Week 6 - Artist Who Have Broken the Rules

1. Marc Quinn
He used his own blood to create frozen sculptures of his face..

2. Unarrom
tasty breads from "BODY BAKERY"

3. Wieki Somers

Sculpture from human ashes..

Some ask..Are the used of human body ethically acceptable in art? I ask..Are there anything else can be used instead of human body? Didn't it feel so tragic to do such a thing to create an outlandish art? is it worth taking?

For who said nafa does not looks attractive, here some solution from our team group about how to make NAFA more attractive:

1. Displaying student work in more interesting and prominent manner, for example allowing the public to write feedback of the work displayed.

2. Large LCD that may display works and performance of student.

3. Certain classroom to be made of anti-glare glasses.

4. Bus exclusively for NAFA student and staff.

5. Optical illusion paintings / street art by student.

6. Min lobby with high ceiling for more attractive first impression.

7. Roof top garden or green house.

8. Nafa student wear attractive uniform

9. nafa lift is outdoor

This might works to make our NAFA more attractive, thanks for concerning..

Week 5 - MIND MAPPING

Our lecturer told us to do mind mapping about:
1. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
2. CREATIVE AND INNOVATION

And this is it...

Week 4 - Designers Who Have Broken the Rules

1. PAULINE VAN DONGEN
 Dress to charge smartphone..

PAULINE has inspire me about the combination that she try to put together technology in fashion. Her idea is super brave for me because this is about how to put electrical stuff onto human body without having risk of harming the health of the person wearing it. 

2. DAAN ROOSEGAARDE
White to transparent when your body change temperature..
Black to transparent when a man come close to you..

This is obviously breath taking especially for guy.. how come a dress..can i call this thing dress? 

How come a dress change transparent when a man come closer? I can't even imagine how smart how creative and how crazy is DAAN could ever make this gorgeous combination of art.

3. DIFFUS

Dress React to CO2 in the Air

Dress is a proper creation made from fabric that uses to cover our body from bad environment that might harm our body and cause sickness. Dress is also a proper way to show respect and social manners. As in some places in the world people still holding tight on etiquette. Some still aware and worry how high-tech dress impact to health. But instead of cherishing all etiquette and manners, some would rather redeem their desire, their imagination and creativity. This is what those 3 designers above really wanted to tell us by using their masterpiece. Maybe some will say they are crazy nuts, but they call themselves artist and call their work art. This is where we are challenge to think from another perspective. Where art is not just all about obeying the rules but it is also about how possible to think out of the box and how possible the thing to be created. I don’t think that breaking the rule is too far as long as they are just showing their creativity by working on outstanding artwork. Nobody offense for brainstorming is free anywhere anytime for anybody. They deserve what they produce and they have right to expose it.

Week 2&3 - 100 WAYS TO..

SOME PICTURES OF BRAINSTORMING GROUP WORK

LINK TO GROUPMATES: MINOLI, GWENDOLYN, AFIQAH

MY PERSONAL REFLECTION OF THE PROCESS OF BRAINSTORMING:

Brainstorming helps me to think faster and faster instead of instantly look at any reference and copy it. This was difficult at the first time but as it goes on, i personally good to go with it. I feel a bit slow like waiting a browser buffering an information but i realize that it become better and better subsequently. Nevertheless, i figure out that i still have a limit of thinking ideas. Sometimes it just like i really run out of idea and can't think out anything. So for me, it is better to stop brainstorming when you already really messed up your mind and tired to think about anything. And after a break, maybe like after a lunch, a walk, a shower, or a nap, you could freshen up your mind and start to brainstorming again. Beside that, thinking about 100 ways to do something is an interesting work. It makes me realize that there are plenty ways to just do a simple thing like squeezing a lemon, build a snowman, kill a cockroach, or anything. I think this is quite similar to thinking ways to make an innovation of machine, like some genius scientist making a cure, like a peson who are lost in a junggle and are forced thinking how to use the nature to survive. Overall, i conclude that brainstorming is a basic and a need for an art people, an artist and also a designer. It is common for everyone but it always appear as a crucial technique that anybody who engaged in art must get used to it.

