Launching The Imagination Edition 5 By Mary Stewart

What are creativity, innovation, and design, and how are these concepts important to meeting the objectives of an organization? To understand these concepts they must first be defined. Webster’s dictionary (http://www.merriam-webster.com) defines creativity as the “Ability to produce something new through imaginative skill, whether a new solution to a problem, a new method or device, or a new artistic objects or form. The term generally refers to a richness of ideas and originality of thinking. Psychological studies of highly creative people have shown that many have a strong interest in apparent disorder, contradiction, and imbalance, which seem to be perceived as challenges. Such individuals may possess an

Our beliefs, time, money, and actions are all being fought over with design as the arsenal. The graphic designer learns how to participate in this fight through education, intuition, creativity, and technical skills. Though helpful, a formal education in design is not what is meant here. The education needed is more about understanding the previously mentioned rules we are working with. Intuition is required in order to know when it is appropriate to adjust or disregard these rules. Creativity is needed because redundancy will not break through the wall into the internal world. Technical skills are essential because poor craft reduces credibility. This idea of the world as an arena is a reoccurring theme in The Cheese Monkeys, and the importance of education, intuition, creativity, and technical skills have been further reinforced to us through the grading process and classroom discussions in Graphic Design

What creativity actually is when you use your imagination, allowing things in the mind to occur that wouldn’t actually occur and also things to better the world. “Being creative is not only about thinking: it is about feeling” (160). You can not just think but you have to have feelings to make sure that you doing things right and feeling like you made something productive in the time. Being creative requires a long process, “magination which is the process of bringing to mind things that are not present to our senses; creativity, which is the process of developing original ideas that

Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”

Two Thinker toy methods that helped me process and come up with new ideas are “Feeding Your Head” and being a “Travel Junkie” (Michalko, 2006). I usually read and travel for fun or a purpose, not for creative thinking.

But in contemporary society, there is no single definition that covers design completely, or even fields of professional practice as graphic or industrial design that adequetly cover the diversity of ideas and practices as once existed. (pg3 wicked problems in Design thinking book THE IDEA OF DESIGN)

In The Book of Stories Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup, Lucy Martin found her great-uncle's The Book of Stories Beginning and began writing her own story beginnings in the enchanted journal. She wrote about her father being a great magician. Everything written in the journal came to life. Lucy's father turned himself into a raven using his magic potion and flew across the ocean to a mythical land called Cat'n'berd Island. Lucy Martin and her great-uncle, Oscar Martin, went on a search to find Lucy's lost father and save him from King Bertram. Kristina Kladstrup was born Sioux City, Iowa. When she was a child, she loved reading and writing and she decided that becoming a writer would be her vocation. The house that her mother lived in when she was a child inspired the setting of Kladstrup’s novel. Kladstrup had also written two other children books which are Garden Princess and Le Livre Des Débuts D'histoires. She had co-written two children's books. One is A Night In Santa's Great Big Bag with Tim Jessell and the other is The Gingerbread Pirates with Matt Tavares. I chose The Book of Story Beginnings because a friend recommended it to me. She said it was set in an island far away from Iowa. I enjoy reading about adventures to distant magical lands, so I agreed to read this book. Upon finishing to book, the ending of the book was different from what I had predicted. I thought that after Oscar helped Lucy find her father, Oscar

Intellectually creative- To pursue different avenues when attempting to solve a problem. We must utilize different means of problem solving when dealing with an issue, whether it be a small issue or a global issue, instead of using a single point-of-view approach.

A Synthesizing and creative mind as Gardner terms them goes side by side as synthesis takes up information from a variety of sources and interprets them objectively. The result is a well-arranged representation of information as it keeps on mounting. Creativity comes in to evaluate the synthesized information and develop ideas or solutions to break new ground. The concept follows the same variable as Fernandez, which accrues the terms curiosity, insight, and creativity. Curiosity, as mired by Fernandez, is the idea of seeking new experiences bounded by knowledge and moreover acknowledged with the willingness to learn and adapt to change (Fernandez 2014). He accords curiosity with insight as one must be able to make sense of the information and the knowledge. The understanding of two results into a creative process that assesses the environment and finds alternatives to the challenges which are a strength for success in the twenty-first century.

As an increasingly important subject, the key concepts demonstrate how Design and Technology creates an interactive decision making process for pupils. For instance the subject combines a practical base with a sound knowledge base, while allowing learning to take place from other areas of the curriculum. In order to learn, pupils have to think creatively and diversely to develop innovative products that can meet a human need. Although the National Curriculum is content based, Design and Technology allows pupils to absorb content because it acknowledges creativity. This allows for a fuller development process. Furthermore the National Curriculum with regards to Design and Technology understands that children

4. To discover whether a concept artist’s way and theory of art suited to be made as guidelines for art students in producing artwork

Learning the fundamentals of Digital Media is essential to laying a solid foundation to allow for a sturdy backing in digital design. Digital design theories, practices, and technologies can provide designers a stable of skills to build core competencies and over time wisdom. Mastering digital design fundamentals will provide opportunity for career growth. Depending on the industry, an entry-level designer can rise from senior designer, to art director, and then creative director. As digital media continues to mature, categorical design disciplines will continue to evolve, shape, and style the visual culture. From magazines to web pages, the spectrum of visual design will continue to move people everywhere on an emotional level.

THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN VOCABULARY LIST Prof. Leisek CATEGORIES OF ART • Fine art – aesthetically pleasing and intellectually brilliant work. • Commercial art – graphic art created specifically for ads, illustrations, books, etc. • Applied art – the adornment of everyday objects. • Functional art/

In the beginning lectures, I had no idea that brainstorming and conceptualizing an idea was part of an elaborate process to generate good product ideas. Great inspiration and a creative idea require deep thinking. I have learned that opportunity identification involves looking into the problems first rather than diving

1. Idea Generation: Idea generation is the actual development of ideas that can become products or services. Either competitors, employees, suppliers, or customers can be the generators of these ideas. Idea generation is the first step in the offered get development process and is often the least costly financially speaking.