WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

So that we have a good idea for our wind sculpture before we start building it

Brainstorming ideas for a sculpture that shows the wind

1 - ENCOURAGE WILD IDEAS

2 - SUSPEND JUDGMENT

4 - BUILD ON IDEAS

5 - BE VISUAL

3 - GO FOR QUANTITY

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Sketch your ideas.

Remember to think of a lot of possibilities.

There are many ways to approach the same concept.

Prompt:

Design a cow mug...



Step 1

Step 2

~1-1.5 hrs

Think back to the precedents you've looked at, and think of what inspiration you have for designing a wind sculpture.

Sketch your idea! Try to make a quick drawing that shows what the parts of your sculpture will be, and how it will move in the wind (will it spin, billow, flow in one direction?) What materials could you use for your sculpture?

Step 3

As a class: gather all your ideas on the whiteboard, clustering ideas that are similar. Get inspired by your classmates and keeping adding more ideas!

Material

Motion

Inspiration

Crepe Paper

Cups

String

Coffee Filters

Spinning

Lifting

Billowing

Waving

Clouds

Birds

Bubbles

Kites

Final Project Expectations

Your design will be bigger than a banana and smaller than a toaster

Your project will have a particular theme that relates to the wind (ie birds, clouds, hot air balloons, etc.)

Make the wind visible by designing a sculpture, wind sock, or pinwheel from simple prototyping materials

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