Week 7 : Analogical Thinking

Exercise 1 

Familar Environment

 

Metal is my main focus for familar environment. 

With metal , it keeps the structures strong and stable so it will not easily wear and tear. Furthermore , it is able to withstand harsh thunderstorm weather. 

Fan is used to keep us cool during the humid weather. The cover that protects the blade of the fan has hole that allows the diffusion of air. Furthermore , the metal in the fan keeps the different parts of the fan in place . 

Bicycle is a form of transportation. It is also eco friendly. With metal in it , the user on it is able to have a stable grip . Furthermore, it is strong so it is able withstand the user's weight so the user can comfortably ride on the bicycle without having to worry of any dangers. 

Window shield provide safety to our family members. For example , toddlers like to crawl and climb onto chairs and other furnitures . With window shield it protect us from falling & also give us the grip. It is also make in a way where we can breathe . 

 Lamp post enables vehicles drivers to see clearly for other cars and dangers around when night comes. For example, looking out for passerbys or speeding cars . Thus , it prevents any accident from occurring .

Boards are used for advertising purposes and can also be used to help us when we are in need of help . For example , when we are travelling somewhere that we are unsure , we can always check the board as it would guide us to our destination. 

Exercise 2  

The metal used is corrugated metal.  

It was bend and mold the ribbed metal into curvilinear forms. This opens one's imagination to new ideas you haven't  considered. This ceiling shows you how one material can bring about a new sense of design with metallic finishes.

 Metals spoons used to support potted plants . 

 Metals used to make accessories such as the rings above. 

Week 7 : Analogical Thinking

3 objects in class

This bun net used by ballerinas to keep their hair neat and away from their face when they are dancing. Becasue of its grids in the net, it reminds me of a fishing net used by fisherman.

This flexible ruler used in mathematics for drawing curve graphs, reminds me of a dancer. This is because it can bend into many shapes such as circle, rectangle, triangle and square.

This staples are use to staple work together so that it is neat and organise. The staples reminds me of a road tunnel due to its shape when it is place down.

3 objects from the internet


This is a hand fan. It is used to keep yourself cool during the humid weather. It reminds of a Pinnidale seashell because of its shape of  a fan out semicircle.


This is a picture of an caucasian lady with wavy hair. Her wavy hair reminded me of the crashing sea waves on the beach.


This is a straightening iron.It is used to straighten hair through using the heat from the hot iron. It reminds me of a stapler because of the way it function of how you hold both handle and press and then hold to straighten the hair.

Week 10 : Force Connection 2

The 5 objects are a calculator, spectacle case, a set of markers, wallet and a packet of ruled cards. Inside the spectacle case contain a spectacle, this allows me to see my items clearly. The calculator is for me to calculate numbers from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. After I have gotten my desired answer, I then take one of the markers and write the questions on the ruled cards. Next, I will bring my written ruled cards and test it on the streets so as to see who is able to answer it. The person that get five of my ruled card correctly answered will win cash. The cash will be given from my wallet. This is the story that I have made up from using the 5 objects taken from this photograph.

Week 8 : Analogical Thinking 2

This shows emotion of fear. The sculpture shows the person is hanging and clunging himself tightly on the two branches so that he would not fall down. Furthermore, the person is gritting his teeth this shows that he is scared. 

This sculpture shows emotions of anger. This can be seen from his expression made from his eyes such that it is bulging out and frowning fiercely directly towards you. Furthermore, his mouth is curved and is facing downwards with teeth showing . In addition, his body is leaning forward as his hand is placed at the back of his thigh ands legs bending. 

The seated buddha shows emotions of calmness.This can be seen from his legs crossed and eyes half closed in meditation position. Furthermore, his palm is resting on his lap while the other is reaching towards the ground.

Week 9 : Forced Connection

Exercise

Pencil + Passionate
Pencil pens down what it believes is creative.

Pencil + Sad
Pencil gets sad when its idea is being erased and when its lead breaks. 

Pencil + Brave
Pencil is brave enough to draw what it have in mind.

