WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

؜Writing down, drawing, and sharing as many ideas as possible on the whiteboard

؜To select the our main project concept that you and a partner will develop through prototyping

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

BEFORE WE START

؜The goal of brainstorming is to create a generative 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.

ENCOURAGE

WILD IDEAS

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Shout out bizarre and unworkable ideas to see what they spark off. No idea is too ridiculous. State out any outlandish ideas. Exaggerate ideas to the extreme.

SUSPEND

JUDGEMENT

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

The evaluation of ideas takes up valuable brain power which should be devoted to the creation if ideas. Therefore do not judge the ideas until after the brainstorming process. Note down all ideas.

GO FOR

QUANTITY

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

If the number of ideas at the end of the session is very large, there is a greater chance of finding a really good idea. Keep each idea short, do not describe it in detail - just capture its essence.

BUILD

ON IDEAS

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Try and add extra thoughts to each idea. Use other people’s ideas as inspiration for your own. Creative people are also good listeners. Combine several of the suggested ideas to explore new possibilities.

BE

VISUAL

Sketch your ideas.

Nothing gets an idea across faster than drawing it. It doesn’t matter how terrible of a sketcher you are! It’s all about the idea behind your sketch.

BRAINSTORMING STEPS

30 MINS

15 MINS

30 MINS

Collective Brainstorming

Individual Brainstorming

Group idea jam pinup

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?

؜Be prepared to share a few of your favorite ideas. Everyone will speak and draw on the whiteboard. Share as many unique ideas as possible.

Activity Prompt

Now that you already have your patterns, shapes, and visual language, we are going to think about how your design could exist in the real world.

1st

؜Collective Brainstorming

Technologies

Materials

Wearable sensors

؜Shape-changing

3D printing

Transparent

Inflatable

In this column, we will 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.

Bio-plastic

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

2nd

؜Individual Brainstorming

Technologies

Materials

Wearable sensors

؜Shape-changing

3D printing

Transparent

Inflatable

Bio-plastic

؜Pick one technology and material you would like to explore for your final piece. Think of many design ideas you can create with the shapes and patterns you selected previously.

3rd

؜Individual Brainstorming

Refer to the toolbox to learn different sketching techniques. You will draw many iterations of your design, exploring different ways your concept could look and function. In each sketch, combine the technologies, materials, and design elements you selected, and think about how they work together to express who you are.

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.

ATTACHMENT LOCATION

Consider all possible locations and methods of attachment for your wearable enhancement.