Week 9 - Collaboration

22/09/10 – Week 9 – Collaboration

Blog Exercise
01 – Do you want or need respect?
Yes I would like both because I treat others with respect and would want it in return; I need respect for others in the workplace as a hierarchy.
02 – Is there anybody in your class who does not give you respect?
People older then me sometimes don’t respect me because I’m younger.
03 – If so, how do you feel about them?
I would feel hurt then in the future I would have nothing to do with them.
04 – Is there anybody in your class who you do not respect?
I respect everybody in my class because I get it back in return. There are some actions that I don’t respect.
05 – If so, how could you change your feelings to be more naturally respectful?
Be more reflected, think way they are acting like that.
06 – When do you find yourself not listening in class?
When I’m multitasking or when there is a long lecture about something I already know. When friends surround you.
07 – What sort of people bore you?
People that boast and talk about themselves all the time, people that try to be better then you.
08 – What sort of people are bored by you?
If you don’t share a common experience with someone it could bore them and if you don’t have the same interest or personality as someone.
09 – Do you ever find that other students or teachers are not listening to you?
Yes sometimes in within in class.
10 – If so, how could you improve this situation?If you’re listening, you are showing respect.
Listen to others and they will listen to you.

In regard to creative collaboration:
Discuss these questions - write a paragraph on each and use examples

1 . Do you get the support you need?
Yes I do find I get the support I need when working in class, if I have a piece of work that im having a bit of trouble with I ask my peers and they help me straight away.
2. What percentage of students in your origination class do you support?
I would try to support as many people as possible as I would like the support back. Support is like comfort, with people have your back you feel safe.
3. How?
If anyone needs help I would try to help him or her in ways that I think may help.
4. What about the others?
Same as above, I like to try to help everyone as I know how it feels to be helpless.
5. Could you improve the way you support others?
Yes, I think everyone is able to improve on something
6. How?
Listen more and try to relate to the person that needs supporting

Week 9 - Origination

22/09/2010 – Week 9 – Origination

Logistics Report
Checking out the calendar, and we have 36 days till exhibition. Handing out the sponsorship letters. I am going to hand out some today while I’m out and about today. Hopefully finalize the poster design today. Need to get together a distribution group to hand out all the posters.

Reading laws of simplicity – Trust

1. Provide an example of a situation where you have to have trust – in the same vein as the author in his swimming lesson example. What made you trust in this situation and how did you feel?
Plane pilot, with Qantas there has been no crashes therefore I trust this airline
2. Where in our exhibition do we need to instill trust? Give examples. How are we going to achieve this?
Trust in each other; get a hand from other students to make sure everything gets done to the best of our ability. If we trust, we have comfort. Trust our audience is smart present complex ideas, professionalism.
3. What strategies are used to instill trust? Examples? Where do we need to employ this in uphere? How are we going to do this?
Lead by example. Showing people your work and also showing them other students work.
4. If you could “undo” any aspect of the preparation for the exhibition to-date, what would you “undo”? With this in mind, what would would you change now in your preparation strategy to overcome having to “undo” anything?
The logo procedure, change the day that the exhibition is on because it is on the last day of the mindle markets.
5. Homework: How are you using the laws in relation to your contribution to the uphere exhibition? Provide a short explanation and example for each of the laws so far. Use your work towards and your examples.
Reduce – Reducing the idea of concepts i come up with.
Organize – Organize the way to present and set out things
Time – Keeping time in mind while working on a piece of work so i don't run out.
Learn – Learning what works and what doesn't work
Differences – Looking at the differences and seeing how they work together.
Context – Having the context the same in place so things relate.
Emotions – Putting emotion into your work so it touches people
Trust – Trusting in your design, if you really believe in it anything can happen.

Exhibition Talk at the art gallery
- I Have a lot of useful notes for the exhibition in my visual diary.

