Graduation Design Show

For a student majoring art and design, it is practically that the graduation design is the most important project in all of the school terms. In my university, the students spend large number of time in improving their works in order to make them tending toward perfection. They have to complete all of their works before the graduation design show opening, and show the process of their design in the exhibition, including the sketch of prime ideas and the finally finished works; in addition, they need to find a proper way of display that enable the viewers to understand the designer’s ideas easily and deeply. So, for a perfect show, students and their tutors almost take four months at least in their graduation design. It is a huge challenge of physical strength and spirit, or we can say it is a double suffering. Nonetheless, we enjoy the process.

Last week, the students of LCC laid out their graduation design on display in the hall of LCC and I found a strange thing that some students did their design on the exhibition site, which was so different from my conception for the graduation design. I did not know why they did not finish their works in the studios before moving them in the exhibition hall and was worried about whether they can complete them before the show opening, but the result indicated that they can do it. After seeing the BA graduation design show, I have felt that most of works are terse, humorous and light-hearted. By contrast, the works of Chinese students are more complex in the theme, contents, even using of new techniques.

It is just a plain feeling about the show in LCC, and I would like to visit the graduation design show in AA and UCL which are the powerful colleges in architecture next day. It is said that both of the works styles and the education conception are totally different between the two colleges, which makes me feel so expectant.

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China Town

I have seen the China Town of UK in my friend’s photos and the unshapely gateway designed as the Chinese traditional arch gives me a deep impression. Today, standing in front of it, I feel that it seems more beautiful than before, which is might because I miss my home so much.

The first thing that I come here to do is buying some spices made in China especially the chili pates, because I am pretty fond of spicy food and could not bear the food without chilies. The hot taste excites me as well as its red color, which makes me to have a good mood and enough energy to do other things. For studying in a healthy condition, I decide to cook by myself every night and bring them for my lunch on the next day.

Except for the Chinese food, there are many pleasant surprises in China Town. The most satisfying thing is that I bought a phone card that can help me to call the international phone in a cheaper way, and I can call to my parents to share my life and study in UK every day, which relieves them for me.

In spite of the small size of China Town, it is the place where offers me the sense of familiarity. After my language course, I would like to rent an apartment nearby for convenience of my daily life, and the place of my master course is not far away from here, it is almost perfect for me!

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