Week 2 - Drew Struzan

Remember these poster from which we used to see when we are kids ? STAR WARS , INDIANA JONES & BACK TO THE FUTURE ? YES!! The artist is Drew Struzan. Here's his interview with abduzeedo. CLICK HERE to check it out. It's very intereting. His interview is very inspirational.

WEEK 2 - Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention.

Everyone have ideas. But, when new ideas, solutions and inventions are created, its called creative. We can see that creative people will leave a big impact on society. Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention are 5 different things. But, when we combined them together. It produces "magic" and sparks the world.



It all started with Johannes Guttenberg, he apply creativity, innovention and invention to create the printing press. This changes the world. He became the inspiration for others that anything is possilbe. Later on, we can see many creative stuffs like the telephone, planes and many more created. This is because the inventors applied Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention.


To be creative, people need to to view things in different ways or perspective as creative people always says; "think out of the box".

Novelty involves new, fresh and interesting quality. It is basically applying creativity in old things and change it. For example, trend. Anything that goes with the trend is new and fresh. When it combines with creativity, it will sell. For example, one of the trend now is the internet. Anything that is related to internet will sell.

Innovation is bringing new ideas so that changes can be made for improvements. Without new changes, we won't advance. With the help of technology, innovation is possible. New ideas are applied together with innovation in order to create a useful product.

So, Novelty+ Creativity+ Innovation + Invention = The success to customer's needs.

Week 1 - Website for design inspiration

I found a very nice and inspiring website named Abduzeedo. It provides daily inspiration, tutorials and many more stuffs about design and creativity.

here's the link = abduzeedo

WEEK 1 - Creativity

This is the image of my friend Siow Lip Wen in a creative way. The red defines the evilness in him. While, his smile and expression shows that he have a very nice smile.

Creativity comes from the hardwork and passion of a person.




























People like Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison are creative because of the hardwork and passion they put in their works.

Creativity is related to lateral thinking, ideas and mind mapping. Edward de Bono explained and wrote books that are related to creativity like the "Six Thinking Hats" and "Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step".

Rollo May(The Courage to Create) says that ,“Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being...creativity requires passion and commitment. Out of the creative act is born symbols and myths. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness–ecstasy.”

I think, creativity had created many stuffs. There are many creative person and stuffs out there. If i would to list them down, it would be lots of them. One good example is the electronic gadgets that has touch screen function. Creativity is what sells now. Looks at the famous apple products like iphone and ipod. I think the creator of it is creative in the sense of advertising and designing his products. This is why, creative products sells.

Ovreall, i think creativity is the power to solves problems and it enable us to create new stuffs for the market.

WEEK 0 - Introduction to Creative Studies

I was very new and blur when i first attended the first class of "creative studies" . I thought creative studies is something like "media culture" which i learned during my last semester in foundation. I expected this class to be fun and interesting.

"Creative studies" teaches and inspire me to think and be creative. By attending this class, i started to understand what is creativity ,how to be creative and problem solving methods.



























I also learned that design is very influential. I creates a big impact on society and culture. Without creativity, many things would had not been invented. For example, the light bulb, telephone , radio and many more.

Finally, creativity = hard work + passion