Week 10

This is the last week for me to type on this blog. This is also the last week for us to do for this assignment... I guess is bye bye then? But before saying that, I still have things to share during my class.
Our final blog assignment lecture will be given by Mr. Mustafa and I've already guessed that this will be a short lecture because Mr. Mustafa told us that Mr. Radzi Bedu will come and brief us about our last assignment. So today's topic will be in advertising.

Advertising is the common thing to us. We can found advertisement around us easily! Advertisement seems to be everywhere. As our population increases, the amount of advertisement rises too. It seems like a "spam" and "cookies" to all of us but we're used to it! Just look at the data on the slide that our lecturer gives us to watch. In US, 14 to 24 year old people will spend more than 16 hours online per week. 56% of them spend more than 1 hour daily sending IM's, 25% prefer social networks to F2F, 96% uses a social network daily. Just look at this, we'll able to understand why advertisement's amount shoot up rapidly in such a short time. Advertisement not only benefits us from learning something new but also make the company or whoever make it. As population increases, active people will increases too as u can see from this chart.

When people become more active, there are more people tend to exposed to advertisement. As I said, advertisement benefits both user and maker, that's why it increases so much. Just for an simple example how to prove advertisement had increases. Everyone knows Youtube right? Did you notice that there always be a advertisement bar like this? Ya, they put it there so you might just happen to click it and sees it advertisement! Not only that, famous blog will get lots of advertisement surrounded because when there're lots of people, there will be a possibility to get watched.

But the important part is also the creativity of the advertisement. Everything is about creativity because we live in a creative world! Why creativity is important to advertisement? Look at these, to you feel bored?

or do u rather to choose to watch this kind of advertisement?

It is interesting yet obvious what it is implying. But to make an success and interesting advertisement, it is a hard work. It requires lots of creativity because their target is not only people, but the people around the whole world unlike assignments for student which their aim is only for lecturer. For me, I would like to watch interesting advertisement because it is interesting!

Mr. Mustafa also let us watch a short video about TED Talk given by Mr. Renny Gleeson. It is about 404 error page. Does this sound familiar to you? It does to me because I've encounter lots of 404 page before. Like I just mention, an interesting advertisement would attract me so why not make everything into something new, fresh, creative and interesting! When we receive a 404 page, although it doesn't seems impolite, but we're still angry because it's a 404 page! Like Mr. Renny Gleeson said, why not we make it interesting? Just like this!

It is wonderful and we didn't get annoyed right? This is where creativity took place and this is why creativity in also an important material for making an advertisement. I shall end my post here and it's finally the time to say BYE BYE~

