For this week’s blog card readings we read The Shape of Design where we learned that waiting, listening and observing a challenge can help you react to it with instinct, which will often offer more natural solutions. The chapter also talked about how “…products of design are just negotiations of issues and responses to fixed solutions.”, meaning that a design problem can have multiple products that offer the same solution. I also watched Fashion is fuel for Innovation. In that short video, it emphasized that fashion often represents current society, and that fashion can push movements like environmental conservation, gender equality, and technological advancements. Another video I watched was Four Superpowers of Design. In that video the speaker focused on approaching problems and finding solutions. He pointed out that a good idea sometimes is staring you in the face and all it takes sometimes is reframing and looking at it with a different point of view. In the video Weird or Just Different the speaker talked about how there can be many different ways to approach a single problem, and that the opposite of what you had assumed can also be true. I then learned how most creativity is a remix from Embrace the mix. In that video the speaker went over how most creatives have built on other people’s work to create something new. Lastly, I read the article Can 10 minutes of Meditation Make you more Creative?. In this article the author discussed the benefits of meditation such as, opening your mind to new ideas, improving attention span, and nurturing resilience, which are all things that can improve your creativity.
