Another Top Designs Student!

On Friday the principal and some staff from the Design Faculty attended the impressive launch of Top Designs at Melbourne Museum.

Thien Nguyen, one of our international students, is the third Northcote High School student in three years to be selected for the prestigious and high profile exhibition. We also had two other students, Sasha Sweatman and Iain Soumitri, shortlisted which is an amazing achievement!

The keynote speakers at the event, including Chief Executive Officer of the VCAA, Dr David Howes, all praised the high quality VCE work on display and underlined the importance of innovation and creativity in creating more sustainable and thoughtful environments, products and services for the future.

This was certainly true of Thein’s work, a desktop greenhouse, that helped to address issues faced by higher density living in the metropolitan areas. Thien worked closely with staff at the EnviroShop on Northcote High Street when developing his product. Inspired by futuristic architecture, it was designed using Computer Aided Design software and 3D printed in multiple parts at school before Thien spent hours sanding and painting them to perfection. Well done Thein, a great effort and a fantastic example of the challenging, complex and innovative work produced by students every day in the Design Faculty.

Peter Murphy

Head of Design Faculty