OTHER TECHNIQUES:

1. Time Travel. How would you deal with this if you were in a different time period? 10 years ago? 100 years ago? 1,000 years ago? 10,000 years ago? How about in the future? 10 years later? 100 years later? 1,000 years later? 10,000 years later?
2. Teleportation: What if you were facing this problem in a different place? Different country? Different geographic region? Different universe? Different plane of existence? How would you handle it?
3. Attribute change. How would you think about this if you were a different gender? Age? Race? Intellect? Height? Weight? Nationality? Your Sanity? With each attribute change, you become exposed to a new spectrum of thinking you were subconsciously closed off from.
4. Rolestorming. What would you do if you were someone else? Your parent? Your teacher? Your manager? Your partner? Your best friend? Your enemy? Etc?
5. Iconic Figures. This is a spinoff of rolestorming. What if you were an iconic figure of the past? Buddha? Jesus? Krishna? Albert Einstein? Thomas Edison? Mother Theresa? Princess Diana? Winston Churchill? Adolf Hitler? How about the present? Barack Obama? Steve Jobs? Bill Gates? Warren Buffet? Steven Spielberg? Etc? How would you think about your situation?
6. Superpowers.This is another spinoff of rolestorming. What if you suddenly have superpowers? Superman? Spiderman? Wonderwoman? X-Men? The Hulk? One of the Fantastic Four? What would you do?
7. Gap Filling. Identify your current spot – Point A – and your end goal – Point B. What is the gap that exists between A and B? What are all the things you need to fill up this gap? List them down and find out what it takes to get them.
8. Group Ideation. Have a group brainstorming session! Get a group of people and start ideating together. More brains are better than one! Let the creative juices flow together!
9. Mind Map. Great tool to work out as many ideas as you can in hierarchical tree and cluster format. Start off with your goal in the center, branch out into the major sub-topics, continue to branch out into as many sub-sub-topics as needed. Source Forge is a great open-source mindmapping software that I use and highly recommend.
10. Medici Effect. Medici Effect refers to how ideas in seemingly unrelated topics/fields intersect. Put your goal alongside similar goals in different areas/contexts and identify parallel themes/solutions. For example, if your goal is to be an award winning artist, look at award winning musicians, educators, game developers, computer makers, businessmen, etc. Are there any commonalities that lie among all of them that you can apply to your situation? What worked for each of them that you can adopt?
11. SWOT Analysis. Do a SWOT of your situation – What are the Strengths? Weaknesses? Opportunities? Threats? The analysis will open you up to ideas you may not be aware before.
12. Brain Writing.Get a group of people and have them write their ideas on their own sheet of paper. After 10 minutes, rotate the sheets to different people and build off what the others wrote on their paper. Continue until everyone has written on everyone else’s sheet.
13. Trigger Method. Brainstorm on as many ideas as possible. Then select the best ones and brainstorm on those ideas as ‘triggers’ for more ideas. Repeat until you find the best solution.
14. Variable Brainstorming. First, identify the variable in the end outcome you look to achieve. For example, if your goal is to achieve X visitors to your website, the variable is # of visitors. Second, list down all the possibilities for that variable. Different variations of visitors are gender/age/race/nationality/occupation/interests/etc. Think about the question with each different variable. For example, for Genre: How can you get more females to your website? How can you get more males to your website? For age: How can you get more teenagers to your website? How can you get more adults to your website? And so on.
15. Niche. This is the next level of variable brainstorming method. From the variations of the variable you have listed, mix and match them in different ways and brainstorm against those niches. For example, using the example in #14, how can you get more male teenagers to your website? (Gender & Age) How can you get more American female adults to your website? (Nationality, Gender & Age)
16. Challenger. List down all the assumptions in your situation and challenge them. For example, your goal is to brainstorm on a list of ideas for your romance novel which you want to get published. There are several assumptions you are operating in here. #1: Genre to write: Romance. Why must it be that romance? Can it be a different genre? Another assumption is for a novel. #2: Length of the story: Novel. Why must it be a novel? Can it be a short story? A series of books? #3: Medium: Book. Why must be it a book? Can it be an ebook? Mp3? Video? And so on.

