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Creative thinking processes: getting lost is good, knowing how you
got lost is even better

29th April 2005, places available

Background/Issues
Learning in art, design and most other fields implies learning
methods to think creatively. Yet most of us have only been exposed to
generic brainstorming and mind mapping as methods of generating
ideas. What happens when we hit a creative block? What happens to a
student in a professional field if the client doesn't like the
proposal? How do we analyse and evaluate the output of our
brainstorming? How can we be certain we are investing our efforts in
the best questions? This workshop introduces and provides
opportunities to try a number of techniques based on the work of
Edward deBono and others.

Participants
For tutors of Further or Higher Education students, teaching in
either studio or theory.

Aims
The aim of the workshop is to give participants the experience of a
range of creative thinking techniques, presented in the context of
the overall creative process.

As an outcome of the workshop, participants should feel that they
will have broadened their vocabulary of creative thinking techniques,
and have a basis from which they can build these techniques into the
working methods that their students are learning.

Process
The workshop will include discussion of the techniques to be
explored, followed by opportunities to try out the methods. The
experience of participation in a series of creative thinking
sessions, some of which will focus on light issues, with others
examining real issues faced by the participants, is an important
feature of the day.

Beginning with the notion "building in" creative effort
opportunities, the workshop progresses through defining a focus,
developing a focus into a broad range of ideas, and introduces the
notion of provocation and other techniques to disrupt predictable
thinking. The workshop also provides the opportunity to work with
methods to evaluate ideas that have been generated, and looks at
using creative thinking techniques to enhance team work.

About the workshop tutor
Tory Dunn, head of the RED Unit of the Design Council, has also been
the principal of circle-d, a design consultancy specialising in the
development of interactive products, media and environments. She was
formerly Subject Leader in Product and Furniture Design at
Ravensbourne College of Communication and Design, and a senior
lecturer in Graphic Information Design at the University of
Westminster. Tory has led creative teams both within consultancies
(Hollington, Razorfish, Nordstrom), and working with client teams,
including the Science Museum and Whirlpool Europe.

Cost: 155.00
Venue: 65 Davies Street
Booking: http://www.cltad.ac.uk or email [log in to unmask]
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