VA1N Creative Thinking: WEEK 02: BREAKING THE RULES.

JULIE BURSTEIN's TED TALK SUMMARY

Everyday parts such as pottery can take days and hours to make. However, the Raku pottery in japan only takes a few hours to make. Raku allows you to play with elements but the results may not be as you wanted. Raku is a wonderful metaphor for the process of creativity. It teaches you to choose between letting go and controlling when needed.

Creativity grows everyday, everywhere. The best way to learn about creativity is through stories. pay attention to the world around you with passion and an open mind. We need to let go to embark on something new, something that may change you. Embrace the challenges intentionally, use language and perspective to stimulate creative thinking. What we see in the world, What we hope for. We must learn to balance between being a realist and futurist to widen our thinking space. Sometimes we may be working with something sad etc. but we must also make beauty in devastation. We must push through failures with passion and feel confident to fail to create something new and wonderful.

Breaking the Rules in Fashion

1. COCO CHANEL

Gabrielle " Coco " Chanel broke the fashion rules of the 1900s by introducing relaxed sportswear styles made of soft jersey fabric, the total opposite of what women in the 1900s were used to - Corsets and Gowns.

This introduces ready to wear fashion and bold fashion statements with a hint of boyish looks to Europe in 1900s.

2. KATHARINE HEPBURN

Katharine Hepburn was an American actress known for her fierce independence and spitfire personality. She broke fashion rules in the 1900s by styling in a uniform tailored blazers and men's trousers that eschewed traditionally feminine skirts and dresses.

3. PAUL POIRET

In Fin de Siécle Paris, Paul Poiret made it his mission to modernise women's fashion and make clothes bright, fun and exotic in the Nineteenth Century. He started from the lower class in Paris to a designer for couture houses in Paris. He shocked many people with his designs - modern clothes with a Japanese twist and he came out with so many different cuttings for women clothes - some wearable, some completely restraints the women from walking. Paul Poiret broke the rules in the nineteenth century by creating clothes that nobody in the word knew at that time could be possible. I think that he is the most inspiring fashion designer to me and it is sad that he is forgotten by many now.

4. RUDOLF " RUDI " GERNREICH

Rudolf " Rudi " Gernreich is an fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most dynamic and innovative fashion of the 1960s. Rudi Gernreich broke the rules of fashion of overlapping both colours and patterns together.

5. ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

Alexander McQueen fearlessly challenged the conventions of fashion. He saw beyond clothing's physical constraints to its conceptual and imaginative possibilities.

EGG DROP PROJECT

Materials used: Straws, Scissors, Tape, Ice-Cream Sticks, Styrofoam Cups and Threads.

Firstly, my group has decided to weave the straws to create a hammock to create a protective layer around the egg.

Secondly, we decided to create a wooden frame on top of the egg so that it will not fly out when dropped.

However, the result was that our egg has cracked. In summary, we learn that although our idea of weaving straws was good, we should have also concentrated on both the top and the bottom of the styrofoam cup as gravitational energy is converted to pressure when the egg drops.

Also, I've learnt that in life, sometimes we may fail but we must not let our failures dictate us. We must always challenge ourselves and do our very best in everything we do. We must push through failures with passion and feel confident to take risks.