September 2009

Akatu Institute for Conscious Consumption: Cities, Car, Pollution

 

“More pollution. Less life.”

The Truth of Creativity

關於「創意」的真相

在這個講求創意的年代,什麼事情都要跟創意沾上邊,創意料理、創意傢具、創意文具...等。好像什麼事情加上個創意,身價就可以成長好幾倍。當然, 這也不禁讓許多人想要追求這創意的秘笈,想要一窺奇神祕的面紗,更希望能夠在瞭解其中的奧祕之後功力倍增,為自己的生活或事業帶來新的面貌。

與創意常常相提並論的就是設計了,從事設計工作的叫做設計師或者是設計工作者,而從事創意工作的通常叫做創意人或者創意工作者,兩者之間維持著一體 兩面的關係,他們可以單獨存在,卻又必須得要相依相存。到底,創意的真相是什麼?跟設計又是什麼樣的關係,就讓今天的ㄇㄞˋ點子來告訴你。

創意是無法無中生有

「創意」建立在一個基準上,一個起點、一項觸發或一個新觀點。換句話說,如果不先制定相關數據或者範圍的話,是很難能夠提出設計或解決方案。當題 旨、規範不明確時,很容易會讓創意沒有立基點,更有可能讓思緒發散進而無所著力。因此,強烈的相信在限制下的自由更為可貴,創作最大的挑戰正是「找出限 制」,然後在專心在限制裡做到原滿。

給與設計師明確的規則設定,並且給予足夠的發揮空間。

Illustration by Mark Ryden

Designer Hong Kong

Designer Hong Kong is a web community targeted to Hong Kong's desigers that giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.

The Difference Between Art and Design

The subject of what separates art and design is convoluted and has been debated for a long time.

Artists and designers both create visual compositions using a shared knowledge base, but their reasons for doing so are entirely different.

Some designers consider themselves artists, but few artists consider themselves designers.

So what exactly is the difference between art and design? In this post, we’ll examine and compare some of the core principles of each craft.

Sculpture by Gehard Demetz

Computational Geometry

Graphic designer Jonathan Puckey uses a plugin in Adobe Illustrator to create vectorized portaits based on the Delaunay Triangulation.

Cinnamon Chasers - Luv Deluxe

Photography by Katrin Kirojood

squaring the circle

Takuya Kimura - Cup Noodle Curry Flavor