AGENDA:

Warm-up Exercise

Creative Reflection

What-if Ideation

Warm-up Exercise:
Exercise: What do the following things have in common?

A financial watchdog

An operational bottleneck

A communications network

The flow of time

The food chain

Frame of reference

A leap of thought

Moral Bankruptcy

Creative Reflection

1. Students will select, at random, from a set of metaphors.
2. Once every student has chosen, metaphors will be read aloud.
3. Students will then be asked to again select, at random, from a list of scenarios
4. Students will compare the selected scenario to a prompt from their instructor in the form of a metaphor
5. Responses are written down and shared anonymously

What-if Ideation:

1. Designers select, at random, from several ‘What-if’ prompts.
2. Students read prompts aloud and class ideates.

LECTURE HOMEWORK: Idea Draft

DESCRIPTION: Designers will meditate on a concept for their final project. Students will write a 4-5 sentence draft addressing the following topics: Project Description, Design Problem, Target Audience, Solution. DUE: Tue, Dec 2nd
PARAMETERS:

TITLE: “Name: Idea Draft

BODY: 4-5 sentence draft