(brain assistant box) on to 4x 5 cards for monday feb 2

per our class discussion- connections can be made by combining individual image cards and word clipping cards (thoughts expressed as words). make sure to shift and try different arrangements that create new ideas. the ideas happen by these random connections might not be going in the same direction as your original plan. let things happen, look for new connections that take you into new territory. “the oblique strategies" can help you find a new point of view...

connections are all around us
connections can lead to new connections
connections generate authenticity
authenticity is persuasive

generate your cards and post on your blog for Monday. Make Connections!
be sure to check out the other class blog.

Realizations about design process: (thank you polly)... in her words

Robert Wilson is a designer of space, time—theatrical events. He begins thinking about new performances by creating a series of abstract charcoal drawings, arranging them into sequences, then studying the drawings, looking for stories and structures for the stage.

I one time had the opportunity to talk to Nancy Skolos of Skolos Wedell. She told me how she would cut little compositions out of paper and arrange them while talking on the phone, catalogue the compositions, and pull them out for poster designs at a later date.

Both processes ( I am so relieved to know ) fly in the face of what I had always believed to be true—a concept must be created first, then form is determined to support that concept. There is no right or wrong way to approach design. The only way to approach design, is to be true to the way you see the world. But, first make sure you are looking (and seeing).

a little bit of synchronicity: The current show in the Selby Gallery titled Thomas Woodruff's Freak Parade is on exhibit in the Selby Gallery. He was only in his 20's when he collaborated with Robert Wilson on set decor for a theatrical performance titled Edison.

Presentation 2: Experiences + Connections

Presentation 2: Experiences + Connections
Questions for the next presentation:

1)What are some different kinds of connections that can be made between image+image, words+images?
2)How do you know when you have and have not made connections?

“The Oblique Strategies" can help you find connections...

Dan Pink would say... ”Like drawing, Symphony is largely about relationships. People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age must understand the connections between diverse, and seemingly separate,disciplines. They must know how to link apparently unconnected elements to create something new. And they must become adept at analogy—at seeing one thing in terms of another. “ -from A Whole New Mind.

A STORY IS A FACT, WRAPPED IN AN EMOTION THAT COMPELS US TO TAKE ACTION THAT TRANSFORMS OUR WORLD.

five basic components:

a passion- in which the story is told

hero- or narrator- to see through his or her eyes

antagonist or obstacle-

awareness- allows the hero to prevail

transformation- the results in the hero and the world

(from the book The Elements of Persuasion)