Metaphors in Design Problem Solving: Implications for Creativity Metaphors in Design Problem Solving:Implications for Creativity Hernan Pablo Casakin The College of Judea & Samaria, Ariel, Israel Metaphors help designers to understand unfamiliar design problems by juxtaposing them with known situations. Keywords - Metaphors, Creativity, Architecture, Design-Problem-Solving. Relevance to Design Practice - Instead of re-using known design schemas and familiar solutions, the implementation of metaphors in design practice can contribute to creative thinking and thereby to more innovative products. Citation: Casakin, H. Received December 31, 2006; Accepted June 28, 2007; Published August 1, 2007 Copyright: © 2007 Casakin. Corresponding Author: casakin@bezeqint.net Hernan Casakin Ph.D., M.Sc., BA, is a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, College of Judea & Samaria, and in the Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University. Introduction Apart from knowledge and expertise, design problems require creativity. Creative Thinking and Design Methods
TeacherTube Easter / Egg Decorating Decorate Yellow Egg | Decorate Red Egg | Decorate White Egg | Decorate Black Egg Paint an Easter Egg | Paint 4 Easter Eggs | Write on an Easter Egg Return to Easter Egg-tivities Page © 2001, 2015, Jerry Jindrich. All rights reserved. Revised 2/25/2015. Decorate cakes. Passive vs. Active Voice By Erin English teachers like myself love to warn new writers against the evils of passive voice. Here at Daily Writing Tips, Michael has written about passive writing, and I recently wrote about dummy subjects, but it looks like there’s still some confusion about passive voice and its use. For more on passive vs. active sentence construction, I turn to two books that should be staples in any writer’s library: William Zinsser’s On Writing Well, and Constance Hale’s Sin and Syntax. First, let’s review what passive voice is. In a passive sentence, the subject of the sentence is acted upon rather than performing the action, as in: The ball was thrown by Jason. Verbs in the passive voice have two parts: some form of the verb “to be” and a past participle form of the action verb: was thrown. A writer may choose to use the passive voice in order to emphasize one thing over another. Zinsser says that passive voice should be used sparingly–only when there’s no way around it.
The Ruler Game - Learn To Read A Ruler Andy Warhol Soup Cans The Origin of Andy Warhol's Soup Cans or The Synthesis of Nothingnessby Gary Comenas (2003/revised 2010) Robert Indiana: "I knew Andy very well. The reason he painted soup cans is that he liked soup." (RI623) Marcel Duchamp: "If you take a Campbell Soup Can and repeat it fifty times, you are not interested in the retinal image. What interests you is the concept that wants to put fifty Campbell soup cans on a canvas." Andy Warhol used soup cans as subject matter at various stages of his career. Ted Carey and Andy Warhol (Photographer unknown) Ted Carey: "... Lichtenstein later denied that he had any knowledge of Warhol's comic strip paintings prior to doing his own: Roy Lichtenstein: "I saw Andy's work at Leo Castelli's about the same time I brought mine in, about the spring of 1961... Ted Carey: "Lichtenstein was being shown by Castelli, which was, like, the Pop gallery. After seeing Oldenburg's "downtown" version of "The Store" Carey invited Warhol to dinner. From Thomas R.
Measuring Angles ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for kids. The innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities. Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year. Apple, The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine and Scholastic, to name just a few, have featured ABCya’s popular educational games. ABCya’s award-winning Preschool computer games and apps are conceived and realized under the direction of a certified technology education teacher, and have been trusted by parents and teachers for ten years. Our educational games are easy to use and classroom friendly, with a focus on the alphabet, numbers, shapes, storybooks, art, music, holidays and much more!
Man Spends 7 Years Drawing Incredibly Intricate Maze Almost 30 years ago a Japanese custodian sat in front of a large A1 size sheet of white paper, whipped out a pen and started drawing the beginnings of diabolically complex maze, each twist and turn springing spontaneously from his brain onto the paper without aid of a computer. The hobby would consume him as he drew in his spare time until its completion nearly 7 years later when the final labyrinth was rolled up and almost forgotten. Twitter user @Kya7y was recently going through some of her father’s old things (he’s still a custodian at a public university) when she happened upon the maze and snapped a few photos to share on Twitter. She was quickly inundated by requests from friends and eventually strangers who had endless questions, the most obvious being: are you making prints!? Update: Prints now available over in the Spoon & Tamago shop, just $40.
Where the Internet Lives: The First-Ever Glimpse Inside Google’s Data Centers So it really is a series of tubes. For the first time ever Google has posted dozens of rare photographs inside and around its data centers revealing the absurd level of organization, energy and design that goes into powering some of the largest, most powerful systems plugged into the internet. My absolute favorite aspect is the color-coordinated design of their infrastructure as it correlates to the Google logo. What wonderful attention to detail. See many more photos of their eight data centers and Street View imagery of their Lenoir, NC data center at Where the Internet Lives. All photos by Connie Zhou.