作为设计课程的拓展实践，6月30日，一批FLIS中学生前往福州荟聚与宜家家居，结合实际，对覆盖人们日常“衣食住行”的商品开展关于产品属性的市场调研。在相关负责人的介绍下，学子对荟聚这一品牌的命名、理念、社会职责与公益使命均有了初步了解。福州荟聚汇集了近60家中外品牌，其中就不乏小鹏汽车、华为、Aqara Home与小米之家等注重推出智能及低碳产品的品牌。一行人边走边看，在专业人士的介绍下，学子也通过各种新兴产品对当下设计主流发展方向有了一定了解，更为各种智能产品为生活提供的便利感到惊叹。
As an extension of the product design class, on June 30, a group of FLIS secondary students went to the LIVAT Centres and IKEA to be part of an outdoor teaching activity based on the basic attributes of products used in daily life. The students were introduced to the brand name, philosophy, social responsibility and mission of LIVAT, and were given a preliminary understanding of the brand. The brand name "LIVAT" means "happy gathering" in Swedish. This large shopping centre houses a variety of retail stores, including brands such as XPeng Motors, Huawei, Aqara Home and Xiaomi, which focus on smart and low-carbon products. As the group walked around, the students were introduced to various new products and gained an understanding of the mainstream design direction, and were amazed when they were shown the convenience that many smart products could provide to their lives.
▲ 福州荟聚总经理Janney小姐为FLIS学子进行讲解。
针对产品属性这一产品设计概念的调研则主要在宜家家居展开。大伙儿分成三组行动，寻找“环保”“实用”“性别”相关属性商品。众所周知，起源于瑞典的这一跨国居家用品零售企业如今已成为全球最大的家具零售企业。进入宜家，不仅是步入一间商场，更是走进无数种对“家”的想象。时间有限，偌大的商场中立刻出现了FLIS中学生飞驰的身影……富有现代感、注重开发多重功效且便于自行组装的家具、家居产品令学子看得眼花缭乱；久闻大名的经典款与紧跟潮流的新品都让学子对设计有了新的理解，不断拍照记录巧思。究竟他们的答卷能否服众？不论如何，这都是收获满满的一天！
The research on the basic attributes of products was carried out mainly in IKEA. The group was divided into three teams to find products with attributes related to "environmental", "practical" and "gender". As we all know, the multinational home furnishings retailer that originated in Sweden is now the world's largest furniture retailer. When you enter IKEA, you're not just walking into a store, you're walking into a myriad of imaginations of what "home" could be. With limited time, the FLIS students were immediately dazzled by the modern, multi-functional and easy-to-assemble furniture and home furnishings. They took many pictures and notes on the classic and trendy new products that they had heard so much about. Will their answers about their products be convincing? No matter what, it was a day full of rewards!
▲ 宜家工作人员Sissi小姐手持2021版《家居指南》，为大家讲解了商场的产品。
此外，一整年IB学习后，中学部外方主管Sam先生将学期末最后一周设置为社区服务周，希望学生能运用这一周时间实习考察自己的课程应用与实践能力。思及许多FLIS学子未来升学方向为商科，在这一阶段让学生接触金融相关知识能帮助他们更好学习理财、加强独立生活的能力，我们安排了为期三天的兴业证券投教基地培训活动。
In addition, after a full year of IB study, Mr. Sam, the Principal of the Secondary department, set the last week of the semester as a community service week, hoping that students could use this week to examine their application of the curriculum and practical skills. Considering that many FLIS students are going to study business in the future, we have arranged a three-day training program at the Industrial Securities Investment and Education Base to expose students to finance-related knowledge at this stage to help them learn better financial management and strengthen their independent living skills.
在此次实习活动中，FLIS学子在工作人员的带领下了解金融知识学习渠道、学习投教基地现场各功能区域展示，成为一名“小小讲解员”，为来访者讲解红色金融；不仅如此，新媒体时代，学子还完成了拟写视频脚本、拍摄金融小视频并进行后期剪辑制作等实习任务。通过此次实习，我们希望学生能对这一行业有所了解，并提早评估自己与该专业的匹配度！
In this internship, FLIS students was led by the staff to understand the financial knowledge learning channels, learned the functional areas of the Investment and Education Base, and became a "little interpreter" to explain things to visitors; not only that, in the new media era, students also completed the tasks of writing video scripts, shooting financial videos and post-production editing. Through this internship, we hope that students will gain an understanding of the industry and assess their suitability for the profession!
