宁诺工业设计专业王欣慰博士和工业设计专业顾问Martijn ten Bhomer博士是本次展览的主要策划人,王欣慰博士介绍道:“我们一直坚持通过产教融合,为学生搭建实践平台,不断更新教学内容,传授前沿技术。在本项目中,我们带学生前往新秀丽、美旅企业交流,从理解企业理念、设计流程和生产制造开始,将箱包设计融入教学,并邀请业内资深设计师为学生传授行业经验。”
Opening on 10 January 2024, "Let's Go See the World!" Interactive Luggage Design Exhibition was displayed on the 1st floor of the Library of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC).
The exhibition has been jointly organised by UNNC Business Development Office and Product, Design and Manufacture (PDM) students in collaboration with the two major luggage brands, Samsonite and American Tourister. After a semester of design and polishing, PDM students have managed to bring 70 pieces of conceptual luggage works to display. Through mixed-reality technology, participants can virtually travel around the world with the luggage they pick.
Among the creative works, a transformable bag attracted the attention of Mr Frank Ma, President of Samsonite Greater China. With simple adjustments, the bag can be easily converted into a picnic mat. Mr Ma praised it by saying "it is the nurturing soil at UNNC that cultivates innovative and diverse thinking of students, providing them with endless inspiration and ideas for their designs."
Dr Xinwei Wang and Dr Martijn ten Bhomer are the planners and supervisors of the exhibition. Dr Wang said, "We are dedicated to building practical platforms for students through industry-teaching integration and continuously updating our module contents to always deliver the edge-cutting technologies. We led students to visit large enterprises and invited experienced designers to give lectures, enabling students to have a deeper understanding of the process of design, production, and manufacturing." Through industry-teaching integration, UNNC has enabled PDM students to rake in multiple international design awards and even obtain patents during their undergraduate studies.
In recent years, UNNC has carried out in-depth cooperation with globally renowned enterprises such as Samsonite and Health Gene Technology, which not only provides students with high-quality internships and diverse learning experience, but also makes education in UNNC more compatible with the needs of the society, improve the quality and effectiveness of education, and cultivate innovative talents with a broader vision.