Hyper Island
Brilliant name, this sounds like my kind of event, Hyper Island in association with Northern Net have joined forces to create what is described as
“a highly innovative one-day creative session using the digital network as a springboard for creative ideas…”.
So basically, this means – anything can happen. That’s exactly why I’m excited.
And scared.
What is so amazing about creative is that when we hear the word we all have different ideas about what creative is, and what it isn’t. How do we decide what gets lumped into the category, and if we are lumping it into a category then is it creative at all, should it be something that you can’t compartmentalize?
I have been on an all day creativity session and I found it the single most rewarding all day session still to this day, and that was over 10 years ago. I’m not sure it was necessarily the content, there are far more factors that take place, is the group open minded? Are they keen to practice what we are being shown? Do we follow like sheep or do we modify what we are told to be creative? Does the group feel comfortable together? Could it have been that at that point in my life I wanted to embrace something new and exciting?
I don’t know that there are any answers, but I know from what I have read it’s a bit enigmatic as to what will actually happen, which I think is fantastic. It means that it will be open to interpretation and it won’t be something that has happened in an exact way before.
Particular things I am looking forward to are:
• Explore creative principles, Idea generation and Idea development
• Use creative tools in a way that is relevant to your work
The Learning Outcomes are listed as:
• Insight into the theory of the creative process and the generation of ideas
• How invention, futuristic technology and passionate creative concepts are linked to new product and business development
• Develop new ideas and practical creative tools to implement into your work
• Product concept and services development for the future digital landscape
So that means this is my marker to judge whether or not the day was a success. Personally, if it’s been a blast and I come out feeling inspired, that’s all the ‘Learning Outcome’ I’ll need.
About Hyper Island
Hyper Island is a world-leader in the field of education for interactive communication, business management and leadership. For over 15 years Hyper Island has been developing and delivering training courses that deploy a unique brand of experience-based learning, to create immersive knowledge transfer environments for creative and digital industry professionals. We strive to break down the traditional walls between learning environments and the “real world”, valuing creativity and creative process as vital tools for any every 21st Century business.
Hyper Island has bases in the UK, the US. and Sweden where we also offer the following full-time educational programs: Digital Media, E-commerce, Interactive Art Director, Applications Designer & Developer for Mobile Devices and Motion Graphics Designer & Developer.
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What a great resource!