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Why Da Vinci?
Hi, my name is
Brian Sullivan.
Content
Sketch Flow
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Participants produce several sketches. Discuss and critique, then re-sketch. Merge ideas into one design concept.
Generate, Refine...Repeat
You use the creative and evaluate sides of your brain in Design Studios.
13,000
pages
Harry Potter Series Chronicles of Narnia Lord of the Rings Trilogy Hunger Games Trilogy Game of Thrones Series 9/11 Commission Report NIV Bible Total Pages
5 Sketching Secrets
No iPad
No Field Notes/Moleskine
Separate Pages
Leonardo Lessons:
Sketch by Hand: 1. No constraints. 2. Quick and cheap. 3. No special skills. On Separate Pages: 1. Portable. 2. Re-organized. 3. Grouped.
Da Vinci dissected 10 cadavers for his over 750 sketches on human anatomy.
He would initially sketch alone. Then, a doctor reviewed for technical accuracy.
Sketch Alone
Leonardo Lessons:
Sketch Alone: 1. No distractions. 2. Generate faster. 3. Incubate time. 4. Reflect, inspire. 5. Breathing room. 6. Avoid group think.
Marcontonio della Torre reviewed the human anatomy sketches for accuracy.
Reviewed by Generals
Review Together
Leonardo Lessons:
Review Together: 1. Need expertise. 2. Collaboration. 3. Validation. 4. Accuracy. 5. Consensus.
Da Vincis sketches were wireframes: pictures with words, arrows, and labels.
Yes, a picture is worth a 1,000 words. Words with pictures equals clarity.
Leonardo Lessons:
Sketches Need: 1. Picture 2. Description 3. Arrows 4. Annotations 5. Labels
Some scholars think Da Vinci used an early form of the Cornell Method.
Da Vincis Shortcuts
Main content area Questions and Keywords
Summary Information
Reorganized Sketches
Da Vinci drew these sketches at different times, but they are grouped together.
Marcontonio della Torre wanted to publish this work, but he died of the Black Death.
Flickr
Revisit Later
Leonardo Lessons:
Store & Re-visit: 1. Dont throw out. 2. Store for later. 3. Cluster together. 4. Make findable. 5. Revisit later.
Generating Ideas
1. 2. 3. 4.
Strive for Quantity Defer Judgment Seek New Combinations Use Your Imagination
Three Masterpieces
Innovation scholars predict that it takes 3,000 raw ideas for 1 successful idea. 13,000 sketches = 3 Masterpieces 750 anatomy sketches = Vitruvian Man
Leonardo Lessons:
1. Quantity Leads to Quality. 2. 13,000 sketches led to 3 classic masterpieces.
2. Defer Judgment
It is easier to resist in the beginning than at the end. - Da Vinci
Defer positive and negative judgment.
COOL
BEST
#1
AWESOME
WOW
YES
SPECTACULAR
EXCELLENT
PAINFUL
#2
NOPE
WEAK
BLOWS
BAD
IT SUCKS!!!
UGLY
NO
DENIED
Leonardo Lessons:
1. Positive judgment shuts you down. 2. Negative judgment shuts you down. 3. Your own judgment blocks you, too. 4. Your sketch is a draft to re-visit.
3. New Combinations
Leonardo Lessons:
1. New combinations from existing parts. 2. Put old things to a new uses. 3. Take an element and make it bigger or smaller.
In 2006, scientists flew a Da Vinci Glider, using available material from his time.
Leonardo Lessons:
1. Avoid the common response zone. 2. More ideas force you to use your imagination. 3. Let ideas incubate. Re-visit with a new perspective.
1. 2. 3. 4.
Strive for Quantity Defer Judgment Seek New Combinations Use Your Imagination
Refining Ideas
1. 2. 3. 4.
He Struggled Personally
PAINFUL
#2
NOPE
WEAK
BLOWS
BAD
IT SUCKS!!!
UGLY
NO
DENIED
Leonardo Lessons:
1. Use positive judgment first. 2. Explore for value and benefit. 3. Avoid the natural tendency to think initially negative.
2. Consider Novelty
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
- Da Vinci
Leonardo Lesson:
1. Dont dismiss novel ideas immediately. 2. Novel ideas might lead to innovations. 3. Many of Leonardos ideas were rejected. 4. Your idea may be ahead of its time.
3. Stay Focused
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.
- Da Vinci
Break
Lunch
Break
You will lose focus from time to time. Take a break. Go for a walk. Re-focus.
Leonardo Lessons:
1. Stay focused on whats important. 2. Take breaks or walks to re-focus. 3. Focus on one thing at a time. 4. Dont procrastinate. 5. Perfectionism kills productivity.
4. Redirect Yourself
It had rounded walls to counter the direct impact of a cannonball. Interior walls led to fortified positions.
Leonardo Lessons:
1. You cannot avoid politics. 2. Maintain your own values, to the end. 3. Design can be done under duress. 4. Re-direct yourself to positive things.
Final Thoughts
5 Sketching Secrets
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Sketch by hand. Use sheets of paper. Do initial sketches alone. Review with others, later. Use annotations, arrows, and labels. Save and re-visit earlier sketches.
Content
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Strive for Quantity Defer Judgment Seek New Combinations Use Your Imagination
1. 2. 3. 4.
1. 2. 3. 4.
Strive for Quantity Defer Judgment Seek New Combinations Use Your Imagination
1. 2. 3. 4.