Week 6 -Continuation on Logical Mind Mapping

This mind map was done during the lecture class. We really make something out of the box as we do mind map about mortar and pestle. HAHA.

Lecture class session by: Mr.Radzi Bedu

Myself

Reflection on the lecture class week 3 & 4

It must be weird for me to make 2 reflection class in one post. How ever, i have nothing much to say about our previous class as our lecturer are teaching us as usual. During week 3, Mr. Mustafa Muzer teach us about novelty,creativity,innovation and invention. While on week 4, he teach us about Logical Mind Map. From my observation, he likes to show us some conference from TED. Well, even though their speech kind of boring but it gives many feedback about certain issue. One of the speech that attract my attentions is about the invention of pre-mature baby body comforter(something like that). The invention is really simple but its saves many lives! I hope he can show us more about this clip.

Logical Mind Map

Mind map was introduced by Tony Buzen. It is a great tool for idea generation and brainstorming. A creative mind map is able to stimulate and to create interest to the individual and also to the viewer.

References: slide by Mr. Mustafa Muzer during class.

Maximize the power of your brain by doing mind mapping. Since I am do my Design Fundamental (Alpha year) Che Mat always asked us to do creative mind map. Sometimes, it's really troublesome as we need to pour our creativity on at least 15 pages of A3 papers. But i believe mind map can help us to understand the information much better. Mind map is like a graphical notes. It's branches bring our eyes to every answer. The images which used in it is easy to understand. The color also play an important role in highlighting the main points or keywords in mind map. It is fact that our brain cells can store more memory or information by using colors in mind map. It makes our learning process more enjoyable. Furthermore, it enhance our idea and bring us to a great problem solving.

Mind maps can be used for:-

* Problem Solving
* Outline / Framework Design
* Anonymous collaboration.
* Marriage of words and visuals.
* Individual expression of creativity.
* Condensing material into a concise and memorable format.
* Team building or synergy creating activity.
* Enhancing work morale.

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map

Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention

Novelty: The quality of being new and fresh and interesting. (as modifier)
When talk about novelty, we can't resist every item which comes from Apple. And now, they bring a new phenomena with a large Multi-Touch screen device known as iPad. As we know, iPad is like a computer which has been 'smack' to be thin, light, compact rectangle shape, smart device which we can do everything we want in our own palm. We can bring it all along it like a notebook but it is digital. What else can we ask from this kind of invention? Maybe 3 to 4 years in the future..the big,bulk PC are not use anymore.

Creativity: Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts.
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Store’s main staircase was presented as a chest of drawers, with everything inside neatly organized. This is CREATIVE. I can say that IKEA is like Home of Creative Department when it comes to design.

Innovation: The act of introducing something new.

I believe that innovation can be something that is already invented but we bring the idea to a higher level. Such like this shoes. Maybe some of you of don't even recognize it as a shoes until it being told that it is a shoes.

Invention: A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation.

Invention can be many thing involve around us. A simple invention like clips can be a great creation as it make our task more easy.

Hence, novelty, creativity, innovation and invention are like circle which keep rotating and it apply effectively in our daily life.

Reference: http://www.wordia.com/novelty
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
http://www.answers.com/topic/innovation
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/invention

Reflection on the lecture class week 2

On week 2 class..we all having lecture about creative thinking with Mr. Yap Sau Bin. He is really something. I can see his enthusiasm when he giving lecture to us especially when he asked us to imagine something creative about the metal rod that he keep playing for a while. Well..when he asked our opinions about the metal rod, i am quite nervous because i am a bit blur that time. But when hear all my friends opinion, it's quite interesting. However, i hope that our lecturer can show us more movie like our previous MLC class during Alpha year. yeah!!