week one

First week's lecture talked about the history and prevalence of visual design in the world, starting from the beginning of civilisation until now. I got to know about the difference between logos and symbols. the concept of global design is exceptionally exciting to me because it mentioned Apple having a very coherent global design, which is a minimalistic look. Being the owner of a few Apple products, it was something I could really relate and appreciate.

Our first task was to come up with a device or machine that could enhance our creativity. I began to write down some words that came to my mind, as seen in the photo below. Without hesitation, I knew that my device had to have a teleportation function of some sort, because I feel that seeing more of the world allows me to have a broader perspective. I always remember seeing telephone booths being teleportation devices, so that's what I drew.

Speaking of perspectives, what if I could shrink with the press of a button? Go into cells to look at how intricate these little things are at the click of a button. After all, nature is beautiful and if we can look at it from all perspectives, even down to the atomic and molecular levels, that would give us so much more inspiration.

Being involved in multiple activities, I constantly have a lot of things on my to-do list, and sometimes I find it difficult to generate ideas because of my cluttered mind. Wouldn't idea generation be so much easier without all these things on my to-do list? I could have minions helping me complete these tasks and I would have more space in my mind to explore more ideas.























I am someone who values personal space and alone time very much, and thus I do things best when I am alone. This also extends to times when I need to be creative and think of ideas - I can't do it when there are a lot of external distractions. Thus, a bubble that separates me from the rest of the world would be perfect to help me settle down and generate ideas.

Memories also play a big part in creativity in my opinion, because we base our ideas off of things that we have seen before. If we had more memory space, we could remember more things and have a greater pool of ideas to pick from.

Presenting, the Space Manipulator 1.0! This device is in the shape of a typical London phone booth, which is a disguise for a teleportation machine. It has 4 functions, namely TIME TRAVEL & TELEPORTATION, BUBBLE MAKER, USB MEMORY STORAGE, & TASK DELETER.

TIME TRAVEL AND TELEPORTATION brings you to any space and time I'd like to be at, to allow me to explore different ways that people did things, in a different time or place. This is activated by a phone, where the coordinates of the place I want to go to can be keyed in, along with the year. This will then transport me to wherever I want to be.

BUBBLE MAKER is a personal space bubble blower at the base of the booth that helps me to block out any external distractions that may cause decreased creativity. It is in a way, a boost of focus and allows me to let my creativity juices flow with ease.

USB MEMORY STORAGE is a port that lets me store all my memories in this booth, so that in the future, I can refer to them and find inspiration in the things that I've seen and experienced.

TASK DELETER works by ticking things off my to-do list, so that I can have a less cluttered mind, and have greater freedom for creativity. Once the to-do list is clipped, the minions will process my tasks and start to help me complete banal everyday tasks, thus giving me more time to be creative.