CCT204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Act Of Creation, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking
14 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
CCT204H5F - DESIGN THINKING I (SUMMER 2018)
University of Toronto Mississauga | Sheridan College
Professor Ann Donor
LECTURE NOTES
Notes by Jonathan Ho
Week 1 Lecture 1: Introduction/Symbolic and Visual Communication (May 7, 2018)
Areas of Design
Creativity
Ability to use the imagination to develop new and original
ideas or things in an artistic context.
In design, you need to create a style that is appropriate for the client. You may have your own
style but you want to develop something appropriate for the context.
●It is not impossible for great activities to be formed spontaneously; but it is best to aim for
something that has not been done before.
●Creating involves relating two normally independent frames of references (Rowe, 1987)
○Bringing in two unrelated idea to create something original.
This is the same idea as Koestler's idea of bisociation (1964)
●Two mutually incompatible contexts/frames of reference, or bisociation of matrices
●Bringing them together to create something new
Integrative Thinking (Martin, 2009)
●two or more opposing ideas transformed into creative resolution.
●Ex. Bicycle with a shovel (Snow Whuffle)
○Combination of a wheelbarrow and a snow shovel
●Ex. Lighting + Desk
○Drafting tables used for drawing and animation
Document Summary
Week 1 lecture 1: introduction/symbolic and visual communication (may 7, 2018) Ability to use the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things in an artistic context. In design, you need to create a style that is appropriate for the client. You may have your own style but you want to develop something appropriate for the context. It is not impossible for great activities to be formed spontaneously; but it is best to aim for something that has not been done before. Creating involves relating two normally independent frames of references (rowe, 1987) Bringing in two unrelated idea to create something original. This is the same idea as koestler"s idea of bisociation (1964) Two mutually incompatible contexts/frames of reference, or bisociation of matrices. Bringing them together to create something new. Two or more opposing ideas transformed into creative resolution. Combination of a wheelbarrow and a snow shovel. Drafting tables used for drawing and animation.