Pictures' links:
http://www.google.com.my/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&rlz=1C1ASUT_enMY490MY490&biw=1280&bih=647&tbm=isch&tbnid=chNp71441x-T2M:&imgrefurl=http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/03/28/17-brilliant-404-pages-and-why-they-are-cool/&docid=CLEXQ4WPx0RcOM&imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/2368496281_1c18192bc9_o.jpg&w=580&h=360&ei=M1_hUIyEEYG8rAf00IHwBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=193&vpy=291&dur=1362&hovh=178&hovw=286&tx=191&ty=112&sig=108238875436470822253&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=214&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0,i:105
http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/design/
http://blog.iampaddy.com/category/interesting/page/19/
http://designsuperstars.net/20-very-funny-404-error-pages-which-will-make-you-laugh/7-404-error-page/
http://www.keadilan-eclub.org/web/MerchantSelangor.htm
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/date/2006/05/
http://www.google.com.my/imgres?start=166&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&rlz=1C1ASUT_enMY490MY490&biw=1280&bih=647&tbm=isch&tbnid=tmG_0l3JhCHRWM:&imgrefurl=http://www.thefourthstar.com/category/play/page/2/&docid=us78ZM6S44VqvM&imgurl=http://www.thefourthstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/404_collage.jpg&w=435&h=521&ei=WF_hUOrGGorVrQfpwIGgBA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=362&sig=108238875436470822253&page=8&tbnh=138&tbnw=118&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:79,s:100,i:241&tx=79&ty=45
http://www.google.com.my/imgres?start=82&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&rlz=1C1ASUT_enMY490MY490&biw=1280&bih=612&tbm=isch&tbnid=WJq1YMpVmQ-_oM:&imgrefurl=http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/01/25/11-creative-outdoor-advertisement-designs/&docid=pFz-fs0gEpiEmM&imgurl=http://www.youthedesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/creative-outdoor-advertisement-2.jpg&w=500&h=399&ei=AGLhUPXeAo3JrAfp9oCQCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=173&vpy=113&dur=2966&hovh=200&hovw=252&tx=135&ty=150&sig=108238875436470822253&page=4&tbnh=134&tbnw=148&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:100,i:22
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/70-creative-advertisements-that-makes-you-look-twice/
http://www.mystictune.com/blog/archives/2872
http://www.google.com.my/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&tbo=d&rlz=1C1ASUT_enMY490MY490&biw=1280&bih=612&tbm=isch&tbnid=meD6fBXINHBDJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.yellowpages.com.au/vic/wangaratta/southern-dale-horizontal-boring-13950055-listing.html&docid=i_SB3KJHK2GCDM&imgurl=http://www.yellowpages.com.au/content/if/PRODUCTS/48/463195848/6/CONTENTS/92/20954092/4/42657044/469047937-20111201-164624nres.gif&w=322&h=475&ei=5GDhUK_tJYKPrgfV0IGYDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=381&vpy=136&dur=4714&hovh=274&hovw=186&tx=139&ty=135&sig=108238875436470822253&page=4&tbnh=146&tbnw=100&start=71&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:79,s:0,i:330
http://www.google.com.my/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&rlz=1C1ASUT_enMY490MY490&biw=1280&bih=612&tbm=isch&tbnid=QMMk01_ZNbEPeM:&imgrefurl=http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/12/16/24-unique-and-creative-advertisements/&docid=kg3tSxZ_ItRK7M&imgurl=http://www.toxel.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/candcads24.jpg&w=450&h=317&ei=qGHhUM-WCoHkrAfGv4CYDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=456&vpy=245&dur=1375&hovh=188&hovw=268&tx=199&ty=113&sig=108238875436470822253&page=3&tbnh=130&tbnw=178&start=54&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:64,s:0,i:321

week 9

Today Mr. Yap Sau Bin is giving us the lecture~ I wasn't able to write a full and complete post about this week due to Mr. Yap Sau Bin haven upload this week's slide yet, but I'm going to tell you a little bit that I've remember in class. As everyone know, We're a part of  Creative Multimedia and now we're learning Creative Studies, of course we'll be a little crazy! Oh ya, there's a quote from Bill Gates that i saw in facebook few days ago :" I will always choose a Lazy Person to do a difficult job because he will find an easy way to do it. Be lazy!! Think Crazy!!" So that's why we must think crazy too~ This is applied on Mr. Yap Sau Bin because he's a little crazy too~ Haha

I remember he told us creativity is anyway! He just put a chair in the middle of us and he take out a big pole out of no where and just decorate it with the chair! Not once only, he kept on changing post and he also take off his pair of shoes and also "borrowed" our classmate's shoes and decorate with the chair! "This is also an art!". Indeed, everything can be an art and we can use our creativity to create something fresh, new and crazy out of nowhere~

Besides this, I also remember that he ask us a question. The question is about how to have 3 chairs in our house, but when our visitors or others came into our house, they wont sit in one of the chair and sit the other two? This is a tricky question as the others will still sit the chairs but not the only one specifically! Oh ya, there's something I've missed. Use a box to make this situation happens! Many answer came out from us. But the whole box and seal one of the chair, put a box written "bomb" on the chair and also put the box under the chair and make it so high that others aren't able to reach it. As everyone is different, answer came out from us are definitely varies too~ That's why creativity in us is unique!

