Elective course at Elisava Barcelona School of Design in Spain

THEi partnered a top design school in Spain to develop an elective course for students from the Design Faculty.  Aside from classroom training, a local field trip, including a bicycle tour of Barcelona and visit to the government-owned Materfad Materials Centre, was added to let students experience the open education in Spain and understand how the country’s history and culture influenced its designers and artists in outlook. Lai Sze Pui, a product design student in the programme said: “The locals are highly environmentally conscious. When designing functional products, they often exercise the highest level of creativity, with the lowest-cost solutions possible, such as using a fan-shaped plastic film on a wine glass with a lit candle inside to turn it into a unique-looking lamp.  Their idea of converting old items into new ones inspired me to reflect on my approach to product design.”