Form vs Function

This illustrations demonstrated clearly on what is forms and functions. Does forms follows functions. Or functions follows forms? Meaning to say, is it better to look good but doesn't work well, or it can work well but doesn't look as good? Can we strike a balance between both of them? Objects that both looks really good and work really well? How can we make it look better? How can we make it work better? 

Take for example a pair of scissors, it works well, it is good at cutting paper and such. But does it look good? How can we improve the design in such a way that it looks more appealing to the user?

Taking a look at a popular shopping mall in Singapore ,ION Orchard, or the newest university in Singapore , SUTD. I'm sure there are really beautiful piece of architectural design. And also it works as well as it looks. It look really pleasing to eye and has an effective used of space! 

Or a top of the line branded wallet, yeah it does looks good, but it does the same job as every other wallet does! The job of the wallet is to contain money bills and cards. But the wallet's designer put an extra effort to make it look good even though it does the same job! 

Synesthesia

On the previous class of creative thinking, Lecturer Mickey introduced a word which was new to me. Synesthesia. It is a condition in which one sense is being simultaneously being perceived as if by one or more additional senses such as sight. Meaning to say, someone who suffers from synesthesia is able to feel colours, taste words and hear numbers. Wait, this does not make any sense to me? How do one be able to feel colours? It's not the case whereby I'm green of envy, I'm feeling blue today and I'm seeing red! They literally feel with the colour! On Monday though, and especially Monday and no other days, where most working adults will feel blue. Because who doesn't have Monday Blues?

Can't you hear it? The number "3" is yelling at you!

According to a person suffering from synesthesia, The colour of the various words and letters are as follows: The Letter "N" is sienna brown, "J" is light green, number "8" is orange and July is bluish- green. So imagine one that have go through a mathematical exam, and a person with synesthesia would be struggling to give a numerical answer but coloured the answer instead.

While I myself do not suffer from this disorder but there is an App, Sadly by your side which gives us a small glimpse of how synesthesia might feel. It is an interactive music video whereby you are able see colours in music and in songs.  
Video link here

So how does one actually see colours in sound? They see it not in the form of colour pigment such as paints but they see it like the colours we are see in computer screens, the colours of light. They see it in their mind's eye.