My group brought some acrylic paints, cardboard, some newspaper, origami, stuffed animals, and bottles. It took a couple minutes for us to get started; we all kind of stared at the junk in front of us and pondered how we were going to make it into art. It started with the cardboard, which we made into a sort of tepee structure and decided to decorate it with the origami. We started to get inspired at this point and began to make other origami forms with the newspaper that was provided. From there we started to paint on the cardboard elements of nature such as leaves and water swirls and then we actually gathered leaves and sticks that we surrounding us and incorporated those into our art. Our final product was not the most beautiful piece of public art, but it certainly was a mash up of many ideas and it represented our teamwork.
This exercise really helped me understand the importance of working with other designers to improve your own thoughts. As a designer you must find inspiration from not only yourself, but others too. Working with a group of people who all have very valid and creative ideas is so conducive to your growth as a designer and as a person. Designers must be open minded and learn out to work together so the best possible product is created.
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