week 8

RANDOM WORD! Not random slide but random word~ Looking at this topic, we already know what's about it. Mr. Radzi Bedu is here to tell us about random word that affect us in our life. If we use it correctly, it might helps us a lot! But there's still one thing i'm not sure... Why is it everything every lecture in our class in every subject is about mind map? Mr. Radzi Bedu reminds us again with the "MIND MAP~~" again... As u can see the title, random word means randomly word. Before we even think, we just simply say a random word! How could this help us find a solution? We don't just need random word, but also the help of mind map. For example, how to make a person can't sit a chair for 10 mins? Now, let us think a random word.... okay, lets use bubble gum! After that, draw a mind map about this random word like this 

As you can see, these are the idea extracted from "Bubble Gum" to make a mind map. So with these clue, we only expand and think how solve out problem. Bubble gum is elastic as we know, but what if we make a chair is also elastic like the bubble gum? As we know, elastic is like a spring, it can make to anyone but it wont last long. Wont last long... is another random word out of it! So we can make a elastic chair that will change shape over time so that anyone couldn't sit long on that chair! Not just that, with the idea "air blows out", we can make a "balloon chair" that the air inside the chair will decrease as time goes on and become uncomfortable to sit. Thus, the person will definitely get off it. WALA! our problem is SOLVED!! We din't just think our the problem but using a random word to help use.

Beside this slide, Mr. Radzi Bedu also let us see another exercise. The problem is "How to train/prepare 3 students to become Creative Studies tutors in 6 months time" and the random word is Monkey! After this slide is only the main dish for today~ The work we needa do!

Problem/ Situation: How to make a person stop smoking in 6 months time?

Random Words: Traffic Light

Now, Mr. Radzi Bedu had gave a lot of examples on "Colours" idea and now he wanted use to do the rest. Let's take a look at my ans.

Dirty

The Outer layer of the cigarette is cover with slimy and smelly liquid. The smoker will found it hard to hold on the cigarette and hard to get near because of the smell. Even they managed or ignore the slimy and smelly liquid, they still needa find a place to wash their hand after that so is inconvenient. 

Metal

The Outer layer of the cigarette is made of metal. Not only it is hard to heat up, even when it heat up, the metal will quickly transfer the heat and burn the smoker's lips

Sign

Inside the cigarette is like a glowing stick, but the different part is, the glowing part is like a flash light! It will flash the whole are with light! Not only it will let others from far to notice u're smoking, it also irritates surrounding people and the most important is, the flash light hurts the smoker's eyes

week 7

I'm not sure why but before the class begins, everyone just stood up as the class has ended! But it isn't, it is just Mr. Radzi bedu have problem with the computer and change the class to E-theater. Wow.... a better class that everyone wanted to have class there >.<

Juxtaposition is the title for today's class. Hmm..... I've seen this word before... Ya! in my game "dota"~  but i'm not sure with the meaning and this is what our lecture told us "Making the Strange Familiar". As you can see from this picture, Mickey mouse!

Everyone know it's Mickey mouse because it is famous, but if you ask someone that doesn't know mickey mouse, they'll say it is a mouse. But is this thing really a mouse? No! Of course not! Because mouse doesn't talk and mouse definitely didn't have hands. This is where juxtaposition takes place. This is a juxtaposition of a mouse and human. It is strange to say it but when u look at it, u'll say it is a mouse! For another example is Spongebob!

It is the juxtaposition of a sponge and a human! Just like this, a cartoon character is created! Not only in cartoon, juxtaposition helps many people in many ways especially in design line. Juxtaposition is always used in many advertisement



Next, i'll show u an exercise given by our lecture Mr. Radzi Bedu. He didn't tell us what exactly is this exercise and he keep it secretly. He just want us to follow. First, This two rows of words was shown but not the numbers (the numbers were added after few steps).


Then he told us to choose 3 pairs of 2 digit number from 00 to 99 and the numbers i picked was 08, 50, 79. Now, the numbers beside those 2 rows of words only reveal and according to our number, match the words!

These three are the words I've gain.

