Syafiq: October 2014

Thank you very nice.

At first i thought that these class makes no difference but actually it does as a matter of fact we really forced ourselves to think differently which is good for an art student to think out of the box. We have to, the more ideas we get, the more we want to do, the more we do, the more we get good at it. The class was fun so it really motivate us to go and learnt stuff that we will be needing in the future. From what i see these module helps me to think more in depth now which is good and I tend to question more now. At the end of the day its up to us wether we wanna apply what we have learnt to our daily life.

Week 10: Forced Connections again

Week 10 in class we did an exercise that allow us to make sentences from the words provided on this website called Kids Magnetic Poetry Kit its totally random but really helps if you are stuck with something or in need of fresh ideas.

Its so random though

We did these as a class as well, it was fun and funny. One by one each of us have to pick a word and the other will continue. You get the picture it was totally random. So yeah different people have different set of thinking. What we did in class was helpful because we have to admit that we do have fix mindset about something and these activity really helps me to think creatively!

Week 9: Forced Connections

Forced connections is the ability to combine two or more things into one. It helps to widen our perspective of things. The purpose of these activity is to see things differently. I think the idea of these is pretty interesting and kinda fun too.

We were given a choice of 6 items. I chose cup and we have to combine it with the personality given by our lecturer.

1) Passionate cup

I drew a cup with a women body sticking out as a handle it give a sense of passionate to me.

2) Sad cup

I drew a cup with lots of hole so that when water is being pour onto it looks lie the cup is bursting with tears.

3) Brave cup

For brave cup i drew a muscular hand, one flexing the other connected to the cup as a handle. People usually tend to think that one have to be muscular to be brave.

4) Creative cup

I drew a cup with weirdly shape

5) Greedy cup

I drew a cup connected to another cup and with lots of handle on it haha

6) Hardworking cup

I drew a really tiny cup so that it will literally make you hardworking by filling up once its empty.

Week 8: Analogical thinking again

In class on week 8 we have to find objects in school that have faces on them. Here are some examples of what we find..

So yeah our task is to find objects with faces on them hahahaha..

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Didn't really notice that everyday objects have faces too! Not bad for an object...

Week 7: Analogical Thinking

An analogy is a comparison between two objects, or systems of objects, that highlights respects in which they are thought to be similar. Analogical reasoning is any type of thinking that relies upon an analogy. An analogical argument is an explicit representation of a form of analogical reasoning that cites accepted similarities between two systems to support the conclusion that some further similarity exists. In general (but not always), such arguments belong in the category of inductive reasoning, since their conclusions do not follow with certainty but are only supported with varying degrees of strength. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reasoning-analogy/

On week 7 we learnt that one can be inspired by their surroundings no matter how dumb that object may looks to you it can be meaningful toward others. It always depend on how you look at certain things.

As a group(me,raj and taufiq) we went around school searching for shapes and forms that have been inspired by another thing.

Construction cone

Ice cream cone

Week 6: 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. The term was coined in 1967 by Edward de bono.' taken from google. So basically it is thinking out of the box. In class we did an exercise answering tricky questions haha we did have fun though. Here you go..

Week 5: Digital MInd-Map

So yeah on week 4 I did a mind-map with my classmates physically on piece of mahjong paper with colorful makers. This week I did a digital version of a mind map with the school iPad. I find it more useful doing a mind map physically rather than digital which allows me to relate hence it's more memorable. But doing it digitally on the app called imindmap hd save more time and papers too but you can't doodle or sketch unless you buy the paid version of it. Here you go...

ouh wait i did these with taufiq and raj.

http://va1m-taufiqslm.blogspot.sg

http://va1m-raj.blogspot.sg

Breaking rules part 2

Talking about artists that have broken the rules again. But this time round its artists from different major from mine. One must learnt the rules before breaking them, sometimes it will turn good, sometimes it doesn't. Who knows...

From what i see breaking the rules as an artist,designer or architecture is doing something different from others, something unique, uncommon, rare that people have never seen or thought of. So here are some few examples of a weird buildings by Frank Gehry.

"I have always had a strong interest in both food and art. In October of 2013, I decided to merge these two interests by creating beautiful images using many different ingredients from around the world. I am not only creating art, I am also trying to promote the beauty and diversity of all of the various fruits and vegetables in the world in the hopes to encourage people to try new things. My goal is to share my work with as many people as possible and bring a little culture, a little fun, and a little joy into everyday life. What started out as a hobby, has evolved into something more. I am doing commissioned pieces, teaching others how to create food art, and incorporating my creations into dinner parties and other events. " Harley Langberg.