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

JUDGMENT

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.

WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

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

to select the cyborg concept that you and a partner will develop through prototyping

BRAINSTORMING MAIN ASPECTS

1 Try to propose ideas that are at least 50 years out in the future.

2 Consider the continued and new types of challenges that the world may be faced with.

3 Draw inspiration from the evolution of various species we've looked at in class. How have humans evolved and/or adapted to their future scenarios?

Natural Human Ability

Disability

Super-Human Ability

Sight

Hearing

Touch

Taste

Smell

Movement

Communication

Understanding

Emotion

RETURN TO THE CYBORG POSSIBILITY CHART

Focus on the super-human abilities of the cyborg future

Ideas can come from your future fictional worlds, from natural inspiration or some of your favorite activities. 

BRAINSTORMING STEPS

10 MINS

15 MINS

30 MINS

Individual silent thinking

Preparing writing + drawing

Group idea jam pinup 

Write down as many possible ideas as you can. Try to think of an idea for each of your five senses and for many different activities and abilities.

Develop a few of your ideas by drawing what they would look like. How is it worn on your body? 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. 

GROUP BRAINSTORMING RULES

Come up with many ideas, do not stop at 1 or 2. This is not a time to decide what your project will be, it is a time to share as many possibilities of what it could be. 

Do not put down other's ideas when they share. Critiquing ideas too soon could cause people to be self-conscious and not want to speak. We want to be judgement free when brainstorming.

Share ideas that you can build & test, not fantasy.  Wild ideas are good, but if the wild idea cannot be tested in our studio, it is not the right choice. We cannot build jetpacks, shoot lasers, or time travel. What could you build a testable prototype of?

TIME TO BRAINSTORM!