It's sounds kinda stupid, but it's fun when u doesn't know what will happen next. Then he call us to create 3 sentences with those 3 words separately for example : __fly______wood___. So these are the sentences I've created.

Next Mr. Radzi Bedu told us to draw a picture to represent the sentence we've created! This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard because just now we just simply create those sentences without thinking even though it is weird... So This three are the picture I've drawn.

At the end.. He told us to create 3 sentences with the words we've match. The three words I've match is "Fly Wood", "Fire Head" and "Dog Rain" and I'm suppose to draw these out... How am I going to draw it out?! But i'm a designer and I'm a pro! So this is the 3 figure I've finish.

It really look weird and awful... but it's ok because it's a fresh thing to do as an exercise and it is so random! Haha. Finally, Mr. Radzi Bedu told us to write a poem about "Chili" and this is what i did!

At last, he still told us to write some poems and these are the poems I wrote.

Life is like a candle

When time passes, our life is shorten

our tears grows more

our body became weaker

but the fire within us still embracing like normal till the last minute

But when the time come

we still needa leave

although our body seems do be there like the melted wax

but our soul is gone like the core of the candle.

Woman and Man are like Mortar and Pestle

Lots of friction create by them

but they just cant be separated

Their function is meant to be together

and their physical appearance match too

but the important is

when they're together

they can make something new

and that's not an individual alone can do

This is why

Woman and Man are like Mortar and Pestle 

Oh ya, I left out something that I didn't post on this post. This is a picture that is created by me. Because Mr. Radzi Bedu called us to combine two animal together but this creature cannot survive and this is what I've created! DINO-PRAWN!!! ROARRRR

week 6!

When i was thinking of today will be another "Yea or Yo" day, Mr Mustafa is not here instead of Mr. Radzi Bedu is here to be our lecture today! This is the one thing you get when you didn't pay attention to when is your lecturer going to change, surprise! Haha.

Today he taught us something bout our brain. How we'll think, how our brain function. Yes, we have 2 brains, the left brain and right brain. But i only know the basic knowledge about them. As shown in the picture, this is what I knew about our brain and i also know it is important for us to use our right brain more!




But today's lecture taught me something new and fresh. Mr Radzi Bedu said, when we're thinking a word like his name "school", there isn't word "school" can be found in our head. Maybe the "s" is somewhere on the right, the "c" is on the left side, the "h" is in the middle, the"o" is bottom and etc. What i'm trying to say is, those alphabet can be randomly arrange but our brain will connect one another and form a word within a second! It could be less than a millisecond! We don't need to think before we want to say a word, unless you dunno how to pronoun or say it. We don't need to think "what is my name? ok, my name should be.... Tan? Lih haur?" No, we don't need to do that because our brain will automatically help us to gather the information we need! That's why our brain is so FANTASTIC! Although it seems our brain is working all the time, it is not thinking all the time! We won't be thinking all the time because that's not how it was. For an example, when we wake up, we'll kick our blanket off, roll for a few times and go to the bathroom. But we won't think that "should I kick my blanket off?" "should i roll on my bed?" "the bathroom is wet, will i fall if i step in the bathroom?" We won't be thinking all these because if we do, we'll spent alot of time just to wake up.

Not only that, Mr. Radzi Bedu continue with Mr. Mustafa's topic in mind map. That not only logical mind map that is taught by Mr. Mustafa but also associated mind map. Now, let me show you the difference between these two.






Logical mind map means everything is related to the main idea, it is all connected and there's a relationship between them no matter how many branches have been spread.

Associated mind map means it spread from the main idea to random ideas. It doesn't need to be connected to the main point. Unlike logical mind map, it stays it its own circle but associated mind map is random! it can go as far as we can think about it.

