I am keen; to support the startup focussed honours, especially to focus upon a team-based approach

• Where I supervise teams of students. 

• 3 is a good number - to make - (just like MF6M?)

• Each student has a role and a responsibility to deliver on:

  • The whole project: The Chief Executive Officer, CEO

  • The technical bits: The Chief Technical Officer, CTO

  • The design bits: The Chief Design Officer, CDO

• I am keen to support students - that wish to collaborate to imagine a startup. 

I will organise for Mentorship, through sessions with individuals who have started their own ventures, design ventures.

In this podcast episode, I speak about my background, my experience of Capstone Projects - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/learner-centered-design-education/id1588403566?i=1000541951979

• Part 1: The outcome of this stage of the Capstone Project is the book.

  • The topic: 

    • What is worth doing for you:

    • Where do you want to be in 5 years?

    • How is the Capstone aligned to your next stage of life?

    • Whats is your passion, what is a project that will keep you switched on?

  • The Book

    • The layout in Indesign

    • Hardcopy Book Prototype

    • All the text written.

  • Supervisor Approach: Things I say to students.

    • I am not that interested in your topic, but I am interested in what you become.

    • I will not assess you, but I will help you realise a great project.

    • What I say to my honours students: I will be a great 'Delta Goodrem', you have to be a great contestant.

• Part 2: The outcome of this stage of the Capstone Project is the Prototype.

  • Things you will do in this stage.

    • Direct models and prototypes.

    • CAD.

    • Improved Prototypes.

    • Update book text, add pictures.

  • Time can be short in this stage

    • The Industry Embedded practices; do not contain user work (interviews or testing).

    • I see Capstone work as Propositional. 

    • Note: Future commercialisation (if it comes to that) can start with user testing.

1. Manufacturers

   1. Crumpler

   2. Control Bionics

   3. Artefact Industries

2. Prison/ Health Care/ Agencies

   1. Forensicare

   2. Victoria Legal Aid

   3. CoHealth

   4. Yooralla

3. Design Consultancies 

   1. Whistle Design

   2. Maynard Design

   3. (Tilt Design)

1. Ryan Tilly, Gecko Traxx is a recent example. 

2. Others; 

   1. a designer-maker practice focussed upon furniture design and ProTouring mods; 

   2. a reactivation of a family owned ceramics manufacturing business; 

   3. the development of a brand-enterprise focussed upon products for left handed people.