Milton Tan Dreambook
Dreams: a dynamic realm of possibility and the nonsensical, fleetingly masquerading as reality. It is no wonder why Dr. Tan always kept a notebook by his bedside to write or sketch the ideas that would visit through dreams. Taking after its namesake and purpose, this blog shares our ideas, observations and experiences with design and creativity with the hopes that you, in turn, will share yours.
Don’t Mind If I Ask…
Don’t Mind If’s inaugural communications design community and industry survey report provides a much needed and overdue introspection into Singapore’s creative industry. If you’re part of this colourful community, considering a path in it or even just curious, grab a copy and peak at the consolidated perspectives on what makes it tick.
Old Man Blade: A Tribute to Simplicity
Any razor promises a clean shave but the old man blade’s design appears to have tactically considered its value to its target user, superseding its primary function.
Life at the Edge of Creativity
Life at the edge is tough but never a dull moment. You are constantly positioned for change and uncertainty; nothing seems to be ever good enough.
A Surprising Encounter with Globalisation
He concluded by saying business is no longer the same and we all must be prepared for change. A deep silence followed.
Categorical Error as Creative Insight
“Errors” are often relative and can open up alternative lines of reasoning and creative thought. On the contrary, an obsession to be “correct” can be stifling and promotes a herd mentality.
Many Ways of Seeing
Much of what we presume as the “real world” is made up in our minds through a complex process of perception, postulations and concept formations; the world as we know it is not ready-made or to be taken as given.
Rabbit-Duck Figure Revisited
The ability to label parts of an object and obtain a coherent whole is so powerful that we often do not need all the defining information to make and act on the incomplete.
Emergent Sub-shapes
Visual perception is a key to creative thinking. If there is a ‘correct’ way to see every thing, our world will be uninteresting.
We do not live in a ready-made world. It must be designed.*
“Designers are, one way or another, futurists.” — Richard Seymour
Know your Minimum Asian History
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Best Progress
It’s a different world when recognition goes to progress rather than achievements.