Forced Connection Part 2

We went further indept with forced connection this week.
We were told to invent a new product by our lecturer by using whatever we had in our bag.
The lecturer also provided us a trigger technique to induce us about how we can modify and connect different objects together, the technique was S.C.A.M.P.E.R.

It's very difficult to come out with new ideas based on the object we have as they are usually combined or invented.

 Here's a list of things our group has thought of when we were brainstorming.

As we still couldn't have any idea after the presentation, we were broken into pairs to work more efficiently.

I was paired with Gladys and we finally came up with an idea.

We thought about combining mascare and lip gloss after being inspired by a pen.

We named it D.L Pen, Dark Light Pen, Dark for Mascara and Light for the glittery lip gloss.

It was interesting to learn about the mechanism in the retractable pen and twist pen while trying to apply them into our ideas.

The gifs were all created by me, for our classmates and lecturer to have a better understanding about the mechanism during our presentation.

Mechanism for twist pen, we apply this on our lip gloss so we can choose between 2 colors when we're using it.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BKGzsjU4cw)

Mechanism for retractable pen, we apply this on our mascara.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjByJMGfUpY)

Here's some screenshot of our presentation slide for a better understanding.

Forced Connection Part 1

This week's lesson was on Forced Connection.

Forced connections are based on the brain’s ability to link two disparate items.

For example, a pencil with an eraser on top, a chair with wheels or a sofa bed.

They are items that are connected between 2 very different object.

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(http://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/golf-accessories/hex-golf-pencils-erasers-jumboextralarge-54395.jpg)

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It is interesting to know that there are actually so many products invented through the concept

After knowing what forced connection is, we were told to brainstorm a series of object that were created like this.

We were told to come up with different examples of forced connections:

Here's a series of object that were created:

Wheelchair

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Massage chair

(http://www.landscapeelms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Massage-Chair.jpg)

Ceiling fan with light

(http://images.clipartpanda.com/ceiling-fan-with-light-Craftmade-Silo-SI56BA-56-Inch-Brushed-Aluminum-Ceiling-Fan-with-CFL-Light-Kit.jpg)

Bed with storage

(https://www.time4sleep.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/l/claridge_open_15.jpeg)

Tutorial Week

Our assignment this week was to visit the S.A.M or the Q8 and select an object can give it 10 emotions.

I decided to visit the art museum and the sculpture "Not Much To See" by Chun KaiFeng really caught my eye.

A pair of ‘Tat Seng’ slippers, the popular and inexpensive footwear of choice for many Singaporeans, easily recognised by their distinctive white base and blue straps.

These slippers can be seen everywhere in Singapore, nothing special and not meant to be special.

However, the artist suggests that these objects wield a powerful influence on the urban environment and the people who live in it, and that these apparently dull objects and settings might be more significant than they seem, being so intimately linked with our everyday lives in Singapore.

The 10 emotions given to us and the situation that the object might experience such emotions is:

Happy - When it's being display in the museum for the first time.

Confuse - When it was first created.

Angry - When it's being called ugly

Sad - When it's being poke.

Depress - When the museum is closed and it's alone in there.

Proud - When visitors take a photo of it.

Fear - When it's about to fall.

Anxiety - When someone looks at it too closely.

Shock - When someone uses flash to take a photo of it.

Calm - When it has been in the museum for a long time.

Analogical Thinking

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Similes, metaphors and analogies are thinking strategies that provide new ideas for problem-solving by making associations between objects that seem different.

Think about it, a candle might be happy/sad when it's lit. 

It might feel mad when it's melting.

Or shock if broken.

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Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

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For example, "time is money."

Metaphors is a figure of speech involving the comparison in which one thing is said to be another.

For example, "You are my sunshine."

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An analogy is a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based on.

(http://www.design.iastate.edu/NAB/images/thinkingskills/metaphoric/bisociation1.jpg)

Lateral Thinking

"Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic." 

- by Edward de Bono.

This week's class begins with interesting problems.

Draw 9 dots, and join them with 4 lines without lifting your pen/pencil at all.

Why does the bee flies into a painting of a flower instead of the real rose?

(http://www.wikihow.com/Attract-Honey-Bees#/Image:Attract-Honey-Bees-Step-2.jpg)

Most of us couldn't come out with a solution as we all tried to make a shape within the square of the dots but after that we know that we have to work out of the box.

(https://thebusinesspath.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/think_outside_the_box.jpg)

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I think it's really useful for art student like us as it help us to boost our creativity, enable us to come out with unique ideas.

Mind mapping

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Mind map, something I bet everyone is familiar with.

This week's lesson is on mind mapping.

We have to do a mind map on how education can lead to a happy life.

Personally, I think mind map is very good for organising your thoughts and ideas.

The topic that we're given was very common, yet I find it very interesting.

Ever since the school started, we're all busy due to our assignments that needs to be done thus we don't really know each other that well yet.

This lesson gave us an opportunity to know more about our group members.

We get to share our thoughts about a serious issue, and we get to know each other's aspiration, their kind of ideal life and most importantly, their life.

(https://www.mindtools.com/media/Diagrams/mindmap.jpg)

(http://blog.iqmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/How-to-Mind-Map-2000px.jpg)

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After researching on several mind maps on the internet, we decorated our mind maps with colors and drawing.

After seeing their skills on drawing, it motivates me to work harder on my drawing as I had never drew any decent stuff in my life.