere in the room
also reflected on the nature of this exercise. Personality I found the task fun
and rather relaxing.
We began constructing the cube by cutting with a scissors the
string. The string was cut two metre long and it was the same dimension for
each corners. Using the iron string across the room, we tied a knot which would
represent the vertical edge of the cube. Furthermore we tied another knot from
the same edge to create a horizontal string and the same process was done to
each corner to create a competed cube. The next step was to create the walls
which consisted of tracing papers, the paper was taped against the vertical
string for the wall to create some resistance, the same thing was done with the
ceiling but instead it was taped with the horizontal string.
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