Pencil + Creative
Pencil can do many types of drawing such as portrait, landscape, still life, fantasy, figurative and illustrations.

Pencil + Greedy
It needs all attention and focus in order to draw something in detail.

Pencil + Hardworking
Pencil draws again and again each time it is erased so as to draw exactly what it wanted.

Week 6 : Lateral Thinking

1. Light Up
 I will light the candle then the oil lamp and then the firewood. 
Lighting the candle allows me to easily move from one place to another place if I feel the house is unsafe with wild animals living.
In addition, I can also defend them with my candle. When I have decided to settle down. I then light up the firewood to keep me warm. If there is not enough fire, I will search for plants that contain oil , kill animals for oil, rub two stones together or even search from broken machinery that would have oil nearby.

2. Wooden Box
 I will put in my energy in the box. The more energy I put in, the lighter the box is. I can also put helium as it is the lowest density in air.

3. Which side of the cat has more hair
The top. This is because keeps the cat warmth. Unless the cat is pregnant with several kittens, the bottom of the cat would has more hair.

Class Exercise

 Chicken
1. Plant cactus around the plants 
2. Install auto dispensable water
3. Create a fake female chicken to distract them
4. Dress up as a health inspector and lie to the neighbours that there is chicken flu and that I have to confiscate all their chicken to run tests.
5. Create a robot that throws chicken food so that the chicken will run to chase after it.
6. Bribe people to act as beggars and go into the neighbour house so that the neighbour would take pity and give away his chickens.
7. Create noise every night and act paranoid around the neighbour that you hear something and then bribe a religious person to tell the neighbour that the killed chickens are coming back.
8. Play the sound of wild animals roaring through the radio so that the chickens are fearful to come.
9. Get a monster to chase after the chicken if they come.
10. Hypnotise the chicken or neighbour.

Bee
1. The painting of the flowers were bright while the roses were dull so the bees were more attracted to the painting.
2. The painting was previously spilled by sweet drink while the roses was sprayed by insecticide to prevent the breeding of mosquitos.
3. There was a mirror so the bees thought the painting was the real roses.
4. The bees are disturbed by the thorn of the roses so it do not want to come near there.
5. The bad lighting makes the bees attracted to the painting .
6. Someone is pranking us maybe the roses are fake.
7. The bee saw a female bee at the painting so he was attracted.
8. The painting is in the owner's room so whenever the owner sprays her perfume , some of it landed on the painting so the bee was attracted to the fragrance on the painting.
9. The bee is either blind, tired or dumb so it went to painting instead of the rose.
10. The bee was intoxicated with the painting due to the drug from the paint used.

Week 3 - Brainstorming on Cockroach Mindmap

The 101 ways of killing of cockroach sucked all our brain juices as we had to think of funny & creative ideas.

