Brain bank (8/25)

This is an image that I found on a blog post featuring photo manipulation art. All of the images came from a particular artist who works primarily in photo manipulation. This is an image of a landscape and trees that has been manipulated and digitally enhanced to be very stylistic. To me it resembles starry night by Van Gogh.

Brain Bank (8/24)

This is the image that I found on an article featuring a new television being developed that features both 3D stereoscopic images and a touch screen interface. What I really find inspiring about this television is that it represents the future of home entertainment. We are moving toward a time when everything becomes completely interactive in every way and is connected to everything else and even if this particular television doesn't catch on, it still represents the direction we are heading.

Homework (revised, ignore last post)

The top three themes that I have throughout my brainbanks are design, color, and composition. These three themes can be further broken down into traits such as pattern, depth of field, repetition (design); theory, contrast, brightness, shadows (color); placement, flow, depth of field (composition). These are some great things to think about while working on my final project because these are things that I am definitely going to be looking toward while creating a children's book.

Homework

		The top three themes that I have throughout my brainbanks are design, color, and composition. These three themes can be further broken down into traits such as pattern, depth of field, repetition (design); theory, contrast, brightness, shadows (color); placement, flow, depth of field (composition). These are some great things to think about while working on my final project because these are things that I am definitely going to be looking toward while creating a children's book. color
		pattern/design
		color/composition
		design
		design
		biology
		composition
		composition
		humor
		color/design
		design
		ingenuity
		design
		color
		ingenuity
		nostalgia
		structure
		design
		structure
		nostalgia
		ingenuity
		music
		pattern/design
		design
		composition
		ingenuity
		biology
		ingenuity/humor
		ingenuity/design
		nostalgia
		creative
		design
		nostalgia
		composition
		ingenuity
		design
		composition
		composition/color
		composition/color
		concept
		design
		composition
		composition
		concept
		concept
		concept/color/design
		color
		concept/design
		color/composition
		concept
		color/design
		concept/color
		composition
		color/design
		structure
		color/design
		concept
		concept/design
		color/design
		composition/color
		concept
		irony
		15
		2
		20
		13
		2
		1
		7
		4
		3
		1
		1
		10
		1

Chapter 17: Brutethink

Problem: I need to increase my referrals at my job at the bank.
Random Word: Eyeliner.
A series of things associated with Eyeliner: It's a makeup, it comes in many colors, it's used by many women, it fits in your hand, it comes in pencil form, it can be sharpened, it can be pointy, it can be purchased at many drug stores, it makes things look better.
Forced Connections: The referrals need to look good, use words and phrases that make them look better to customers. Our products come in many varieties, make this a focal point of my referrals. Just like makeup is primarily used by women stress certain products to certain people.

This thinkertoy was done in my prime environment. It was done in my living room at night while the TV was on and my family was around. These distractions definitely help me with my ability to focus and think about a certain product.

Brain Bank (8/23)

http://yourmindblown.com/post/988135623/after-making-1-4-billion-crayons-crayolas-senior

This brain bank is not based on any sort of image or video, this one is based on an article I read tonight about Crayola. It turns out that Emerson Moser, Crayola's senior crayon maker for over 37 years is colorblind. I love hearing stories about these extreme cases of irony, it inspires me to read something like this.

Chapter 27: True And False

Problem: My hockey team does rather mediocre in the standings each season, we need to improve our chances of winning a championship.
Paradox: Despite trying several different strategies to improve our team, we seem to do best when we play without a specific strategy.
Essence: Turing this into a book title: The NonStrategic Strategy.
Analogy: A great analogy is the concept of beginner's luck and that sometimes people tend to pull off difficult maneuvers once, then cannot do it after practicing.
Unique Feature: The unique feature is beginner's luck.
Equivalent: Athletes who show a lot of promise at a young age and don't fulfill those hopes.
New Idea: We will not create a new strategy out of nowhere we will film the way we play without a strategy and refine that into a strategy that will work with our team.

I did this thinkertoy while sitting on my front porch earlier today. The sky was gray and it was very rainy. I live on a busy highway so there is constant flow of 4 lanes of traffic going at any given time. The sound of the traffic was really soothing to me and helped keep my mind focused on the task at hand.