So, after a lot of weight lifting and running around and printing and maps and lack of ability to save certain files, we got our products done and dusted (minus 2 staples, and the box of dice and glasses, that iare with Yiche for finishing touches.)
(the map is awesome by the way)
For our exhibition space this is ideally what we have in mind all we need is some surface space the map is A1 size.
After naming our products, the dice required a little booklet for the randomised actions to be listed in, so I tried a couple of different layouts. The group decided on the simplest one, which I agree is probably the best. (Example shown as “Red”
Yep… Here they … are:
They’ll be in a little booklet to go with the dice.
During the meeting Yiche meant business!
Some notes of things to think about and things that need doing , that we discussed during group meeting on tuesday.
One of the major comments we got during our feedback was that whatever written material (or even object) we produce should not be clichéd, right out of a Cosmo Girl magazine (a sentiment I think we all shared)
Having picked up a book just recently from the Tate Modern’s bookshop called “57 Ways to Unlock Your Creative Self” (give the book credit, it’s not as “Chicken Soup for the Soul” as it sounds…) and having already found a few things that made me think differently, I decided to start looking through it for words that would inspire, provoke self-reflection, and could be a guide in some way.
Some quotes from the book that I found so far that could be relative are:
- Failure is a perception. Not a fact. Make it a stepping stone to success
- The mind needs to meander and roam. With freedom it ends up in unusual places, creating new worlds, new ideas, new inventions. We live in a dreamer’s world. Be a contributor, not a detractor.
- Liberate yourself from being sensible.
- Create meaning, not product.
- “It’s when you’ve found out how to do certain things, that it’s time to stop doing them, because what’s missing is that you’re not including the risk” – Robert Rauschenberg
- “If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would get done” – Ludwig Wittgenstein
- “Brevity is the sister of talent” – Anton Checkov
- Be critical of critics.
- Simplify, then simplify some more
These are just ideas of what could go in the fortune cookie.. etc..
There’s also a number of random actions we are considering to help get creative juices flowing, and the creative mind fresh. Post to follow..
Over and out.
Here are some of the Prototypes of the Fortune cookies jo and pi-mei made and also the dice that Yiche made.
The dices in our kit is to help designers make some random decision. They can be used with other items like the inspiration map.