1. Put it in a plastic bag and vigorously shake it
2. Stone it
3. Step on it
4. Sit on it
5. Overfeed it
6. Starve it
7. Decapitate it
8. Dissect it
9. Call pest control
10. Electrocute it
11. Spray insecticide
12. Drive on it
13. Freeze it
14. Microwave it
15. Bake it
16. Suffocate it
17. Feed it to another animal
18. Squash it between my fingers
19. Roast it
20. Burn it
21. Throw it inside the toilet bowl and flush it
22. Grate it like cheese
23. Drown it in sauces- chilli, mustard,or vinegar
24. Drown it in the washing machine
25. Drown it in alcohol and chemical
26. Chomp it
27. Use a hammer to hit it
28. Release it into the wild
29. Throw it from a high ground
30. Pluck its legs
31. Tie the cockroach
32. Pluck its wings
33. Dehydrate it
34. Arrow it
35. Sword it
36. Gun it
37. Put it in a cockroach stampede
38. Make a cockroach outfit
39. Stack box on it
40. Blindfold it
41. Feed it with Laxative
42. Put it in the hairdryer
43. Use a baseball racket to whack it
44. Bomb it
45. Use radiation to kill it
46. Burial it alive
47. Send it to North Pole
48. Release it into the dessert
49. Domesticate it poorly
50. Throw it into a pool of vomit
51. Make it as an ingredient for smoothie
52. Dice it
53. Vacuum it
54,. Put it in a garbage bin factory so the machine can churn and crash it
55. Use a Bug Zapper
56. Use a racket and continuously hit it
57. Make a time machine and sent it back to dinosaur time so it gets killed
58. Create a monster to eat it
59. Alternate and delete the cockroach
60. Put it into a shredder
61. Make it into a cockroach pancake
62. Make a bread out of its skin
63. Squash it under burgers
64. Use Venus Fly Trap
65. Dip it into wax
66. Poop and urinate on it
67. Use a flyswatter
68. Pour a bucket of cement on it
69. Put layers of butter on it
70. Use it as a Science experiment
71. Eat it
72. Pluck its mouth
73. Throw it into the swimming pool
74. Stuck it in glue
75. Gas it.
76. Sweep it away
77. Put it in a cockroach fight
78. Use a magnifying glass
79. Make it into a soup
80. Use it as a seasoning
81. Create a fake female cockroach to kill it
82. Cook it inside a porridge
83. Call the cleaner
84. Smack it with the newspaper
85. Squeeze lime or lemon on it
86. Make a cockroach cocktail
87. Put weights on it
88. Throw it inside a fish tank
89. Barbeque it
90. Make it burst
91. Squash it between doors
92. Feed it with poison
93. Use it as a toy for my pet
94. Put it inside my fan so the blades can slice it
95. Use a cloth and cover it
96. Send it to hell where Hitler can kill it
97. Drop i in volcano lava
98. Bake it into a pie
99. Fork it
100. Fry it
101. Steam it

Lastly, I was inspired by ideas from here : 

http://gizmodo.com/5029066/10-hilarious-ways-to-kill-summertime-pests-with-gadgets

Week4 - Creative Mindmap on Cockroach

My group members decided to do the mindmap on cockroach. We first thought of separating the mindmap into four sections - history, types of cockroach, 15 facts and 101 ways to kill a cockroach. 

The history of cockroach was rather tricky. This was because there were many informations online and some were just vague so we had to search in depth so as to know if our sources were true and accurate. One of our information was found here : http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cockroach

( image used in mindmap )

For the types of cockroach , there were over 300 species of cockroach so we decided to pick up the main types of cockroaches. The cockroaches all came in a range of sizes and colours . I was rather awed by that as I thought cockroach were either black or brown. For more information, you can check out this link : http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/ and http://www.pestworld.org/news-and-views/pest-articles/articles/cockroaches-101/

Below are some of the interesting cockroaches I had found online :

Pennsylvania wood cockroach

Ectobius


Cryptocercus


Parcoblatta


Ectobiinae

The 15 facts of cockroaches was the interesting part to do as there were many astonishing and bewildering facts that I had not known before. After this, I felt so much knowledgable of cockroach. Some of the facts could be found here : http://insects.about.com/od/roachesandmantids/a/10-Facts-About-Cockroaches.htm and http://www.pestworld.org/news-and-views/pest-articles/articles/fascinating-cockroach-facts/

The 101 ways of killing of cockroach sucked all our brain juices as we had to think of funny & creative ideas. I was inspired by ideas from here : 

http://gizmodo.com/5029066/10-hilarious-ways-to-kill-summertime-pests-with-gadgets

To end this off , this project has made us to think out of  the box and exposed as to new ideas that may sound wacky yet innovative at the same time. If given another chance, I would definitely like to try a much more difficult and interesting topic. Lastly, these are my group members who have each contributed and worked hard together to come up with this mindmap.

Week 2 - 5 Examples of Breaking the Rules & Take A Journey

In the past , chairs are placed rooted on the ground. With breaking the rules method , designers have place chair above the ground such as inputting the use of playground fun by making the chairs as swings. 

In the past , book shelfs used to be straight and standing on the ground. With breaking the rules method, designers have designed shelfs that can be pinned on the wall and also usw geometric shapes which is the triangles to create the scene of a figure running & falling down.

