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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...

Today’s lecture was quite a content intensive one, we went into greater detail on the field of visual communication, and how composition is the placement and arrangement of visual elements or ingredients which is distinct from the actual subject of the work. This is often found in ‘good’ design or work. In particular, we covered the Fibonacci numbers, the Rule of Thirds, and Subject Composition. This week, due to the nature of the content, I’ll be giving a bullet-pointed summary first before going into application, reflection and takeaways. So sit tight yeah! :) Fibonacci Numbers Fibonacci Numbers First 21 numbers The beginning of the sequence (Fibonacci sequence): 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8… each number is the sum of the 2 preceding numbers Fibonacci number in a way is the basis of space division/growth in nature E.g. petals on flowers, geometry of crystals and chemical compounds, skeleton of animals and branching of veins Use of proportion in artistic endeavours/visual c...

Image Reference: Evarisitti, M. (2001). Helena . Retrieved from: http://artelectronicmedia.com/artwork/helena-by-marco-evaristti Mario Evaristti Helena 2001 Goldish, Moulinex Optiblend 2000 Mixer Mixed Media Installation In today’s tutorial, we had each brought a piece of artwork/design for the constructive critique exercise. Helena is an art installation from the early 2000s and even though some time had elapsed since I first saw it in a class back in Junior College, it’s still a piece that is very much etched in my mind (maybe because of the shock effect that it had. I’m still not over the trauma. I kid.) Response A goldfish. And a blender. Doesn’t quite sound like complementary things, or in facts words that you would even place together in a single sentence, but prolific contemporary artist Marco Evaristti managed to. Consisting of mundane household items – a blender, a household pet like the goldfish – confusion and disbelief will set in once you realis...

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...