4th Week of Being Creativated

WEEK 4
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Monday - 1 Dec 2008
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Today, the class was quite creativated for me a little more from yesterday. We have been given a booklet of creative test @ quiz @ exam from a place I could not remember, stated on the booklet. But it was quite bizarre to me for having that kind of nicely-design-question-booklet. It has a simple but nice design on the front page. Stated also its creator and where it came from. (I still could not remember).

What I love about this question booklet was about its questions! :D

The questions are all about giving you extra knowledge and giving you the chance of being more creative in whatever you are up to in your life. (That's what I can conclude from it).

The questions were all asked us to draw something from a simple shape such as a line, a curve, a circle, and etc.

For me, by having this kind of activity, I can managed to be more creative in my life. I can use something to create another thing. It's like MacGyver.

He creates new things by just using simple things and the things that people would really think that it might no longer useful to them.


In brief, the series revolved around MacGyver, who favors brain over brawn in order to solve desperate problems. MacGyver's main asset is his practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items—along with his ever-present Swiss Army Knife. The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly intractable problems—often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes—were a major attraction of the show, which was praised for generating interest in the applied sciences, and particularly engineering, as well as providing entertaining story lines. All of MacGyver's exploits on the show were ostensibly vetted to be based on real scientific principles (even though, the creators acknowledged, in real life one would have to be extraordinarily lucky for most of MacGyver's ideas to succeed). In the few cases where MacGyver used household chemicals to create poisons, explosives or other things deemed too dangerous to be accurately described for public consumption, details were intentionally altered or left vague. (Wikipedia)

Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver

Here are some videos from MacGyver's series, which I think can definitely encourage us to be more creative and innovative in our lives.

Wednesday - 3 Dec 2008
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Random Association (RA)

What I understand about this method, by having a question asked, one should randomly choose a word and have to solve the question by using the randomly-chosen word.

For example,

1. Find a problem and choose a random image to use it to solve the problem.


2. Find the characteristics of the image to be used as the main idea of the solutions.


3. Use the characteristics to build rough ideas.

4. Take the rough ideas and cut it down into several ideas.
~(This process is called "Stepping Stone)

5. There you have it! Brilliant solutions... :)

Next example,

1. Problem: Design/ propose an idea or image or object that create/ instill fear among/ to human beings.

2. Image: Durian

3. Characteristics of a durian:
i. Smelly
ii. Pointy-sharp
iii. Hot
iv. Acidic
v. Green
vi. Yellow
vii. etc.
viii. etc.

4. Create rough ideas


5. Cutdown ideas (Stepping Stone)

6. Solution: Create a smelly gigantic red-coloured with sharp pointy things around it. On top of it, when people come near to it, it'll automatically roll-chase the person. (Just an idea :D )