How to design / 如何做設計

九月往St. Andrews小鎮路上的風景（很喜歡不期然動態的效果）
On my way to St. Andrews (I like the unexpected moving effect)

如何做設計，既是一個問題，也是一個教學綱目，但對我現在來說，他是一個沒有答案的問題，我也會學著先不要去回答它。因為自從來到這個新的環境，我開始瞭解到了另一種製作／設計的作法。我愛設計，但其實在設計之前，還有許多可以嘗試的可能性，能夠試著去做出許多更廣泛或是更瘋狂的想法。而我真的覺得這個階段非常有趣，就像人生可以有不同的可能性一樣！就算最後畢業前我還是需要完成一件作品，把成品交出來，但我的未來也因此改變了，我能夠在做到設計的步驟之前，拓展更多的方向，而這是跟以前在台灣學的方法，非常不同的地方。當然台灣的方法不一定是好或壞，但我已經多了一扇通往另一條路的門，而我也非常高興可以有這樣的學習。

在剛開始的課程中，CVCS（論文指導部（自我認定的說法））的老師就給我們播放了一個從Ted.com（集合許多知名人士演講的網站）上Elizabeth Gilbert的演講。她講到了如何跟創意相處，並與平衡自己的心理狀態，不應給自己太大的壓力。我也經由朋友的介紹，看了Ken Robinson的演講，闡述他對現今創意設計和教育現狀的想法。而對我來說，我經由這樣的學習跟從不同人的觀點得到的關鍵想法是，其實我並不需要經由設計去真正達成某樣特別的成就，而是要將自己的創意實踐，並帶到這個世界，無論是用何種方式。

兩天前學校有一個題目為'Touch'（接觸）的演講，請到了三位包括藝術家、愛丁堡大學研究3D的團隊、和開發3D軟體等不同領域的人來幫我們做作品介紹。最後的發問時間，一個同學問到他們："我真的需要去學那麼多新方法來做作品嗎？我真的對這些新科技相當困惑，他們似乎讓大家都用同樣的方法做作品。"雖然他的問題並不能改變任何現狀，或是阻止科技向前邁進，同時也有太多相關的議題可以討論，但是這卻是一個我不曾思考過的問題。我總是很樂意去知道任何新的方法或技術，並思考是否有我可以學習與應用的地方。我們真的需要這個方法去製作作品嗎？難道不能用傳統的方式嗎？是否有必要用這樣的技術去生產如此多的產品來販賣呢？也許答案是肯定的，也許是否定的，但我真的對於這位同學會問這樣的問題十分感興趣，是因為國外的教育所致嗎？那他又是用怎樣的方法在做他的作品呢？

很高興自己可以知道各種不同的想法，大家都有權表達意見，沒有誰對誰錯的同時，世界也變得比較寬廣了。在真正開始做設計之前，我還有許多想法跟事情可以做，而這正是創意可以發揮的地方。大膽嘗試，不管成功與否，是一件非常有趣的事，也真的對我很有幫助呢～

演講中文字幕連結：
Elizabeth Gilbert
Ken Robinson



The title is a question or a taught issue, but for me now, it is a no answer question and I will not try to answer it. Through the journey I have in a new country, I have started realising a fresh way doing my work/design. I love doing design, however, before design I could do a lot of wide or wild thinking about my idea. It is totally interesting to me. Life can have more possibility, even in this study, I need to finish a piece of work. Nevertheless, I can explore a new world after this, and try to create my work in a new way unlike the education I had before. I can not say the education I had is bad, but now I had opened a new door for my life and mind. Sometimes the process and test could bring different ideas (or not), but I do enjoy this and I am so happy to have this.

In the beginning of study, our CVCS tutor showed master group this talk, addressed by Elizabeth Gilbert from Ted.com (an interesting website collected talks from remarkable people). She talked about what we can think about our creativity, and how to deal our emotion. I also saw Ken Robinson's talk today from my friend's message. He discussed the relationship between creativity and education nowadays. Maybe the key point to me, is not achieving anything through my creativity, yet how to do what I love and bring my creativity to the world, no matter what it is.

Two days ago, I listened a lecture about 'Touch'. School asked three people talked about their work, including artist's work, 3D software and 3D research work. One student asked them: 'Do I really need to know so many skills or technique to create my work? I am so confused about new technology. They all bring us to do our work in the same way.' Actually, his opinion can not change anything at all, new things and technology will keep going forward, and there are too many ideas for these issues. But I really think, this question is what I never thought before, I always love to learn new skills and technique, and try to use them wisely to achieve my goal. Do we really need them? Can we create our work in a traditional and simple way? Do we really need to produce so many works for sell? Maybe, or maybe not. But I am interested in why he thinks in that way, is it because of education? And how does he make his work instead?

I am really glad to know different ideas and thinking. Everyone can express their idea directly. Nothing is totally right and wrong and has so many possibilities in it. I am thinking, before design I have so many things can do and develop, and that is where the creativity is. Trying without thinking is good for me, I do enjoy it, no matter what it is.