Creative Thinking: September 2015

Sunday, 27 September 2015

Force Connection

Force Connection is a way of combining two different object that are unrelated to express a new message.

An example that learn from the class,

Combining plates with a weighing machine

http://www.amazon.com/Prep-Solutions-Progressive-Microwavable-Plates/dp/B0000CF8SU

http://www.indiamart.com/k3ggenxt/adult-digital-weighing-scales.html

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Promotional-Pen-Correction-Tape-Pen_105833890/showimage.html

The message is trying to convey is "weight awareness".

Case study 1
What do you need when attending a typical lecture?

Answer : Paper, different colour pens, pencil, eraser, correction tape and highlighters.

There are so many answer to the case study and there are also a lot of things to bring to the lecture.
What if you can reduce the items you bring to the lecture.

http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.sg/2010/09/staedtler-760-mechanical-pencil-review.html

Pencil combine with eraser.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Promotional-Pen-Correction-Tape-Pen_105833890/showimage.html

Two coloured pen combined a correction tape combined together.

http://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/custom-pens/boston-pen-highlighter.htm

Highlighter combined with a pen.

Case Study 2

You are hiking in the forest and you under-estimated the time and realised that you need to camp overnight. However, you did not bring a tent!

-Temperature will drop as the sun set and need something to keep warm.

Answer :

Jacket that can be a tent and a sleeping bag

http://www.geekalerts.com/jakpak/

It is stylish and also easy to bring around while hiking. It is also a waterproof jacket, tent and sleeping bag.

We also learn about SCAMPER that can be use through force connection.

http://margdteachingposters.weebly.com/thinking-processes.html

http://www.derekchristensen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SCAMPER_Creativity_Technique_One_Pager.png

SCAMPER method also help a lot in creating new products. The things around us actually was developed by forced connection.
Such example is watches (leather/ metal strap and clock), mechanical pencils (pencil and eraser) and the easiest example is your smartphone)

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Analogical thinking Part 2

Nature of Analogical thinking

The benefits of learning analogical thinking as a tool because it helps to experience the interconnectedness of ideas through the difficult concepts. Through analogical thinking, there will be analogical reasoning. Analogical reasoning is the process where you ask question like " what, why and how?" These thinking and reasoning will become a skill as we get better practice with it as to enhance output of creative through a great learning.

https://speak2all.wordpress.com/tag/analogical-reasoning/

There were some questions that our lecturer find it a good way to help us better understand analogical thinking.

The questions were a good way to figure out the relationship given between a sentence that describes the relationship between the first two words.

I find these questions very interesting as some of the words I had never come across and some of them are brain wrecking.

Rodents are mammals of " Rodentia" which are characterized by a single pair of unremittingly growing incisors in their upper and and lower jaws.

The answer was grasshopper because it was saying about the characteristics as honey bee, angel and bat are able to fly. Therefore kangaroo and rabbit is capable of hopping or jumping, so therefore the answer is grasshopper.

This is stating the name of the things.The Siamese is the breed name of a cat. The Romaine is a name of a king of lettuce.

The person who treats different things

Stating the characteristics of a person

Using the synonyms of a same meaning

Using the characteristics of a person in mannerism

Using the synonyms of a same meaning

The songs we hear when it comes for different occasions

Using the Antonyms of an opposite meaning

The shape of the object that is sharp. The similarities of a palm tree and a porcupine

The problems that people face in the own body.

The result of something that leads to something

Learning all this help me understand people, things and animals see a bigger picture of things through understanding what each of the things have through personalities, characteristics and looks.

These questions are from "http://www.indiabix.com/logical-reasoning/analogies/ "

Monday, 7 September 2015

Visit to SAM

Homework : Field trip to SAM museum

Inanimate objects with human characteristics.( Happy, sad, angry, depress, fear , anxiety, confused)

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

Characteristics seen : sad and depress

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Photo taken by : Brenda Chua

Characteristics seen : Sad and anger

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Characteristics seen : Happy, excited, sad

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Photo taken by : Brenda Chua

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Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

Characteristics seen : Shock / Fear

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Characteristics seen : Happy, shock

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

When finding emotions through the picture, it was a little hard when you go to close to the picture and see. However, like people say " step back and see the bigger picture", I finally get what some people were trying to say. When stepping back and turning myself in different angles I soon was able to find many emotions through some of the paintings that was in the art museum.

Analogical Thinking

Analogies, similes and metaphors are use to think strategically to provide new ideas for problem solving by making associations between objects that seem different.

Figure of speech are also used to help connect the unforeseen to the familiar ones.

https://janev777.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/analogical-thinking/

http://va1skanikacsblog.blogspot.sg/2014_10_01_archive.html

Similes

Similes is a figure of speech involving comparison which is " an analogy between the workings of nature and those of humanities" . It is also used to make a description more vivid .

Some examples of similes :

As quiet as a mouse
As quick as flash
As white as sheet
As black as night
As blind as a bat
As big as an elephant
As black as coal
As brave as a lion
As bold as brass
As busy as a bee
As cold as ice
As cool as a cucumber
As cunning as a fox

https://www.smore.com/7ftk2-similes-metaphors

http://generaldelksarmy.blogspot.sg/2012/03/day-127-brought-to-you-by-letter-s.html

Metaphors

A metaphor is a figure of speech that identifies something as the same as some unrelated thing.

http://wakefelderman.blogspot.sg/

http://wronghands1.com/gallery-3/mixed-metaphor-2/

Similes is when saying something is like something

Metaphors is when saying something is something.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/list-of-similes-and-metaphors.html

Classroom Exercise 1

Select objects from environment that demonstrated practice of Analogical Thinking.

- Computer Mouse originated from a mouse

- Electric Lights originated from the Source of light from the sun

- Air condition originated from wind

Classroom exercise 2

Using three objects and inanimate those object with human characteristics ( confuse, calm, happy, angry, sad, depress, fear, anxiety, shock and proud). Objects are a cup , a computer mouse, a plug, a candle , a pencil and a clock.

Photo Taken by : Brenda Chua

I learn that analogical thinking help us see objects in another point of view. For example a characteristics of an object related to a person that cannot be seen only can allow us to connect to the similarities evolving around us.