Thursday, 18 October 2012

Week7 Origination



READING: The Laws of Simplicity; John Maeda 

•  Intro and Law 6 – Context
–  http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2006/07/23/law-6-context-2/



 Reading Quiz

Answer the following questions as succinctly as possible in your own words 
10 mins: Cut & paste into your blog and start answers / 10 mins: Open discussion 
1.  What does the word ENTROPY mean and why is this relevant? 
It means a decline or deterioration
2.  If you are attuned to everything around you, does it help you deal with what is in front 
of you and why or why not ? 
Yes, it helps. If you can deal with everything around you, you don't have to worry about what is in front of you. 
3.  How is this different from FOCUS ? 
Focus is when you look at something only and everthing around it, you will ignore or blur it.
4.  Being lcomfortably lostzis a balance between what 2 feelings? 
5.  Describe a recent scenario when you found yourself to be lcomfortably lostz. Did you 
enjoy the sensation? 
When I go to meet new people. It likes half afraid and half excited.
6.  If you couldn`t hold back the urge to write on the ldon`t write on this pagezpage – 
what would you write? 
May be just draw something, don't write it.

Thinking Game – Lateral Thinking DISCUSSION


Edward de Bono’s “6 Thinking Hats” 
•  Which HAT best represents your group? 
•  Why? 
•  Describe an Exhibition Group meeting where you may adopt the BLACK hat 
•  In your blog write 6 labelled paragraphs on your group’s progress to date, using each 
of the 6 hats as a perspective.


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