Random Picture Association

We have another in class exercise.
It's about random picture association. It is said to be the hardest technique to learn and it seems like it.

So our exercise is to solve a problem by using a picture as an initial reference. Our problem is that we have to come up with a way on how to make people stop smoking. And we were given a picture of a traffic light.

We were told to do a mini mind map of the traffic light and then use the words that we came up with to find a solution for our problem.

This is the mind map of the traffic light that I made.



Using the word colour, the lecturer has given us the example. So we just have to come up with just the other three words. Metal, Dirty and Sign.

What we have to do is we have to create a solution using the word Metal, Dirty or Sign.
And I have come out with these design.

Word: Metal
Solution: Make it harder for people to smoke.
Ideas:

put a blocker in the cigarette bud to make it harder for smoker to inhale or make a holes so that what they inhale is more air than smoke

Word: Sign
Solution: Make a sign or picture so that when people sees it they will feel threaten or feel bad.
Ideas:

put a picture of a grave or "no smoking"sign

Word: Dirty
Solution: Make a "yucky effect" which means make it disgusting.
Ideas:

make the cigarette buds' texture kind of sticky or sandy so that it will annoy the smoker

juxtaposition

So we continued our studies on juxtaposition.
It's basically where you put two different things side by side and figuring out the connection between them. This could stimulate out brain to think more creatively.

We got our in class exercise which is we have to pick 3 numbers ranging from 00 to 99. But the thing is those numbers represent different words. So I picked number 03, 33 and 99.



So my random words that come out is "Fly & Wind", "Ice & Wind" and "Leave & Rain".
After getting our words, we have to construct a sentence from them.

I constructed these sentences out of the words given,
"That fly is blown by the wind"
"The ice is melted because of the hot wind"
"They insisted to leave even though the rain is heavy"

Then our task is to draw a picture of the sentences.
So this is the drawing that I came up with.



Then we have to put those words together to make a new words. In my case what I have is,
"Flywind","Icewind" and "Leaverain". After having our new words, we have to draw something that would make the viewers said the word just by looking at the drawing.

In this case I have come out with these sets of drawing.



After that we were given a set of pictures of animal. We were told to create an animal by combining 2 animal and our motive is to create something that is so wrong where people would say that it will not survive. Then we have to justify the drawing as to why the animal will not survive. So I come up with the idea to combine a bird and a fish. Here are the pictures of the drawing that I produced.



After producing the image, we were given a task to construct some sentences using a picture as references. So, we were given a picture of a chilly. Then we must incorporate the chilly with the word love. Then we get a picture of a mortar and pestle. We have to use the mortar and pestle to describe a man for a woman, or describe a man by girls. So I come up with these sentences by incorporating those words with the given picture.

My first sentences using the chilly was
"You are as hot as a chilly. Whenever I am near you I get sweaty" and my second sentence is
"Love is like a chilly. You taste it once and you want more. If you had more you will get sore"

Then my sentence using the mortar and pestle was,
"Women are like mortar and pestle, They will turn you into a new man.

Associated Mind Map

We learned about associated mind map. It is clearly an interesting thing in generating new ideas. The correct way to do an associated mind map is to write down the first word that came to our mind when we heard about the subject.

For example, if the subject is a car, the first word that comes to my mind is money. Then from money, the first word that occurred in my mind was work. This can continue for a whole lot of sub-division.

We also had our class exercise. We have to come up with a new idea on how to use mortar and pestle.


Image is taken from http://www.surlatable.com/gs/granite-mortar-pestle-mortar-pestles-cooks-tools-kitchen-bar-tools-11.shtml

The exercise was to use 3 words that came out in our mind and use it to create a new way of using the mortar and pestle. I have chosen the word medical, noise and also food.

Logical Mind Map

This week learned about mind map.

What is a mind map?
It is a tool or a method to brainstorm and generate ideas. This method was introduced by Tony Buzan. Mind mapping is also used in taking notes, researches or generating new ideas.

A good mind map is able to stimulate and grab the interest of the individuals and also other people who views it.


Example of a mind map taken from http://live-the-solution.com/mindmaps


The rules of mind map.
Creating a mind map is crucial in generating ideas. Therefor, it is important that we make it so that we can understand the mind map.

The first thing that we need to do is to put the subject at the center of the map. This will help us distinguish between the main subject and the other divisions.

Next we have to break down the main subject into sub-categories. And from the sub-categories, we break it down even further.

Next rule is that we must use images or drawings that is visually interesting for the viewers.

Then we should use different colours for different categories. This is important so that the viewers could distinguish the different between categories easily.

And we have our first assignment that is to create a logical mind map about our self. So here is my mind map about myself and the people around me.

Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention

This week in lecture we learned about the topic above and the meanings of them.

The first thing we learned is the:

Ambiguity of creativity

Meaning of being a creative person is to be able to see the same thing as others but be able to think differently. Being a creative person, we also should be able to produce something new that which has value.

Innovation

If creativity is the ability of which someone able to think differently from others, innovation otherwise is the process of turning those ideas into something practical in reality. In other word, innovation is an act of introducing something new to the public that which has values.

Novelty

Novelty is said to be the quality of being something new. It exist as a perspective points of individuals. There are two kinds of novelty, Subjective Novelty and Objective Novelty. Subjective novelties is referred to as a findings or inventions that is considered new to a certain people or group. While Objective Novelty is a findings or invention that which is new to the humanity.