This weeks topic was a continuation on "Brainstorming". However, we begin the first half of the lesson doing presentation of the group assignment given. Each groups were given a topic that started as "101 ways to.." per say. Well, my team was assigned with 101 ways to cross roads. Well, we kept it simple for which each of us had to brainstorm for the least of 25 ideas and write/draw it then on paper. Mr Ezzam expected us to think outside of the box, most impractical yet still creative.
I realised there were many of us had really interesting topics, I'm not going to lie. I really liked the group that had to come up with ways to use an umbrella and also kill a cockroach! They had really funny yet crazily possible ideas that I would like to see it happen in real life,haha! I think with the help of brainstorming, this activity really taught us how to expand our thinking and come out of familiarity.Afterwards, our lecturer gave us another topic to brainstorm on as a group. We had to give more than just a general answer.
What is actually our role as a designer/artist?
Besides the fact that I went blank for most of the given time.. This was definitely a tough one! Not many knew what was the answer, or they just thought otherwise. Well, as a group, it was interesting to experience how my teammates view their future as.. Especially knowing what matters to them when it comes to their passion for art.
Honestly, most of our "guestamation" were not in depth. It was to the point and simple.
For example, conveying a message. This takes effect to most graphic designers. Normally it is seen as to how we can raise/promote awareness or spread news through our visual work. Be it, in posters, advertisements etc. Also in a sense to create trend with use of fashion design, or even beautify nature through interior design. Undeniably, there are many roles of a designer. ANY designer. Yes, we still do earn money, we still try to live life in a different perspective and enjoy the world but that does not limit only to designers having to experience all of that. The real question here is, with whatever we ought to do in life as part of a career, especially in the design industry,
How can we affect such change to the world?
How do we conserve what we have left and still be able to succeed?
How do we make the good out of it without having to waste it all in the end?
Now, THAT'S a thinker. Am I right?
Damn... and I am still in search for my answer and purpose to it. I think most of us are.
I just got a hunch about it! And so, we were instructed to lie down on the floor in front of the gallery. [Pic shown above. Exactly!]
Lie down. Be quiet. Write down our thoughts and basically just do nothing.
Okay, so I thought well, this is no biggie.. I got this!
There I was lying down sideways, flat on the ground. All these thoughts starts to come to mind.
"OH GOSH ANTS!" "My butt! I know its irrelevant but.. ugh!"
"ROCKS. I see tiny rocks!" "My hair! There is an ant in my hair! I can feel it!"
At that point, I just took a deep breath and just laughed to myself. I was too focused. I was zooming to details in such a rush, which led me feeling flustered, uneasy & uncomfortable. Exactly the feelings I was trying to avoid. But nooo... it happened anyways.
I continued to write though, as I settled down.. I got pretty calm and felt weirdly at ease. Despite being on the rocky ground, the silence made me reminisce a time when I was traveling. I looked into the blue sky and could just hear the wind and feel such weather, as though I was somewhere on a holiday. I could hear little echoes of passerby's chatting & laughing away. I felt small and tiny that my presence was pretty much insignificant to anyone surrounding me. Maybe this is what it feels like, sometimes when we draft away from chaos. As I turned and face upwards to the ceiling, it felt like everything was so opposite and out of perspective. In a good way though, haha! It is not everyday that I just lie down staring blankly and talk to myself. As simple as it may seem, this is a perfect example of ways we could imply when we design in future. We have to constantly be sensitive. Look at all perspective, even those out of the norm, good or bad. It can take effect for us either way where we will evolve.
I realised there were many of us had really interesting topics, I'm not going to lie. I really liked the group that had to come up with ways to use an umbrella and also kill a cockroach! They had really funny yet crazily possible ideas that I would like to see it happen in real life,haha! I think with the help of brainstorming, this activity really taught us how to expand our thinking and come out of familiarity.Afterwards, our lecturer gave us another topic to brainstorm on as a group. We had to give more than just a general answer.
What is actually our role as a designer/artist?
Besides the fact that I went blank for most of the given time.. This was definitely a tough one! Not many knew what was the answer, or they just thought otherwise. Well, as a group, it was interesting to experience how my teammates view their future as.. Especially knowing what matters to them when it comes to their passion for art.
Honestly, most of our "guestamation" were not in depth. It was to the point and simple.
For example, conveying a message. This takes effect to most graphic designers. Normally it is seen as to how we can raise/promote awareness or spread news through our visual work. Be it, in posters, advertisements etc. Also in a sense to create trend with use of fashion design, or even beautify nature through interior design. Undeniably, there are many roles of a designer. ANY designer. Yes, we still do earn money, we still try to live life in a different perspective and enjoy the world but that does not limit only to designers having to experience all of that. The real question here is, with whatever we ought to do in life as part of a career, especially in the design industry,
How can we affect such change to the world?
How do we conserve what we have left and still be able to succeed?
How do we make the good out of it without having to waste it all in the end?
Now, THAT'S a thinker. Am I right?
Damn... and I am still in search for my answer and purpose to it. I think most of us are.
Later then, we were told to meet outside Lim Hai Tak Gallery onto our next class activity.
Are we gonna visit the museum? Explore the corners of the school?
What could it be this time?
Remembering the times we played TAG as an assignment, this definitely got to be huge as well.I just got a hunch about it! And so, we were instructed to lie down on the floor in front of the gallery. [Pic shown above. Exactly!]
Lie down. Be quiet. Write down our thoughts and basically just do nothing.
Okay, so I thought well, this is no biggie.. I got this!
There I was lying down sideways, flat on the ground. All these thoughts starts to come to mind.
"OH GOSH ANTS!" "My butt! I know its irrelevant but.. ugh!"
"ROCKS. I see tiny rocks!" "My hair! There is an ant in my hair! I can feel it!"
At that point, I just took a deep breath and just laughed to myself. I was too focused. I was zooming to details in such a rush, which led me feeling flustered, uneasy & uncomfortable. Exactly the feelings I was trying to avoid. But nooo... it happened anyways.
I continued to write though, as I settled down.. I got pretty calm and felt weirdly at ease. Despite being on the rocky ground, the silence made me reminisce a time when I was traveling. I looked into the blue sky and could just hear the wind and feel such weather, as though I was somewhere on a holiday. I could hear little echoes of passerby's chatting & laughing away. I felt small and tiny that my presence was pretty much insignificant to anyone surrounding me. Maybe this is what it feels like, sometimes when we draft away from chaos. As I turned and face upwards to the ceiling, it felt like everything was so opposite and out of perspective. In a good way though, haha! It is not everyday that I just lie down staring blankly and talk to myself. As simple as it may seem, this is a perfect example of ways we could imply when we design in future. We have to constantly be sensitive. Look at all perspective, even those out of the norm, good or bad. It can take effect for us either way where we will evolve.
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