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Mini-Assignment 2

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Choose Your Lens.

Why do some people choose to view life through rose-coloured glasses?  A bit weird aren’t they – those unnaturally happy people who practically bounce when they walk and have rainbows oozing out from between their lips when they smile. Although a very simplified version, science and research has now given us insight into the brains […]

Ideation

Mini Assignment: TED Talk- Stefon Harris on “There are no mistakes on the bandstand”

Video Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/stefon_harris_there_are_no_mistakes_on_the_bandstand.html Here is a visual representation I made of the Ted Talk.

Colour my World – with Hats

How many project groups have I participated in during my time at Sauder?  4?  8?  10?  How many of those groups have make a commitment to attempt to strive for creative thinking?  1?  2? dStudio gave me the opportunity to be in a class full of 25+ other likeminded students.  Students who were hunger to […]

Find it. Find yours.

Design and creativity are undeniably linked.  They are an old married couple.  Sometimes it is hard to satisfy the needs of both, but often, they stand for the same principles.  There has been much research around creativity: the causes, the catalyst, the benefits, the applications, etc.  The conclusion?  Creativity as unique as a user’s fingerprint.  […]

Sharing goals- a positive feedback loop

Mini Assignment: TED Talk- Derek Sivers on “Keep Your Goals to Yourself”

Video Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself.html I chose this TED talk because I found it very interesting- it is counterintuitive to the “togetherness” environment and energy of the D-Studio. I disagree with this speaker. Sivers advocates that we should not tell other people about our goals. When we tell people about our goals, people congratulate us and have a […]