ACTIVITY MATERIALS

BEFORE WE START

؜The goal of brainstorming is to create a list of ideas - that means ideas that have lots of room to grow - for potential projects that you can continue to explore. Think of these ideas as seeds that will grow and transform into your project.

1 - ENCOURAGE WILD IDEAS

2 - SUSPEND JUDGMENT

4 - BUILD ON IDEAS

5 - BE VISUAL

3 - GO FOR QUANTITY

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Sketch your ideas.

BRAINSTORMING STEPS

30 MINS

30 MINS

15 MINS

Collective Brainstorming

Individual Brainstorming

Group idea jam

Pin up as many possible ideas as you can. We will try to collect a big number of causes we can design for.

Develop a few of your ideas by drawing what they would look like. How does it deploy ..? How would you describe it to the rest of the studio?

؜Share a few of your favorite ideas. Everyone will present and receive feedback - sharing as many unique ideas as possible.

1st

؜Collective Brainstorming

Technologies

Materials

Wearable sensors

؜Shape-changing

3D printing

Transparent

؜Temp. reader

؜Outfit

؜Accessory

Inflatable

؜List all kinds of technologies that could be used in fashion—now or in the future.

In this column, we will list materials that could bring your patterns to life.

In this column, list all the uses or purpose of wearable

Bio-plastic

As a group, on a whiteboard we are going to brainstorm each category

Uses/purpose

2nd

؜Individual Brainstorming

Technologies

Materials

Uses/Purpose

Wearable sensors

؜Shape-changing

3D printing

Transparent

Inflatable

Bio-plastic

؜Pick one technology, a material and a use/purpose you would like to explore for your final piece. Think of as many design ideas as you can.

؜Temp. reader

Remember you created futuristic worlds! How will your brainstorming designs be adapted to these environments?

3rd

؜Individual Brainstorming

1. Use the toolbox to learn different sketching techniques.
2. Using your croquis. Draw many iterations of your design, exploring different ways your concept could look and function.
3. For each sketch, include labels of the technologies, materials and state the use/purpose of your design, you selected.

Don’t aim for a perfect drawing—this is about experimenting, testing ideas, and refining your thinking. Each sketch should help you learn something new about your design and move it forward.

Deliverables: Using the document station!

1. Post five labelled sketches to Seesaw. (Include labels of the technologies, materials and state the use/purpose of your design, you brainstormed)

1. Share your sketches at Daily Debrief (either Thursday 5th or Friday 6th)