The Automatic

Another part of the Creativity and Concept Development module involved our class visiting The Automatic, a creative learning space. Our first brief we were given in The Automatic was to solve a problem of a company needing the newest innovative snowplough. To do this we were given Lego and put into teams. Before I started university I found these methods pointless and childish but the more I experimented with them my opinion completely changed. With the Lego we had to design a new and interesting snowplough. It was a great experience for our team’s idea to win. After this we were then given two further tasks to make a machine for the snow but strictly not a snow plough and to create a machine for any kind of weather. I found the third brief a lot harder as I’ve always found it easier to come up with an idea once I’ve got a starting point. However, I find it ridiculously hard to come up with an idea from scratch.