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CREATIVITY: WHY AND HOW WE CONSTANTLY INNOVATE��PRESENTED BY DR UWE TERTON� 

WHY DON'T FISH BUILD CITIES?

WHY DON'T BIRDS BUILD SUBMARINES?

WHY DON'T PIGS COMPOSE OPERA MUSIC?

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What does NASA’s Apollo 13 mission has in common with Picasso’s and Picasso’s Desmoiselles d’Avignon?

 

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Why so many different cars?

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GOOD IDEAS DON’T HOLD THEIR SHINE - WE ARE CRAVING FOR INNOVATION.

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NEED TO SIMULATE THE FUTURE.

WHAT WILL YOU HAVE FOR DINNER,

DO YOU GO OUT FOR DINNER,

WHAT CUISINE WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE?

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WHICH PATHWAY DO I TAKE?

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CREATIVITY IS SOCIALLY ENHANCED

INNOVATION DOES VERY OFTEN OCCUR BY CROSS-POLLINATION AND FROM WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS EG. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, CY TWOMBLY AND JASPER JOHNS.

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Frida and Diego Rivera (1931) by Kahlo Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera with monkey Fulang-Chang in 1937

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DON’T BECOME TOO COMFORTABLE,� IF YOU, DO THE INNOVATION WILL CEASE, SO WILL YOUR BRAIN.

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THE BRAIN ALTERS WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN.

El Greco, The Vision of Saint John

1608-1614

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Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907

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CREATIVITY: BENDING . BREAKING . BLENDING

BLENDING, BREAKING, BENDING IS HOW CREATIVITY GROWS, ACCORDING TO ANTHONY BRANDT & DAVID EAGLEMAN AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

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BENDING

Le Taureau series of lithographs by Pablo Picasso 1945 to 1946

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BENDING

Oh Sheet! is a mixed media

by Thomas Barbey, 2020.

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BENDING

Tančící dům (Dancing House), Vlado Milunić in cooperation with Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry,

1992 - 1996 

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BREAKING

Auguste Rodin, The Walking Man 

(L'homme qui marche), 1907

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BREAKING

Park Ki Pyung, Emptiness & Impermanence Park Ki Pyung, 2021

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BREAKING

A digital creative agency, Elegant Seagulls, 2017

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BLENDING

The February Coffee House Poetry by Linda Sudley, 2011 (dada)

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BLENDING

Joris Laarman, Bone Chair, 2007

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BLENDING

Sphinx, Egypt, circa 2500 BCE

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DESIGNING FOR COMMUNITY

CREATING PLACES THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO FEEL THEY ARE GAINING A COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A HOME WHEN THEY MOVE SOMEWHERE NEW IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS IN WHICH URBAN DESIGN CAN HELP PEOPLE THRIVE.

South Bank Parklands,

Brisbane, 2017

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DESIGNING FOR COMMUNITY

Brisbane City Library, 2007

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SEARCH FOR UNIVERSAL BEAUTY

Radiolarian Skeleton #2

by Alfred Pasieka, 2018

Mezquita Shah, Isfahán, Irán, by Diego Delso, 2016

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SEARCH FOR UNIVERSAL BEAUTY

Eric Wuestenhagen, Succulent, 2008

Test. By Naked Geometry

(Fibonacci based design, 2023

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CULTIVATING CREATIVITY

  • EMBRACE BOREDOM: UNSTRUCTURED FREE PLAY AND DOWNTIME ALLOW THE BRAIN TO WANDER, MAKE UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS, AND GENERATE NEW IDEAS.
  • CONSUME WIDELY: STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE BY EXPLORING DIVERSE SUBJECTS, READING GENRES YOU USUALLY AVOID, OR VISITING NEW ENVIRONMENTS TO BUILD A RICH MENTAL REPOSITORY.
  • REMOVE JUDGMENT: START WITH A "BRAIN DUMP" WITHOUT OVER-EDITING. APPROACHING CREATIVE PROJECTS WITH TOLERANCE AND AN OPEN MIND PREVENTS PREMATURE NARROWING OF POSSIBILITIES.
  • ASK "WHAT IF?": CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS IN YOUR DAILY ROUTINE TO FOSTER CURIOSITY AND PROMPT ALTERNATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING.
  • MAKE IT A HABIT: EVEN SHORT, SCHEDULED CREATIVE SESSIONS HELP BUILD A "CREATIVE MUSCLE" AND STOP OTHER PRIORITIES FROM OVERSHADOWING YOUR IMAGINATIVE WORK.

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THE CREATIVE SCHOOL: INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE STUDIO-BASED LEARNING

FAB FOUNDATION, MIT – BOSTON, CONFERENCE IN KERALA, 2015

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THANK YOU.

Anna Nordstrom, Grazing Land (not a tree in sight) 110x80cm Oil on pianola paper, 2024