So what does it take to come up with a new idea? Do you search for ideas, or do you find them? Are they outcomes of logic or serendipitous discovery? Discuss.
Hello! I've created this blog for ideators who, like myself, love to explore and express ideas, or primi penseri, in the domains of art, design and architecture - and whatever the medium.
To this end the blog invites thoughts, views, and reflections on how we generate and communicate ideas in the digital age.
* Ideation can be seen as a matter of generating, developing and communicating ideas, where 'idea' is understood as a basic element of thought that can be either visual, concrete or abstract.
Ornament is crime (graffito spray paint on corrugated steel)
Love of Orange (rubber & plasticine)
PROFILE
Ben is an artist designer engaged in professional practice, education and academic research working across creative subjects including fine art, graphic, fashion, product and architectural design.
He is an associate lecturer at the University of the Arts London, and visiting tutor at Goldsmiths University College London. In addition to his own practice, he works as a creative adviser to IDS, an international life style design group with members in Europe and Asia.
He studied at Central School of Speech & Drama; London College of Printing; Chelsea College of Art & Design; Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design; UCL Bartlett School of Architecture; and Goldsmiths College, Department of Design, University of London, where he gained his doctorate - Design Ideation: The conceptual sketch in a digital design culture (2004). For a summary, see below, Jonson. B (2005).
His research interests include Ideation & Conceptual Tools, Architectonics & Design Art, Design Education & Studio Culture, Visual Communication & East-West Art & Design Practices. He is a member of the Research Unit for Information Environments at the University of the Arts London http://www. informationenvironments.org.uk/ and the Drawing Research network http://www.drawing.org.uk/
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