Week 8 - Collaboration

15/09/10 – Week 8 – Collaboration
Vanity & Ego
Discuss these questions in relation to a group creating a design in collaboration
01 – Are you capable of being vain about your art & design?
Yes, I'm am capable of being vain about my work. i think being vain about my work means im proud of it.
02 – Do you have a healthy ego?
Yes, i think i have a healthy ego. I'm consciousness of my own identity. Mean one’s self-esteem, an inflated sense of self-worth. There are three parts to an ego, Id, Ego and Super Ego. "The Id is everything bad, bad thoughts and It is amoral and selfish, ruled by the pleasure–pain principle." "the Ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, the id may be bigger but the ego keeps it in check." "The Super-ego can be thought of as a type of conscience that punishes misbehavior with feelings of guilt." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego
03 – What defines an unhealthy ego?
Not having good self-esteem or self-importance.
04 – When others want to change your ideas, do you get offended?
Depends who tells me to change them, I don’t mind if someone wants to change my ideas if it’s going to make them better.
05 – When you are asked for opinions on other’s work, do you compare it to your own?
Sometimes, if me and another person are working on the same thing then I will compare them. But if its something completely different then no.
06 - When you are asked for opinions on your work, do you compare it to others?
I sometimes compare it to others. depends what i'm doing, try to do my work like the professionals.
07 – If somebody plagiarised your work, would you be proud?
No, I would be angry, especially if they get credit and profit for it.
08 – What is the difference between pride in your work, and vanity about your work?
Pride in your work is being happy about your work and how everything turned out.
Vanity in your work is boasting about it, talking it up and being very cocky, something that not many people like
09 – Do you expect others to listen when you speak?
Yes, I listen to what others have to say so I would expect the same in return.
10 – When somebody else speaks are you thinking about what you are going to say next?
All the time, sometimes I just speak without thinking about it, which sometimes works good and bad for me.
11 – Do you form opinions about others quickly?
With in the first 5 minutes.
12 – What percentage of you judgements about others talents are right?
50 – 50.
In regard to creative collaboration:
Discuss these questions - write a paragraph on each and use examples
1 . Do you have a strong belief in your personal ideas?
Yes, i think you need to, to be a good design and sell your work.
2. How do you evaluate your personal ideas over a period of time?
i write my ideas down, and because im always changing my mind, i fix them up or rewrite them so i have an idea of where i am at.
3. How flexible are you in changing your mind about the value of your ideas?
Im pretty flexible when it comes to changing my idea, sometimes i find it hard but when the new idea that comes to mind is good, it actually excites me and makes me think of ways to go about it.
4. How flexible are you in changing your mind about the value of others’ ideas?
I'm pretty flexible when it comes to changing my mind.
5. Does hanging on to your old ideas block new ones?
Yes, because you are trying to think of new ways to fix or make better your old ideas therefore your not thinking of anything new,
6. Are you slow or fast in moving on when an idea has burnt out?
If i have spent alot of time on an idea and it has burnt out, i try to move as quick as possible to generate a new idea, but sometimes it is very hard and things start to move slowly.

Week 8 - Origination

15/09/2010 – Week 8 – Origination

Are Google docs a useful tool?
I don’t think it’s useful because not everyone uses it, including me. It doesn’t print sometimes and I can’t send anything because I can’t find my contacts as I have a hotmail account not a Gmail account.

Logistics Report
Finally we have put together a sponsor letter to take out to business, still waiting on the logo to finish off the letter.

1. When Maeda uses the “Feel, and feel for” principle, he is drawing on people’s connection to a very personal experience: feelings. List 3 ways that would make use of this principle to visitors of your exhibition.
Having the exhibition relate to the territory for example the logo and maybe even the artwork. Etiquette: need to be polite to the visitors, dress appropriate, keep language clean and clear. , Nude electronics: showing art on the Macs. Aichaku: getting attached to your work, really hitting someone emotionally with your art.
2. What is animism? Why do you think the “Tamagocchi” craze of the ‘90s became such a craze? How can you apply this to your exhibition?
A belief that nature or electronics has soul, having love to something electronic, giving soul to something unreal.
3. Name 2 products that you have purchased that gave you that feeling of “Aichaku”. What feelings did those products evoke? Was it the feeling that sold the product to you?
Clothes,
Quad,
Phone,
Jewelry,
My new car when I get it. ☺
4. How do the references to emotion relate to the simplicity/complexity relationship discussed in Law 5 - Differences?
If something is simple you think its low quality or fragile. Complex items generate feelings of wow.

Week 7 - Collaboration

01/08/10 – Week 7 – Collaboration

Group exercise

01 - Do you usually think your ideas are the best?

Yes, sometimes I think my ideas are the best until I hear someone else’s idea that may be better then mine. I don’t think my ideas are the best all the time.

02 - Are you shy in presenting ideas?

