Stone Soup was an interesting way to experiment at just how the creative process is handled between a large group of people. I felt like in order for our group to of had had a more productive/engaging creative process, we could of used a little more forethought and planning. Because a lot of us, including myself, had no idea for what to create for the assignment. I feel like we felt trapped in the broad range of possibilities and we were unsure of what to create for our assignment. With no theme or idea or inspiration to spark our imaginations, the suggestions and ideas came in very slowly.
We first tried to brainstorm and jot down ideas to go from, then we took a brief catalogue of our supplies that we had to work with. This was just as Lauer had mentioned in Design Basics, 1. Thinking, 2. Looking, 3. Making/Doing. Which for #3 was the harder one to commit to. Another obstacle that our group encountered was staying within the time constraints; we really didn’t keep track of time until we noticed the rest of the groups were finishing up. As well as making sure that everybody helped to contribute, and had some sort of task to perform.
I understood afterwards the reason for being assigned this task, which was to work as a group creatively as we would in a future work setting. Sometimes you don’t have all the supplies or materials you may need, but you need to work with what you have creatively.
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| Glance at all of the groups displays. |
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| Adding some finishing touches to our project. |
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| Our final groups efforts. |
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