ah teaches creative projects (Ideation lecture)

Ideation

Lecture outline

An introduction to the course and discussing creativity and ideation. Lecture slides will be made available on the day of the lecture.

Welcome to IAT-199!

https://sd199.ah.link

Today's class

Reading/reflection time

Ideation exercises

Some of these are meant to get you thinking about your projets, others are just to get us out of our heads.

Ideation exercises

Top fives

If you were to make something, what are the top five things you would want to make?

You have 5 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Song sage

Part 1: Select a lyric from your favourite three songs. Aim for 2-10 words per lyric.

You have 5 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Opposites

Part A: Write down five different words — one per post-it — and distribute them amongst the group so everyone has at least one of your words. Make sure these are very good words. Choose carefully.

You have 5 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Reverse time capsule

You have to send a time capsule into the past to your six-year-old self. Sketch out three objects it contains. Be prepared to describe the object but not why it is in the time capsule.

You have 5 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Opposites

Part B: Sketch out five different images that may appear on a postage stamp — one per post-it — and distribute them amongst the group so everyone has at least one of your images. Ensure your sketches are sufficiently clear as to be understood by others.

You have 5 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Song sage

Part 2: What are three questions you have about the future? Aim for questions that are not too broad (i.e. will AI take over the world is too broad)

You have 5 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Opposites

Part C: Associate each of your words with one of the sketches you have.

You have 2 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Song sage

Part 3: Associate your questions for the future (P2) with your song lyrics (P1).

You have 2 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Opposites

Part D: Together as a group make a sentence of the words and sketches.

You have 2 minutes.

Ideation exercises

Brainstorming

What are twenty different projects you could see yourself doing for the final project in this course?

You have 2 minutes.

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