Specialised Branches
During the last ten years I have develop skill in all the seven branches of Design Technology: Electronic Products, Food Technology, Graphic Products, Resistant Materials, Systems and Control, Textiles Technology & Product Design.
You are welcome to explore my DT journey by specialisation,
At age five I was already building electronic products. My latest project is designing and building a custom-made gaming PC.
* includes systems and controls
Product Design
Product design is something I hold very dear to my heart, as it is vital in anything I do. From a very young age I was constantly given the tools to create anything digitally. When I was six I told my mom I wanted to build a Christmas game to gift all the children of the world and my first sketches were focused on the safety of the game so no bad actors could access it. Unfortunately we lost those wireframes but the sentiment stays, I want people to enjoy the products I make and to always be safe.
Graphic Products
From a very young age I have been passionate about the appearances and designs of things, as shown in following posts. The skills I have developed in graphic products have served me well in the process of game decoration as I explained in my Geometry Dash post
Resistant Materials
This is the specialty that I have less experience in, however I would still like to get learn more about it, as I think it would be beneficial for designing and prototyping PC parts (which is what I plan on doing when I’m older). The only project I have to showcase is woodwork, I really enjoyed it.
Food Tech
Food tech is a very special thing to me, as I highly enjoy the experience of cooking and baking, as well as eating and enjoying the food that i had made. I have done quite a lot of projects involving food, and my favourite is a bolognese recipe that I had only recently perfected.
Textiles Technology
Textiles is a specialty that I once again, do not have a lot of experience in, but my experience of it has been very positive. Projects involving textiles can be very special, such as mine being a present to my mother and a design I really like and had made mostly by myself
My favourite specialty
Out of all of these, my favourite specialty would be product design, as it is applicable to so many things, from physical things such as computer parts, to digital things such as game levels and software. Overall it is. very well rounded specialty and applies to everything you make, so it is essentially the basis of all the other specialties
Future projects
I will have many future projects, possibly involving making more PCs for people, and school projects. I will also continue making geometry dash levels, and possibly get them featured on youtube and in the game itself. I am very hopeful for my future with DT and I believe it will be very good for me
My Journey
Latest projects
Building my very first gamer PC
A family of makersWhen my grandfather went to university, he was the first person in his family to go and he wanted to study computer engineering. However, this career was not offered in Colombia in the 70's, so he had to settle for electrical...
Drawstring Bag
Pop Art on the goThis bag was made as a textiles project in my school. We had a simple design process and some people were finished in three lessons. I had thought of this design because I had drawn a circle on a page, and I remembered a drawing I had made once, and...
Pencil Case Woodwork
My first woodwork projectThis was my first woodwork project done at school in the form of a pencil case. When my school assigned this project, I was very fast in completing it, having added my own design, curved (filleted) edges and having a very clean look overall. I...
Geometry Dash Level Creation
I design levels in Geometry Dash This post will go over how I made my own Geometry Dash level. The video above will show in detail the process of making a level of your own. To learn about my design process please read on.Inspired by my own experienceMy Own Game...
First time speaking at a tech conference
My first talk at a tech conference After three years attending MozFest, I decided that I wanted to give back to the conference and I facilitated a session in the Youth Zone on how to program in Minecraft. In this video you can watch one of the organisers talking about...
Coin purse
My first textiles projectIn Year 2 I made this coin purse inspired by a nature scene where I am enjoying the sun on a beautiful mountain. I added details to my clothes by embroidering the letter "A" on my shirt. TeamMyself Research & DevelopmentAt the age of...
Gingerbread House
My first Gingerbread houseThis was one of my first food tech projects, in collaboration with my mother and sister. We had built a gingerbread house using frames, and now we had to decorate it. I was told what to do, and i had to use my creativity for some aspects of...
Electronic Windmill
Infrared controlled windmillAt age four I was gifted a set of littleBits. This educational toy makes creating electronic circuits a lot of fun. In this video I explained how I used an infrared reader to trigger the motor that made a paper windmill move.The teamMy mum...
Building with household materials
Why buy a costume?I have always enjoyed the ability to be anything I wanted to be during Halloween and World Book Day. My costumes have always have been homemade and this has allowed me to enjoy the celebration even days before that it happens because I had the...
Making my first desert
ExperiencedMy first experience making a desert was at age 3. I was influenced to learn to bake by the app Toca Boca. The teamAu-pairResearch & DevelopmentI was learning to follow instructions
My DT journey started at age two
ExperiencedWhen I was two years old my mum designed an app to teach me sign language The teamMy mumResearch & DevelopmentI was a research participant at a very young age, testing paper prototypes