Wednesday, February 24, 2010

S.C.A.M.P.E.R

S-Substitute/What can you substitute? What can be used instead? Who else instead? What other ingredients? Other material? Other process? Other power? Other place? Other approach? Other sounds? Other forces?




C-Combine/What can you combine or bring together somehow? How about a blend, an alloy, an assortment, an ensemble? Combine units? Combine purposes? Combine appeals? Combine ideas?

A-Adapt/What can you adapt for use as a solution? What else is like this? What other idea does this suggest? Does past offer a parallel? What could I copy? Who could I emulate?

M-Modify/Can you change the item in some way? Change meaning, colour, motion, sound, smell, form, shape? Other changes?

Also: Magnify: What can you add? More time? Greater frequency? Stronger? Higher? Longer? Thicker? Extra value? Plus ingredient? Duplicate? Multiply? Exaggerate?

And: 'Minify': What can you remove? Smaller? Condensed? Miniature? Lower? Shorter? Lighter? Omit? Streamline? Split up? Understate?


P-Put to other uses/How can you put the thing to different or other uses? New ways to use as is? Other uses if it is modified?

E-Eliminate/What can you eliminate? Remove something? Eliminate waste? Reduce time? Reduce effort? Cut costs?

R-Rearrange/What can be rearranged in some way? Interchange components? Other pattern? Other layout? Other sequence? Transpose cause and effect? Change pace? Change schedule?




Source: http://creatingminds.org/tools/scamper.htm

Friday, February 19, 2010

Bad Design (My Phone-Motorolla)

Bad Design


I feel that my phone is a bad design because its a slide phone so the part that is up in the picture can easily break if force is applied to it. It will then be very difficult to fix the lid back or even the screen as they are both interconnected. I am not sure about other slide phones.




This picture below is just another
picture of my phone not the solution.
Design solution

It can just be a simple phone without the sliding feature.
OR
The design can be changed to a thicker lid at the back so when a strong force is applied in any situation or angle the thickness of the lid will be able to withstand the force.



Wednesday, February 17, 2010

My Photos for Perspective

These are my beginner photos for the theme Perspective.

These is the perspective-vacal picture to the G.O.


















The picture of the tree from below with some edits.











This is were the spaceship landed yesterday night. This photo was taken when someone's camera fell down.
Its a hoax. Its the schools garden picture at a completely different angle.










The hallway of learning! I found it at last. Wow!
Actually its the linkway on level 1 with a bit of modifications.










I want to be spiderman.
Again its just a picture of the wall at level two. Perspective.

These are my beginner photos for the theme Perspective.














I think these are my best sketches so far. There might be improvement later but for now I like them.