Where are all the Lego fans at? Did you know that our fellow Swinburne student @miller.keys was a contestant on Australian all-time favourite show Lego Master 2019 and his team came third?!! Listen to this episode to hear all about his passion for Lego, behind-the-scenes stories from the show and his life now as an Industrial Design student.
Transcript below:
Caroline MaHello everyone, it's Caroline here and I'm excited to be back with another In Conversation podcast episode hobbies are such important part of our life and being able to turn a hobby into career would be a dream and our amazing guests today is on the way to achieving their dream.
Caroline MaAnd they're hoping that will cover. Today is 1 very special and dear to our childhoods, which is Lego and today I'm joined by Miller Keys or Swinburne Student, who was also a contestant on Australia's all time favorite show Lego Masters from season one. It's so great to have you here today and I'm super excited to get to know you more and chat about Lego.
MILLER KEYSThank you so much. It's really nice to be here. I can't wait to. Yeah, let's talk about it.
Caroline MaGreat, so let's start off with some introductions. Miller, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you study? It's been burned.
MILLER KEYSYes, so I am Miller.
MILLER KEYSMy name is Miller, I'm yeah. I'm studying industrial design at Swinburne. I'm in my third year at the moment. I started off doing engineering, but I decided that I didn't like it and move to design and I'm absolutely loving it and I was on Lego Masters.
Caroline MaYep.
Caroline MaYeah, awesome, So what led you to choose industrial design at Swinburne to study?
MILLER KEYSI think.
MILLER KEYSReally, the biggest thing for me was that it was coming out of doing engineering and I realized that engineering just wasn't where I wanted to be. I started I. I did engineer like I started engineering at Swinburne and I knew that I wanted to be at Swinburne because I'd be into like the open days and and all that sort of stuff and I I thought it was a really cool atmosphere.
Caroline MaUh-huh
MILLER KEYSBut then when I got here and I started doing engineering, I realized that engineering wasn't really for me. But I really still enjoyed being on campus and all that sort of stuff.
MILLER KEYSAnd and I guess what I was missing from engineering was like the hands on sort of stuff which I realized I would be getting in industrial design so.
MILLER KEYSYeah, it was never really a question of whether or not I'd do it at Swinburne because I really enjoyed being at Swinburne. It was more just about what I'd be doing, and I started off.
Caroline Mauh-huh
MILLER KEYSI started off with a certificate in design certificate for in design and I I really liked that. I've really liked our hands on. It was and I guess it gave me a taste of what I could expect.
Caroline Mauh-huh
MILLER KEYSUhm?
MILLER KEYSRather than especially with engineering I I guess I didn't really know what to expect.
Caroline Mayeah for sure, so I guess you mentioned like you like the hands on part of it and the part of being on campus at Swinburne. How's that sort of panned out this year? Have you still been able to get the experiences that you wanted out of the course? Now to Swinburne or?
MILLER KEYSYeah, it's been. It's been a bit rough, obviously for everybody not being on campus has definitely.
Caroline MaUh-huh
MILLER KEYSUhm impacted like my studies for sure. I really, really do enjoy being on campus. I love being around people as well. It's not just about the hands on stuff, it's about, you know, being in the environment when I'm at home, I'm always distracted by things and I'm just not in the head space that I need to be in. When I'm, you know, doing Union work.
Caroline MaYep.
MILLER KEYSSo when I go into uni you know you get that headspace and you get to be social. You gets talked to people, you get to make things and do cool things.
MILLER KEYSUhm, and