After the lecture, our Mr. Radzi Bedu gave us all a piece of A3 paper and told us to take 3 idea from this mind map, and continue our journey~ Meaning of this is spread it out with associated mind map and see how creative we can be. so this is my work. Although i couldn't finish all 3 ideas in class, but i manage to think 2 creative idea which i'm impressed by myself too~ haha. (you can click on the picture to enlarge it~)

First idea~

Second idea~~

Third idea~~~

picture link:
http://bigthink.com/world-in-mind/can-we-quit-it-with-the-right-brain-left-brain-stuff-already

most of the picture is from me~

week 5~

Because of our friend was late, we, who are his buddy were waiting for him and late to get in to our Creative Studies class~ Before we step in to our class, we saw everyone was standing, it was just like last time when we're punish by our teacher in primary or secondary school. So were they punish by lecture? who knows if u're not part of it? haha. When we walk into class, oh.... so that's what happening.. "Yea or Yo", a new phrase by our Mr. Mustafa~ I've notice that this semester's Creative Studies' lecture seems to be a little different from last sem. They might bee doing some research and learning new stuff? That's good!

So today Mr. Mustafa taught us mind map. Mind map again? It seems like a hot topic that every subject been talking and teaching about. So the topic is "What is mind map to you?". Actually previously i dislike mind mapping because it looks so complicated and it's not fun. Studies... even with a mind map is also a studies.. so that's what i dislike about. But Mr. Mustafa tell us what we didn't realise it. Logical mind map. It is one kind of mind map and the other one is associated mind map. This week will be on logical mind map first~ "The Logical Mind Map is directly connected to stereotypes. The Logical mind map comprises of solely stereotype words. Which means that every word or image that is put within the mind map is directly related to the central subject through its links." and what's stereotype? it's like classic, but not that high class classic. For example, a Hawaii hat is a classic for street musician~



 

Actually it looks cool when they're wearing the hat~




This logical mind map have attracted my attention because as i said, last time when i did a mind map was about studies but now i'm in Creative Multimedia! Anything is creative and different~ just like showing us to do a mind map of "Mortar & Pestle". Oh ya, mortar and pestle caught my eyes too! It was like a toy for me in my childhood! I use it to play around n help my mum in cooking! and it just look the same in this slide! even the material that was create.

Okay, back to the mind map. Mind map is some thing we keep spread our idea and link to another idea just like these

Logical mind map means even though the idea is spread to how many ideas, the small ideas will be still connected to the main idea and related to it too! Because study is still study, but right now, we can even do mind map in all kinds of things just like this mortar and pestle mind map! Not only that, Mr. Mustafa ask us what can we use mind map in? Many things! Besides studies, research or design or anything can use a mind map by helping people to know even better! That's why as a designer, mind map is important to us as well~

picture links:
http://www.whiteravendata.com/photo.htm
http://www.roadjunky.com/guide/121/busking-and-street-music-guide
http://www.chefdepot.net/mortar.htm

some picture are from Mr. Mustafa slides.

Week 3~

Today is the last day with Mr. Yap Sau Bin and he is as funny as usual. He show us the same file but different slide and taught us more about creativity, innovation and invention. Today is also the day that I came to learn a new word called "innovation" and I also only realize that Steve Jobs wasn't an inventor but an innovator.

What is the different about innovation and invention? Invention is someone create something new through new idea that is came from himself where innovation is also create something new but using or use some of others idea and edit it and add some of the idea from himself. Maybe I explain it in a complicated way, but that's what i get from it! And here's what I get it in my mind~

Besides these, creativity is the main thing we learnt today. Creativity is an ability, an attitude, a process. Everyone has creativity but it is just depends how do we use it. However, to reveal our creativity, lots of hard work is needed. Although being creative is hard but if we want it, nothing can stop us! That's why I've choose this "Creative Multimedia" course even I know i'm not that creative as those geniuses, but I'm willing to learn! Actually creativity is within everyone and anyone can be creative. As Mr. Yap Sau Bin gives the talk, we get to know more about creativity. That's not all, we also watch a talk on TED by Steven Johnson. The topic was : "Where good ideas come from". Maybe it is just me but i really think TED knows how to grab the right people to give those talks. It is not just only interesting, but also a information sharing place. Okay, Lets get back to what lecture gives us to do.


1. Visit http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/tech/article/the-pc-is-dead-long-live-the-tablet/
What does it tell us about the process of invention and innovation?

