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What is it? Got a writer’s block? Can’t find the solution to your problems? Or simply just in need of a device to enhance your creative and critical thinking? Fret not for the Invincible Vacuum Pack is here to save your day! Just like how creativity is often found by rediscovering the extraordinary in the ordinary, the Invincible Vacuum Pack turns the mundane, everyday household equipment into a cognitive device of superpowered levels. Perhaps subconsciously, I was trying to drive across the point that creative thinking should never be seen as something impossible – they often say self-doubt is the greatest barrier to creativity – and I truly believe it is never beyond the ability of the everyday man. How does it work? My dream device the Invincible Vacuum Pack, or more shortly abbreviated as the IVP works almost like an evolved version of the conventional vacuum. It is painted in bright red to embody the passion, bold thinking and trailblazing inventiveness that I thin...

Really hyped to get started on this exercise! We were given a rather broad theme to work with: a Dream Device that can enhance our creativity. Like what the wise old lords would say, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. First of all I started with a mind map to get my ideas and thoughts sorted: I had read in Graham Wallas’s Art of Thought that creative thinking could be roughly divided into a 4-stage process so I had incorporated it into my mind map. Thereafter I came up with the initial sketches: (Pardon the juvenile drawing skills) Susuwatari or Soot Gremlins from Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away . Image Reference: Pinterest. Retrieved from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0b/9b/d2/0b9bd2b14790dc5959d3d7bb0f79e2a6.png The initial draft of the interior of the vacuum resembled like a mechanical factory line/interior of an ordinary vacuum. I wanted to make it more imaginary/out-of-box so I eventually adapted it to look more like a town with imaginary creat...