Week 5

Mind Map

This week , we as a group did a mind map on "How to be creative and why?". Firstly, we list out about 20 points after that , we categorize it in different points. We have 5 points which is Physical , Self-exploration, Food , Do your own things and Adjusting the mindset. By doing this mind map, it help me to know ways on how to be creative. It is really interesting topic because when we do a research on it there's so many ways on how to be creative. I get so many tips also when doing this mind map .

Mind Map is really helpful because we get to decorate the mind map nicely and easy to understand the topic. This really summarize the topic that we are doing . No more long paragraph for me to read as the mind map really make us attracted to the colours and drawings that we do and make it more interesting. The point that I find interesting is about the foods that help us to be creative. Food like berries that is rich in antioxidants and helps to boost brain power. So , I think i can use this mind map for other topic too especially for exams as it is much more easier to understand.

5 Interesting Points of the Mind Map:

-Eat Berries ( Boost your brainpower)
-Eat Dark Chocolate ( rich in antioxidants)
-Use Green colour (change the mood)
-Physical Exercise (good ability to think flexibility)
-Don't be Perfectionist ( it can destroy the vary thing that make our work unique)
This is the picture of our mind map's draft:

Mind Map Draft

 

Below is our Group Presentation:

 

 Below is my own presentation:

Reflection

What you learnt from Peer Assessment.


 I learnt that by looking at each other blog , I get to know more interesting thing that break from normal especially from my friend who is different from my course. She shared really interesting designs that being made by other professional designers.


From my work that I had done , I get to know from my friend that I do provide evidence and reasons which I think I didn't explain it quite well . She also thinks that some of my sentence could be phrase better to make people more understand. I also get a comment that my blog is simple and easy to read as it is not that messy. I have some spelling error on my blog and I learn that before I post the entry , I have to check thoroughly and read first before post it.


By doing this , its really benefits the class as we get to share much more ideas from professional designers. By doing the Peer Assessment also , we get to know each other weakness and get comment and critic from each other. Not to forget , we get to know others opinion about our works, and know what to improve on.

Break from the normal

Coconut purse

Since our group are mainly girls , we decided to pick fashion to be one of our topic. All of us find similarity in liking purses. And one us has one cute and unique purse. The materials that are commonly used in making of bags are plastics, leathers and canvases. However the bag that Mufiqah has,  is not made from any of the materials stated above. In fact, her purse is indeed created from coconut shells. It is less common a round circular shape when it comes to designing bag. We think it could be because of its functionality to have more pockets and zips. The coconut purse only has one compartment so it might be not be practical to use. It is unique in terms of the design, no one would ever thought about designing a bag that made out of coconut .

Clock Bench

So we were strolling around 313 somerset to find something to eat, suddenly, we came across and saw this cute bench. Normally, benches are flat, plain, and simple. We find it unique as , firstly , we didn't expect a clock to be on a bench , and secondly we didn't expect a bench to be on a clock.

Eraser "penknife"

Bao was using her eraser and her friend was alarmed to see that she was using a penknife to erase her work. Her friend was surprised to see that it was indeed a eraser that  actually looks like a penknife. This invention is called the mechanical eraser stick and it works in the same way as a penknife but instead of the blade it has the eraser stick. When one thinks of an eraser, one just thinks of a round normal looking eraser. So we find this design is interesting.

Mufiqah Zahirah \ F15DM0324
Evi Liani \ F15FM0557
Nguyen Thi Y Phuong \ F15FM0787
Teo Bao Yue \ F153D0089

Another work that was given is to illustrate 101 Ways To Cross Roads and create a story. I choose to do on sliding across the rainbow to cross the roads which I think it is an interesting point. So , here is my story.

Sally

Hi , her name is Sally. She love to go to school as she get to meet her friends and gain knowledge. She always early for school as she scared she will missed any lesson.

One day , Sally was in the bus , on her way to school. It was raining heavily . Unfortunately , there's an accident happened on the road, a car crashed into a tree. This caused a traffic jam. Sally felt so worried that she couldn't reach her school on time. She kept on looking at her watch . Her school is just across the road but the accident and the traffic jams make her impossible to cross it.

The rain has stopped. Suddenly, a beautiful rainbow appeared . When Sally saw the rainbow , she quickly get down the bus and ran towards the rainbow. She climb up the cloud and slide across the rainbow . She felt so happy that she get to cross the roads safely and get to reach school on time.

Slide across the rainbow

BREAK FROM THE NORMAL 

I'm in Graphic Communication. So, I decided to search on 5 items that breaks from normal.

This is not a normal cheese grater. This is Cheese Grater Business Card. The company design something different to attract the buyer attention by designing a unique and creative business card. I find this is really attractive , as this business card didn't look like the normal business card which is just a piece of paper. This gave an impact to the buyer when looking at the business card.

Another item that I want to share is this straw. This is a business card too which promoting their Yoga centre. This is a creative design as the straw have a behind message of it . It trying to introduce to you their Yoga centre at the same time. This is really different from the normal business card.

 This is not a pencil . This is Parmesan Pencil. The company design a packaging that is so unique and easy to be use for the user. The packaging is different from other common cheese packaging which is just in a normal box. The company didn't even make the cheese look like a cheese which is really interesting.

This cute little hanger is actually a tea bag . Normally , a tea bag will have a string on top of it but for this packaging design , the company decided to make something different . They make the tea bag looks like a clothes hanger . You can just hang the tea bag at the tip of the cup , pour the amount of water you need and enjoy it .

A Business Card balloon. These balloon are from a chest physician. This business card was design uniquely . It doesn't even look like a business card . Who would think of designing this type of business card and this is also not a normal balloon which it have message on it. 

That's all about my research! 

Break The Routine

Our project for this week in class was to make a mind map on "101 Ways to make Cross Roads". So here is the picture of us doing our project work. The group members are : Evi Liani \ F15FM0557 , Mufiqah Zahirah \ F15DM0324, Bao Yue \ F153D0089 , Phuong \ F15FM0787

Us focusing on our works

Here is our mind map on 101 Ways to Cross Roads

5 Interesting Points of 101 Ways to Cross Roads: 

-Magician's wand to teleport
-Big bubble
-Aladdin carpet
-Wrecking Ball
-Pallenquin


The other work that was given is to break my routine. On my weekdays , if I don't have any class on that day , I will usually wake up around 10 , and will go straight to the toilet and bath . After that , I will just play with my phone , check on my social medias and have breakfast . But for this project on break my routine , I decided to do something different. I woke up early for that week. At 7.20am

Woke up at 7:20AM

Since my mum babysit a 5 years old boy , i decided to follow her to send the boy to school. His school is not that far from my house. Below is photo of him .

Off to school!

After sending him off to school , I feed my cat. Usually I feed them at night and my mum will feed them in the morning. But , I do something different for that week.

After i feed her, I play with her until she fall asleep .

I really love photography and since I bought new lens for my camera , I decided to take photos of my neighbourhood and also the surrounding of my house . I rarely take photo of my neighbourhood as I only use it when I'm outside , or go for a trip .

So, that's all about my Break Routine project , thank you for reading!