Week 1 - EXPLORING THE JOURNEY..

1. "SCENERY"
Such an interesting SIGHT.
Even a crowd atmosphere that freak you out still makes you feel a bit excited cause ..
it makes you realize that Today is  HOLIDAY..

2. "HARBOUR"
A sight that settle down your messy and fatigue thoughts. Everything looks better in blue as the cloud and the sea fit to one another. 
This sight makes you feel close to nature, telling us this is the world we live on..

3. "LOOK DOWN when you are UP"
Enjoying beautiful and adorable water below our feet, remind us to tell ourselves..
 'Hakuna Matata' which means 'no worries', everything is okay. 

4. "MERLION"
Can't no longer withstand seeing the merlion from far far away.
The view is tempting so badly.. Can't wait to get there as well..

5. "CASCADE"
It is cozy to HEAR the water rippling sound and the sun-light shining brightly through the slit of green plants. Such a beautiful and warm refreshment..

6. "GREENERY"
The green sight plus the light sunshine making people take a deep breath..
The colour green is giving a huge refreshment to our eyes..
The freash air also remedy our lungs..

7. "CAVE"
An interesting artificial cave giving warm perspective..
 Covering from blazing sun and heavy rain. Keep us warm and comfy.
Also as a shelter when feeling weary after a long walk.

8. "WATERFALL"
Enjoy cool water sprinkle on our face in a hot summer day.
 Feel relief watching the water falling high up from the source.
 Hearing the sounds of splatter could calm the freak down.

9. "SEA-HORSE"
He seems flaunting his body shape in front of the capturing spot showing his beauty.This is a marine creature's beauty and it is worth an concession.

10. "CIRCLE"
This is a life circle of a sea horse. Baby is born to grow up as an adult. They have their rights even they are small tiny little creatures.

11. "SWIMMING"
Another being of sea horses. They are various and look marvelous in every kinds. This one looks most like a horse when it is swimming. 

12. "CORAL"
Sea corals' beauty and existence is very crucial. They are home to fishes and any other sea creatures. This colourful sea creatures really do breathtaking.

13. "FISH"
This are fishes..for sure. They are not worms, or snakes, or eels. They stick at the bottom of the sea. They peep out like an earthworms.
I would really like to pull them out and see what's going on then.

14. "JELLY FISH BABY"
Floating in the water, move with style..
Kind of dancing but actually they're swimming..
They are already very fabulous and startling since baby..

15. "JELLY FISH MOMMY"
Flower pattern inside it and right in the middle of the jelly fish mommy.
They got long tentacles for swimming and they are too transparent to see without colour bulbs. Mommies swim separately from their babies.

16. "UMBRELLA JELLY FISH"
Flowing beautifully everytime it takes an action to move.
  really long tentacles to swim and it looks matching with the red light shining above..

17. "TURKEY LEGS"
After a long explore our stomach began to starve.
That's when the miracle of turkey legs begin.. The TASTE is so good and the smell is over incredible. The meat melts the hot sunny day into a cool refreshing cloudy day.
We are good to go anyway..

18. "NACHOS"
Some nachos to complete the light meal break.. chewy cheese match the nacho so well that it feel tasty when touches our tongue..

19. "CHUROOS"
When sweet things come to eyes you can not refuse it to come into mouth.
This is crunchy and addictive.. in a good way.

20. "MINION"
It is a waste not taking picture with this cute huge minion especially for a minion lover like me. Entre the shop and buy minion stuff become my first desire.
Last but not least, a complete journey is when you feel happy to explore and to mingle with the environment.