Week 2, First week at school and trip to Lancaster

Week 2 rushed so quickly, I found myself every day something else to do (like scrolling Facebook) and I should have written this earlier when memories were fresh...

My school started on Monday and I met my classmates for the first time. If I have to say something about them...well...they are funny guys. That they are. We have also really funny teacher Rob, who doesn't stay on the topic sometimes, but that's not problem. I like it when people can joke around little bit like me. :D

We started with Rob, Product Design Studies module and first I got in my hands this 6 pages long assignment briefing which is me a lot cause I haven't ever had so specific tasks. Task is to design new kind of luggage product for some specific area. I have had this problem travelling with my big 17,3 inch laptop. I rarely bring it with me, but when I do it's huge problem to me. It doesn't fit to my backpack and I have to have this separate bag for laptop. And every time I also have my schoolbag with me. I have found some backpacks where my laptop fits, but those are kind of expensive for student or looks like crap for my eyes.

So, I think this is realistic problem and in this course I try to solve it and design it. Because now it's too boring and there's many bags already there I will also list some requirements more. Inside backpack I could also fit my big camera and those pockets in backpack should be something different than usually those are.

Our school have this kind of guy.
I assume it's Tardis from Doctor Who :D

Other course I have is Concept Design 2. At those lessons we have this nice teacher Graham who have this discipline in the classroom. He is easy to understand and speaks quite normal English, I guess, or it's me who just thinks so. :D And I think at that course is also other teacher Joanna.

At this module I had to choose company and task was to create shoe for that company. We don't really do it for the company. This is just realistic assignment. So, I chose Fiskars. It's Finnish company from 1649 and best known for their scissors. They also make something for kitchen and garden, like spatulas, pans and shovels.  

Some examples what they have been doing in this module.

At Digital Visualisation -module I had to choose one designer, Filip Chaeder, and in next 3 months I'm drawing his sketches and trying to understand his design process. Quite interesting process and during it my digital drawing skills might get better. :D Our young teacher Joanna is nice and I think it will be easier her to teach us, cause she have had these modules at UCLan several years back. I also have this Computer Aided Design -module. I think name tells everything... :D

Here's some examples of Filip Chaeder's Design

Just loving these lines and colours...

I am actually big loose tea drinker, so I knew I have to find that somewhere. Luckily I brought from Finland some orange rooibos tea. I tried to find loose tea, but didn't find it from here Preston. I know I can find it from Whittard. It's tea, coffee and hot chocolate shop. And nearest is at Manchester. But my issues were not over. I had to find something where to put my loose tea. Like tea infuser or tea ball. I found one after hour search from Tiger! The joy I had. :D

I had this idea at one evening "I want to buy flower", so I did on the next day. :D I went looking for flowers and one flower shop had this plant with green long leafs and white flowers. I don't know what is that flower called, but it was beautiful and it freshens air.  I also found dark pink pot for it. 

I named her "Ilopisara" it means Drop of joy.

At Saturday I had trip to Lancaster. It was nice to be there, I had hole day alone time! :D Even I spend lot of time alone in my room doing schoolworks, it's nice to go somewhere especially alone. Anyway, it was one of those UCLan's trips, so we arrived at Lancaster and everyone had this tour together in Lancaster castle. They were renewing castle so I didn't get any pictures of main entrance. Castle was used as a courthouse, it was really beautiful, but British law says that you can't take pictures of courtroom. That was pity. But under courtrooms, was this old prisons sell area and I took some pictures from there.

It was really cold and windy day, even sun shined!

 Some details from castle....

  

 

After tour, I went wondering to town of Lancaster. I spent almost two hours in a bookstore just looking how beautiful covers books have here! I bought book what I was looking many times at different airports. It's Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking fast and slow". And when I finally found my way out, I searched my way to the Williamson Park. I think I just needed some green around me. It was lovely park with many parents with small children playing all around. 

They even had Moomin books! :D

Ashton Memoria, Williamson Park

Next day I went to Avenham and Miller Parks in Preston. It was another chill day. My hands were so cold and red. Walking there about hour was nice. More green and nature around me! :)

It was just green grass and some trees around rouds...

When it's going to be foggy, this is the best place to take pictures! 

I saw squirrels!