In the past , we need to have keys to enter the door. With breaking the rules method , we can now unlock the door using our mobile devices. Thus, it improves our lives efficiently as it avoids the hassle of digging our bag in order to find the keys.

In the past , we need a spoon to stir our hot drink. With breaking the rules method, just a press of a button on the handler of the mug, our drink is evenly stirred automatically. Thus, we need not worry if there is any residue left unstirred in the mug.

In the past , 3d objects are made from machines or by hands using a range of materials. This takes a lot of time and effort. With breaking the rules method , u can create 3d objects in just minutes with the touch of your hand using this 3d pen.

Take A Journey

The sun was streaming through a break in the clouds in great watery shafts of gold while the clouds are white marble on blue satin, dove gray underneath and brilliant white.The sun shone relentlessly on the tree as the shadow of the tree was cast on the road. Behind the tree, was a poster of Miranda Kerr, a Victoria secret model. 

I was squinting my eyes because it was very sunny so I decided to stand in the shade. I  can feel the wind blowing and fresh air filled my lungs which made me felt refreshed and exhilarated. Furthermore, I could smell the freshly-cut grass.

Nearby , I could hear the sounds of machinery as the construction workers were cutting the trees. In addition, I could hear vehicles going by. It was rather noisy and a few of the passengers waiting for their bus to arrive were either covering their ears or busy on their mobile phones.

Week 1 - Summary of Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play & A Picture a Day

Here is the video of Tim Brown : Tales of creativity and play

Introduction

As we got older, we feared the judgement of our peers which causes us to be conservative in our thinking. That is why many creative companies created wacky and playful environment so that employees feel relaxed and comfortable to share their ideas freely with everyone.

Exploration

Openness is the beginning of exploratory play. For example, if I had a plastic bag, my nephew would definitely play with it such as putting it on his head as a hat. However, adults tend to categorize new situation very quickly. Furthermore, the adult’s desire to be original was what limits them from exploring more possibilities in their ideas. Thus, that is why one should defer judgement and go for quantity.

Building

Construction play is both playful and a powerful way to learn. When it is carried out by designers, this behaviour is “thinking with your hands”- involves making multiple, low-resolution prototypes very quickly. For example, a designer uses architectural paper prototype to show what he wants the design of the building to be like.  Thus, by building prototypes we can test our ideas with our consumers in a much faster way than describing through words.

Role-Play

Designing service and interaction, one needs to imagine how the experience might felt and recognise the flaws in the design through acting. For children, they followed social scripts and learned the rules of social interaction while adults acted out the solutions which helps them prove whether it will succeed and for designers, they had to project themselves in the experience so as to understand what it felt like.  For example, if I wanted to feel how is it like to be a cancer patient, shaving all my hair allows me to feel the emotions they felt before.Thus, the idea of role-playing is both an empathy tool as well as a tool for prototyping experiences. 

Conclusion

Play is not anarchy- rules of how to play and when to play. It is important to transition ourselves in and out of play through different experience using this generative mode - includes divergence and convergence.  Lastly, we need to have trust to play and trust to be creative.

A Picture a Day

One word - Dogs. Who doesn't love dogs? The soft cotton material kept my feet comfortable so every step I walk felt like I am a little higher from the ground. 

Pizza Hut with friends. Cheese, ham, pineapple, all the goodness is in there so what's more can ypu ask for ? 

On the way home, my bus always pass by here. And of course it looks nice if not I wouldn't take a photo. 

A coffee a day keeps my mind awaked. 

Though it kept me awake but if I am too tired, I could also fall asleep. It's too bad because life is not a wish granting factory.

Any human eyes can see that this is food and to elaborate more it is nonya curry. It's not just any other nonya curry it's an aromatic and savory nonya curry. Just one spoon of this curry, I felt like I had just tasted half of heaven.

This is call perks of waking up early so maybe 9am class is not too bad after all. Beautiful sky with vivid ombre shades of pink, purple, orange and yellow . 

When I have Lady Luck on my hand, I find good food like this. It is located at orchard and the architecture is shape artistically as a cottage. Its large meatballs and large portion is definitely a good place that everyone should go.