During this tutorial we introduced the third assignment and discussed convergent and divergent thinking. In order to further understand divergent thinking we did two activities. One being brainstorming the different ways you can use a fork and the other finishing off a drawing. From the fork activity it taught me that the majority of ideas I came up with were only extensions of one concept, meaning they were not unique. In order to get a unique idea I had to go through about 10 average ideas before reaching an original idea. In terms of the upcoming project on designing an identity for a cafe, this activity reinforced the importance of the brainstorming step rather than trying to stick to the idea that seems the strongest at the time. The other activity of finishing off the drawing also helped to emphasis this point.
At the same time these activities helped me to understand how to use divergent thinking in reality, as well as understand convergent thinking. Below is an image that illustrates my understanding of divergent and convergent thinking. Divergent being trying to come up with as many ideas as possible, whereas convergent being combining all the ideas into one single idea.
Bibliography: Debbiggar.com,. (2014). Retrieved 11 October 2014, from http://www.debbiggar.com/uploads/2/8/2/5/28255125/5202770_orig.jpg
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