Creative Studies Journal: February 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Bill Gates's Character

Bill Gates
The inventor of Microsoft.

Drawing a symbol to show Bill Gates characteristics. Some information on his character would give some ideas for me to draw him a avatar.

Dreamer-creative and innovative on solutions

Curious and not afraid of failure- learning from their mistakes

Persistent and passionate- never give up easily and keep aim on their goal

Positive and optimistic- possess a strong belief in their inventions or ideas

Intelligent and driven- readers and information gatherers

High expectations- setting a high target to achieve

Resistant to authority: seek for advice

Confidence- belief his right

Be a leader- leading others to work for him

I have taken animals of monkey face and lion other parts to show his characteristics. Monkey face is to symbolize his intelligents and dreams. While lion always shows a character of a king which leads others. Color used differently because he is being different from other human. He owns a great talent which make him be different to achieve his goal.

Refference:
http://www.unp.co.in/f81/bill-gates-biography-41807/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
http://www.hrtools.com/insights/margie_mcgovern/ten_characteristics_of_entrepreneurs_how_successful_ones_lead_people.aspx

Defining Innovation

INNOVATIONS

Innovation means the new way of the out coming things processed. This term is important most in studies of economics, business, technology, sociology, and engineering and also in art and design field. Innovation process is more to productivity improvement which will lead consumers to purchase on the latest product.

Furthermore, innovation actually has similar meaning with new invention in particular product. Invention on productivity includes combinations from precious ideas experience by other experts. Experience can be defined by the productivity use by each individual on the product. From the idea seen from the few product, then combination are made in such perspective to outcome with new invention. Usually products invented are by adding new values or appearance into the product to gain attention from the consumers to purchase the new invention.

Example can be view in this youtube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Ax_v7g5w4

Hopefully the video will help in better understanding of the defination.

My Refferences:
http://www.nscpublishing.com/ProcessInnovation.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Meaning of Novelty

Novelty actually bring meaning on the quality of being new and fresh or even interesting. Showing something unsual to the audience or something new which audience never had experience or see before. Not all novelty creation has its originality. Everything is mostly based on each and everyone's knowledge learned before. Those who have lack of knowledge on something, everything common that never seen before it make them think its interesting and creative. This is what it meant for.
Novelty can be refer to many different contexts. This is only a few out of other examples contexts :

Novelty dance

This is the limbo dance. It is created for culture dance.

Novelty song

This song is mainly created for kids cartoon background sound.

Novelty architecture
The unsual shape design built on buildings.

Novelty effect

The tendency for performance to initially improve when new technology.

My refferences:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/novelty

http://freedictionary.org/?Query=novelty

Defining Creativity

CREATIVITY

Creativity can be define in many ways of its meaning. First of all, it includes the ability to use the existing ideas and combining them in different ways for new outcome look and new purposes. Therefore, simple definition of creativity is the action of combining previously uncombined elements. Moreover, the ability to generate ideas and solutions to everyday problems born in the meaning of creativity. Being creative is an unavoidable inside our own personal, social and cultural boundaries. Besides that, defining creativity by identifying with specific sets of values, meanings, beliefs and symbols. The more creativity will be focused and limited, defining creativity by focusing on how values, meanings, beliefs and symbols are formed. Thus, the greater the chance that our creativity will become less restricted.

Researches found that creativity is often thought to exist on at least five levels:
1. a higher level versus a lower level
2. grand versus modest
3. big "C" versus little c
4. paradigm-shifting versus garden-variety
5. eminent versus everyday

A few examples on creativity applied:

Bulbs with differents points to let audiences to understand what the picture trying to say.

The candle light in the bulb probably symbolize calm light.

The fish in the bulb light probably means the fish can resist eclectricity.

This bulb with dollar sign $ probably is to highlight audience on the country economic.

Although popularly associated with art and literature, it is also an essential part of innovation and invention. Creativity is important also in other profession such as business,economics,architecture, industrial design, music, science and engineering.

My refferences:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/Basics/definitions.htm

http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/creativity/define.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity

http://www.weblo.com/asset_image/480588/119286/creativity.com/

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Ideas of Creative

CREATIVE

Everyone is creative. Every human being whom able to use their brain to think, they are all creative person. The word creative can be use in various contexts. It can be use in contexts like culture, economic, organization, industries and many more. The word “creative” is commonly using most on art and literature, where people without creative knowledge only sees in art and literature. They never realize that whenever they start thinking to solve a problem, they are being creative in thinking on how to solve the problem. Creative is used when the common things become uncommon. Comparing on both chair designs, which one will be more creative?

1)A simple design on chair.
2)Concept chair design.

This is only an example to show the different on creative in art design. Creative is a very big topic issue to explain as it can be explained in a lot more contexts. For examples contexts in art work produced using different art styles or designs.

Lego Sculpture