25th July 2016 - Breaking the Rules

5 Innovations

1. Lost in Sofa

By Daisuke Motogi Architecture
Presented at Designtide Tokyo 2010

Since its Japanese it takes from the idea of people losing things in and under of their sofa and then run with in and made a sofa where you can literally lose things at every corner of the sofa or just put your books, flowers and pencils into it so you don't have to invest on an extra coffee table to put your things on.

2. Eco Toilete

By Jang Woo-Seok
Presented at 2012

 Its basically a sink and a toilet joined into one. It has two tanks one that has tap water in it and another that has the used water from the sink. So when you wash your hands, the used up water will go down to the toilet tank and you'll be using the same water that you used to wash dirt off your hands to flush your mess in the toilet. Its environmentally friendlier than normal sinks and toilets since you'll be using less water but lets just not clog the sink or we'll be up for a disaster.....

3. The Kitchenette Table

By Marta Antoszkiewicz 
Presented in 2008

It is a set of minimalistic dinning table and chairs that can be compacted into a block table when not in used in order to save space and to avoid the room looking cluttered and full, making it ideal to be used in small houses.

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4 LESSONS IN CREATIVITY | JULIE BURSTEIN

After watching the video, I felt that to be able to actually move forward, you have to
be open minded enough to embrace all the challenges you face and take it in a good, constructive way. There is no perfection even in the making of raku because the cracked patterns are somehow unintentionally created. To me, this is in a sense breaking the rules as you take the imperfections and embrace it to be a part of your creation.at the middle of the video, julie burstein also quoted from artists that pushing against the limits to what one can do helps them focus in "finding their own voice". I can also relate this to breaking the rules as i myself am from malaysia, and to come to NAFA to study is actually breaking out of my comfort zone and thus i have to find my own direction and progress forward.