Design Journal 2
Week 4: Fleeting Thoughts ... According to Kelley & Kelley (2013) in "Move Part 1," one way to expand on a great idea is by remembering it in the first place. They recommend one way to increase a person's creative output is to have a method for keeping track of ideas. Relying on short-term memory is a rookie move. "Your short term memory holds a thought for only fifteen to thirty seconds." (2013) What aobut the benefits of Journaling? How could I incorporate jorunaling (a practice I engage in regularly) into design? Mindmapping. Why is it a helpful technique for drawing ideas? First, what is significant about "divergent" thinking? The goal is to generate innovative ideas. Expanding a thought out to its very simplest ideas can emerge many useful points. A mindmap takes a central idea and keeps building out from it until there are no more ideas remaining. List vs Mindmap A list is good for jotting down ideas and compiling them. These are good fo