Our Think stage continued today but, before beginning, we explored two examples of creative design that illustrated the concept of taking current ideas/products and making something new from their ideas.
Both the Aquaduct Concept Vehicle and the LifeStraw are solid examples of designers combining existing ideas to design a solution to an identified problem or challenge. The class really latched on these ideas and, through our conversation, showed a fresh understanding of what 'building off the ideas of others' means when designing something new. As one student pointed out (in reference to the Aquaduct): "They just took two ideas and turned them into something new!"
Their Think time seemed, to me at least, to be more effective today. Perhaps they just needed time or perhaps the examples helped illustrate our conversations from yesterday. Either way, when listening in, there seemed to be a lot more talk and sketching about using old ideas in new ways. There was also a lot more independent research happening as they dug deeply into their ideas in order to confirm thoughts or deconstruct previous inventions.
Seems that the process is well on track now - It's going to be interesting to watch the dynamics of ideas development over the next few days.
Both the Aquaduct Concept Vehicle and the LifeStraw are solid examples of designers combining existing ideas to design a solution to an identified problem or challenge. The class really latched on these ideas and, through our conversation, showed a fresh understanding of what 'building off the ideas of others' means when designing something new. As one student pointed out (in reference to the Aquaduct): "They just took two ideas and turned them into something new!"
Their Think time seemed, to me at least, to be more effective today. Perhaps they just needed time or perhaps the examples helped illustrate our conversations from yesterday. Either way, when listening in, there seemed to be a lot more talk and sketching about using old ideas in new ways. There was also a lot more independent research happening as they dug deeply into their ideas in order to confirm thoughts or deconstruct previous inventions.
Seems that the process is well on track now - It's going to be interesting to watch the dynamics of ideas development over the next few days.