Breeding design thinkers

Knowledge comes before action and there can be no action without knowledge. Knowledge is worthless except, when they are passed into action” (Al-Quran; Muhammad 47:19). With the existing knowledge, it is a state of being active; the action will be transformed into new knowledge. By doing things, the body goes through the process of learning. This process of drilling the mind with repetitive exercises will internalize the action in the body. Therefore, there will be knowledge, experience and skills. Interaction activities with human and human, human and man-made things, human and nature spark out new knowledge that is by learning the existence and how it was created. By doing this, the sense of awareness derives ideas to imitate, improve or create a new one. If we learn from man-made things, it is just an improvement, but if it is learned from nature and the environment created by God, it will be novel

Sarang Table

Sarang is a nest. It is a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young. It is a place where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night. Most nests are made of pliable material, including grasses and considerable amount of saliva in a woven construction of their nest. It is for insulation to reduce the heat loss during incubation. Some birds have been shown to choose aromatic green plant material for constructing nests that may have insecticidal properties. In most species the female bird is the designer. It does most or all of the nest construction, though the male often helps. Nest function is also to protect them from predators

Furture job trend in design

The global agenda is shifting from a knowledge economy to the humanization economy age. Creativity, and design areas have interconnected with each other in term of development of a product to be realized. Design knowledge is more towards understanding the human experience which involved the conversion of tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. As a comparison, design thinking and design process creates values in designing products; meanwhile knowledge conversion process creates values in knowledge. IR 4.0 is expected to bring about a major shift in society. In this regard the need for high skill design workforce is increasing because of the acceleration of emerging technologies. Many jobs will be diminishing and new design jobs that will grow in the coming future. Most sought after by employers will include problem solving, creative thinking, emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills. Such skills can be directly gained through leadership education

Application of Metroxylon sago waste in textile process

Sustainability is economic, social and environmental systems that make up the community in providing a healthy, productive, meaningful life for all community residents, present and future. The environmental profile of goods and services that satisfy our individual and societal needs was shaped by design activities. The integration of environmental aspect of product design, especially in textiles present much confusion surrounds the incorporation of environmental objectives into the design process. This paper explores the effective use of waste materials that can contribute to the development of more environmentally responsible practice in textile sector. It introduces key elements of the ecological approach and innovative ideas from waste to wealth. The paper focuses on the potential methods of utilizing sago residue as a natural color enhancer in natural dyeing process. It will discover the potential of waste materials to be fully utilized to attempt to make the production of that textile more environmentally friendly

State-of-the-art responses on augmented reality application in Malaysia

This research was conducted to accumulate the awareness, perception, interest and simulation excitement responses from Malaysian public respondents in the presence of AR (Augmented Reality) in Malaysia. The keyword used was user experience, usability and perception. The terms of Augmented Reality was quite an alien to Malaysian, respondents has witness samples in order to introduce the why, where, when and how AR works. Affinity Diagram such as brainstorming, keywords extract and gathering was held from various samples of AR videos using Youtube and Vimeo applications in order to form a solid survey and proper understandable term and language for layman understanding. The survey has been constructed as simple and understandable sentences to approach respondents, that is layman user. The data is used as a preliminary data to determine the design process of Augmented Reality visual interface in order to create persuasive effect of the visual usage in Augmented Reality Application in Malaysia

Batik : Design for a Sustainable Environment

Sustainability is related to the quality of life in a community. The three components of sustainability are economic, social and environmental systems that make up the community in providing a healthy, productive, meaningful life for all community residents, present and future. The issues of using less, re-use, preservation, conservation, re-manufacturing or rebuilding and recycling all become part of this endless journey. Every process and almost every operation within the batik production such as chanting, dyeing, printing and finishing has environmental aspect that should be consider and which the environmental performance can potentially can be improved. Today, a large proposition of environmental issues in batik industries are related to the use and discharge of water which includes residual dye stuff, toxicity, colour waste, heavy metal contamination and other environmental issues particular to the location of a facility. Furthermore, the highly use of paraffin wax and the emissions of wax fume that generates wide range of harmful chemicals which affected the batik artist’s health. In Batik business and production, through research and development, we have the ability to find new application for alternative method of production and process, materials, for a better world. This presentation will discuss on the key concepts of batik design for sustainable environment within the Malaysian batik industries context

Analyzing Hydroponic Rack System For Apartment House

The objective of this study is to identify hydroponic system for those who are living in condo and apartment in an urban area. Livings in condo and apartment have limited space to do farming activity. Furthermore the management of condo does not allow people to farming in the corridor area. Space has always been the big problem for those who live in urban areas. Other than that design of the existing hydroponic system is not suitable for the current needs. The aim of this study is, to help people so that they can farm in a small area and have limited space in the urban area; it’s also to create awareness how important of planting crop in the living area. Meeting the farmer around Serdang and Terengganu. The surveys in several areas, among them are the MAHA exhibition. Has garnered some agricultural entrepreneurs in Malaysia and abroad. The survey was also done at the condo housing and apartment area around Kuala Lumpur

Measuring consumer perception in respiratory mask product based on affective evaluation

Haze has been an annual problem in the Southeast Asian region, especially in Malaysia where its neighbouring country Indonesia’s forest fires are the main cause for this phenomenon. It has caused skies to be obscured, air to be clogged, lowered visibility and most importantly it severely affects humans’ health. The objective of this study is to identify the consumer perception in mask design used during haze. The focused mainly on using the affective data to redesign the mask products. The online questionnaires about the awareness of the public regarding haze, positive and negative reviews of different types of respiratory masks were randomly sent to respondents. The data was then analyzed quantitatively using affective evaluation. Results showed the most commonly used product against haze were surgical masks and the N95. However many were reluctant users of the masks as they were uncomfortable. Results also showed that masks had to have ergonomic features to provide comfort and supported the view that the current respiratory mask designs had to be more aesthetic as well

Elements, Specifications and Functions of Technical Design of Special Effects in the Musical Theatre Performances

Musical theatre performance is a complex work in contrast to the other theatre medium that requires a more dominant combination of acting, singing, music, and choreography. Similarly, the support of the technical special effects design should also be given more attention, especially during its production. This paper reviews the elements of technical special effects on the selected case studies to specify their design needs and purposes. The outcome indicates the effectiveness of the overall musical theatre performance, which features customization specifications and functions in producing technical design of special effects. Keywords: Scenography, Stage Design, Stage Effects, Technical Theatre. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DO