Yes, I do find myself shy when presenting ideas. But it really depends on whom I’m presenting them to. If it’s to a bunch of strangers then I will find myself a bit reserved but if it’s to my friends then I’m all open

03 - Do you hold back your best ideas?

Sometimes I do hold back my ideas, if I hear an idea that is better then my then I probably wont say it. Also if I think my idea is really good then I wont say it.,

04 - Are you happy when others want to change your ideas?

I don’t mind if people change my ideas, if I think its for the best.

05 - Are you totally truthful when you are asked for opinions on other’s work?

I am truthful in the most polite manner, if I don’t like it, I’m going to tell them.

06 - Would you ever present somebody else’s idea as your own?

No, I would feel very guilty if I presented someone else’s idea as my own.

07 - Would you borrow just a little bit?

Yes, if there were a style they have used I would ask if I could use it or change it as much as possible.

08 - How would you feel if somebody borrowed just a little bit of your idea?

I wouldn’t mind as long as they ask me first.

09 - Do you think you have any ideas that are totally original?

Not sure, as a lot of the things I design are inspired by things around me.

10 - Would you feel the same way about that original idea in 30 years?

No, because I would be older and wiser therefore, might not think my design is the best.

11 - Does knowledge of design history help or hinder your idea originality?

Yes, knowing about all the design eras and techniques may help to improve your own design originality.

12 - Would you be prepared to sell an idea?
Yeah, if its going to get my a lot of money :)

PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE LAW

Research and blog on the following:

1. The Berne Convention

The protection of literary and artistic works

The Berne Convention is an international agreement, which sets out to harmonize the way that copyright is regulated at an international level.

The convention was first adopted in 1886 in Berne, Switzerland and since that time it has seen much change and revision. Prior to the Berne Convention, copyright law would usually only apply at a national level. This often meant that the outside of the author’s home country, there was very little protection for copyright work.

As you will see from the list of Berne Convention signotories, most nations have adopted the convention. Additionally, the TRIPs Agreement requires all World Trade Organization members to accept almost all of the conditions of the Berne Convention.

Basic stipulations

The Berne Convention states that all works shall be protected for at least 50 years after the author's death with the following exceptions

1. For photography the minimum term is 25 years from the year the photograph was created
2. For cinematography the minimum term is 50 years after first showing, or, if the work has never been shown, 50 years from the creation date.

http://www.copyrightaid.co.uk/copyright_information/berne

2. IP (Intellectual Property) legislation in Australia

Intellectual property represents the property of your mind or intellect.

Formal steps must be taken to register your IP and obtain the legal rights of ownership (with the exception of copyright and circuit layout rights which are automatic).

The following is the different types of IP:

Patents – for new/improved products/processes

Trade Marks – for letters, words, phrases, sounds, smells, shapes, logos, etc to distinguish the goods/services of one trader from those of another

Designs – shape or appearance of manufactured goods

Copyright – original material in literacy, artistic, dramatic or musical works, multimedia, films, etc

Circuit Layout Rights – 3D configuration of electronic circuits

Plant breeder’s rights – for new plant varieties

Confidentiality/trade secrets – including know-how

http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ip/introduction.shtml

3. Australian Copyright Law

The Australian copyright law governs the legally enforceable right to creative and artist work under the laws of Australia Commonwealth. Act 1968.

Copyright is a form of intellectual property recognised under the Berne Convention and embodied in Australia in the Copyright Act 1968.

The Act applies to certain materials, including works:

• Literary works;

• Dramatic works;

• Musical works; and

• Artistic works;

And other subject matter such as:

• Films;

• Sound recordings;

• Broadcasts; and

• Published editions (i.e. the actual layout).

http://www.ag.gov.au/copyright

4. Creative Commons

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.

The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons Licenses free of charge to the public.

These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.

The Licences

When you publish your work using a Creative Commons licence, you can select which of these licence terms suits you.

Attribution
CC BY

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon a work, even commercially, as long as they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties).

Attribution-Share Alike
CC BY-SA

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties) and license any new creations based on the work under the same terms. All new derivative works will carry the same licence, so will also allow commercial use.

Attribution-No Derivative Works
CC BY-ND

This licence allows others to distribute the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as the work is unchanged, and the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties) are credited.

Attribution-Noncommercial
CC BY-NC

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon the work, but only if it is for non-commercial purposes and they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties). They don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
CC BY-NC-SA

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon the work, but only if it is for non-commercial purposes, they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties) and they license their derivative works under the same terms.

Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives
CC BY-NC-ND

This licence is the most restrictive of the six main licences, allowing redistribution of the work in its current form only. This licence is often called the ‘free advertising’ licence because it allows others to download and share the work as long as they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties), they don’t change the material in any way and they don’t use it commercially.

http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/licences

5. P2P networks and software licences

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes.

Peers make a portion of their resources, such as processing power, disk storage or network bandwidth, directly available to other network participants, without the need for central coordination by servers or stable hosts. Peers are both suppliers and consumers of resources, in contrast to the traditional client–server model where only servers supply, and clients consume.

PART 2: DEFINING YOUR OWN ETHICAL APPROACH

Answer these questions:

1. Is it illegal to copy a design?
Yes it would be illegal if you copied the design exactly from the original.

2. Is it ethical to sell a non-original design as your own?
It’s not ethical to sell or gain any sort of profit from someone else’s work. if the designer who created the work found out, they have all rights to take legal action.

3. What is the difference between ethics and law?
Laws are usually enforced by government. Ethics are like beliefs and they can vary between each person.

4. Do you value others intellectual property the same as your own?
Yes, I value others intellectual property, as I would feel upset if they didn’t respect my rights of intellectual property.

PART 3: APPLYING YOUR CODE

1. At CDU in the MacLabs
• Appropriate language
• Sensitivity towards others
• Respect others and the equipment.
• Positive attitude
• Work sensibly

2. Outside class in a social setting
• Respect others around you
• Take notice of what’s going on around you
• Obey the rules
• Think about the safety of you and others
• No causing trouble

3.In a professional workplace in which you may be employed after studies
• Respect co-workers and the equipment
• Communicate with others.
• Obey the rules and regulations of the company
• Think about the safety of you and others
• Appropriate language

Week 7 - Origination

01/09/2010 – Week 7 – Origination

Logistics report
Calendar for the class to go by, already has some of the dates up.

Reading The Laws Of Simplicity - Context

1. What does the word ENTROPY mean and why is this relevant?
Entropy means a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome. The disorder in a closed system. It’s relevant because it’s narrowing down a broader content, focusing on the more important things.
2. If you are attuned to everything around you, does it help you deal with what is in front of you and why or why not?
When you’re not focusing what is around you the importance of some things might become lost during the design process. For example, a designer could go ahead and design something and without the input of the things or people around them, they can completely miss the brief as they are making something that they think will work. Having the ideas of others can help balance the final piece.
3. How is this different from FOCUS?
Striving for excellence usually entails the sacrificing everything in the background for the sake of attending the all-important foreground. The light bulb and laser beam approach is the example that Maeda used to describe focus. Designers are constantly zooming in and out of a certain area to focus in the minor details.
4. Being “comfortably lost” is a balance between what 2 feelings?
The feeling of safety and helpless
How directed can I stand to feel and how directionless can I afford to be.
Feeling of youth, state of health and sense of adventure.
5. Describe a recent scenario when you found yourself to be “comfortably lost”. Did you enjoy the sensation?
Every weekend I find my self lost but I don’t mind because I have my phone on me and if I need to I can just ring someone to help me out. Another time when I felt lost was back in high school when we went on a school camp to umbarwarra falls. We were in the middle of nowhere but I liked it because I was with all my friends.
6. If you couldn’t hold back the urge to write on the “don’t write on this page” page – what would you write?
I would write “too late!”
I don’t usually write in books thought.

The Six Thinking Hat

• Which HAT best represents your group?
I'm in the print design group, and I think the green hat best represents our group.
• Why?
The green hat is the idea, creativity hat and that is what we do in the design process.
• Describe an Exhibition Group meeting where you may adopt the BLACK hat
When someone comes up with an idea that might not exactly work or if we have too many ideas and need to narrow down the options finding the negatives in each.
• In your blog write 6 labeled paragraphs on your group’s progress to date, using each of the 6 hats as a perspective.
White
Gathering information about the design
Thinking of the exhibition and what will work well
Red
Think of what people will feel when they see the design
Black
Coming up with some cons about the design, seeing what we could change and what doesn’t work.
Yellow
Coming up with all the cons about the design and what each of us like about it.
Green
Brainstorming ideas that could go into the design for the exhibition.
Blue
Looking over the final piece and making sure that it fits the criteria.