After viewing this link, we can know the main three subject, that is tablets, window and apple. Window that runs throughout most of the computer in the world is invented by Bill Gates and Apple which is invented by Steve Jobs. Where tablets is an innovation product! It is clearly written in that passage :"The company also believes that by 2016, tablets will have replaced computers in most companies and that more of us will become mobile workers as a result"

Innovation is actually a new idea which is created by a old idea or knowledge with the mixing of customers and consumers' need. Tablets is a combination of mobile phone with computer and an edition version of laptop. It tells us, innovation is always better than invention, but if there weren't any invention, there won't be any innovation. that's why both innovation and invention is very important. Both invention and innovation also require hard work and determination to get it done. Nothing is easy to archive but it isn't impossible. The process of invention is usually harder than innovation because invention is using things that exist and but using knowledge that haven exist and create something new that is helpful to everyone. Where the process of innovation is using existed knowledge and with advance technology with some new idea and create something new that is fulfill the needs of consumer.



2. And this one http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20071644
Ask yourself what kind of environment, situation etc, would make you to become a creative/inventive/innovation person?


This link shows us how important of an environment and situation to make people to become more creative, inventive or innovation person. For me, there are few answer in my head.

First of all, friends are most important to create a good environment. As people said :"You depends your family when you're in home and you depends your friend when you're out are home".

How is friend important to make this environment? how could they make you creative? The matter a fact, they can! Whether your friends are good or bad, it doesn't matter because when you have your friends around you, you will talk whatever with them! They could have been checking out some chicks and just simple says, "it would be better if their skirt can be shorter". This could lead a person to think of something new and creative! why couldn't the skirt be shorter and nicer? ok, i create a mini skirt! WALA! innovation is created! not only that, when you're chatting with your friend, they might be complaining something else and it can lead to another creative invention or innovation. Because only your friends that are close to you will talk whatever stuff and there will be many idea although some are just simply talk. But every opinion and idea is very important or a designer and this can lead us to become creative, inventive or innovation person.






A place where everyone can put their own creation everywhere and can express themselves freely! Someone would say a place there's no body can make us calm and be able to think creatively. But if there's no body around, how would you know your work is creative? Not only that, creative is not a thing that cant be share, it is not something very formal or serious. We need to be CRAZY  to be able to be creative! When i mean crazy, is not mentally crazy, but being crazy! Besides that, when we saw other creative work, we might intent to be more creative than that person and create a fresh new things! Sometimes, creativity is born within another creativity, that's why idea sharing is important~ We're able to see other creative people works and make ourselves more hardworking! Not just that, a brand new idea might just pop out when we're looking at others' work. That's where innovation came from and also creativity is born again! As a simply law, if there's a strong opponent, we'll get even stronger! but if the opponent is weak, we cant be able to grow any stronger.... that's why, idea sharing is important and I think a environment which everyone can express themselves or their work is very important to give birth to another creative, inventive or innovative person.

links for pictures: 
http://ghmltn.blogspot.com/2011/10/3-apples-that-changed-world.html
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/31/htcs-10-inch-puccini-tablet-gets-official-as-jetstream-brings/
http://blog.spathare.com/2009/08/windows-7-first-look/
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/be-our-friend-win-friends-on-blu-ray.php
http://www.boredpanda.com/friends-take-same-photo-for-30-years/
http://www.inc.com/karl-and-bill/3-ways-your-friends-can-help-grow-your-business.html
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f245/random-cool-stuff-110567/
http://www.feeldesain.com/creative-street-art.html
http://zafermania-creatives.blogspot.com/2010/07/creative-art-on-street.html
http://homeinsides.com/design-ideas/creative-pedestrian-arts-sao-paolo-brazil/attachment/coelho-creative-street-art
http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/2006/06/29/the-thinkubator-and-other-creative-environments/
http://www.hometrendesign.com/sergio-rossi-shop-interior-in-casablanca-morocco-by-younes-duret-design
http://www.spaziale.org/?p=738