Week 9: Force Connections 1

What is Force Connections?

Force Connections is a way of describing the act of combining 2 or more unrelated 

things to express a new message. One of the methods of establishing such connection is by SCAMPER.

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This is a method to create new items. 

There are a lot of objects that had been invented in a way that it is more convenient to use. 

Here are a few examples:

1. Pencil
2. Language
3. Skateboard
4. Life Jacket
5. Rubber baking tray 
6. Roller Skates
7. Flippers

 Let's take flippers as an example. Flippers is an object that help people to move 

through water more efficiently as human feet are to small. They combine a shoe and rubber

look a-like animal feet to form flippers so it will be easier for people to swim. 

This is one way of Force Connections. 

From this lesson, i've learn that there are actually alot of things that is made using forced connections. We can also create a new product of we were to use the SCAMPER method.

Week 8: Tutorial Practice (SAM visit)

Term break: Tutorial practice

Currently we are having a 1 week term break. We were given an assignment which is to go to SAM & Q8. 

CURIOSITY:

As you can see, we capture our friend's reflection as he was curious of what the art piece was about and the art piece is to show us to reflect on ourself.

Stable:
By looking at the artefact, it shows how stable the item is and that it is firm.

Sollem: 

It shows a solemn mood as the colour to shoot the photography is taken in Black and White. Black and White describe how negative they are feeling.

Excitment:

The creatures that is being hung is shining and glowing. It shows how excited it is to be floating up in the air.

Calm:

The miniatures is being placed in a well mannered way. It has the same colour and with the white background, it shows how calm everything in the room is. 

Fear:

This artwork shows a fearful effect as it had blood and stains all over the canvas and how the humans in the painting had a fearful expression. 

Trust:
It shows how they have trust issues between each other and there is still blood stain being seen. It can also may be because trust can ruin the citizens value.

Happy:
It can be seen how happy and loving this married couple is in the picture. The red heart shapes give more effect.

Sadness:
It shows sadness to me because it is somehow a way to show the past memories and the people who had left them in life.

Anticipation:
The dinosaur is anticipated by the truck and looking forward to something positive which is going to happen.

Week 7: Analogical Thinking 1

What is Analogical Thinking?

It is a thinking strategy that provides new ideas for problem solving by making 

associations between objects that seem dissimilar. 

There are 3 ways on how Analogical Thinking can be use as. 

1. Similes
2. Metaphors
3. Analogy

Similes

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A similes is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with 

another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more vivid.

A similes is also when you say something is like something.

Metaphors

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A metaphor is when you say something is something.

It is as similar as Similes.

Analogy

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Analogy is comparable to metaphor and simile in that it shows how two different

things are similar, but it's a bit more complex. 

There are 4 types of analogy. 

Personal Analogy: Imagine ourself being an object.

Direct Analogy: Compare object's properties to properties of other objects. 

Symbolic Analogy: Comparing it to an abstract principles. 

Fantasy Analogy: Frees your imagination from the boundaries of the

normal world. 

Class Exercise 1

Relating a Candle, Clock, Plug and Pencil. 

Week 6: Lateral Thinking

What is Lateral Thinking? 

Lateral Thinking is a problem solving through an indirect and creative approach.

Lateral Thinking is also about

• thinking outside the box
• thinking creatively
•                                                         discarding the obvious
•                                                  throwing away preconceptions 
•                                                    provocations of new patterns

Everyone in the class had to participate in the activity that was being shown 

on the powerpoint slides. It was very challenging and hard for me but

i did not gave up and manage to solve the problem. Even though the answer is very obvious,

i still did not find any answers to solve it after 5 minutes. 

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My group members were squeezing each other's brain juice to solve the problem. 

We work together so that it will be easier for us to solve.