brainstorming

Brainstorming:

Studio B

I conducted my brainstorming activity in Studio B in the Rarig Building on West Bank. A video production class was conducting talent auditions, and I managed to meet the Krohnie Family between their individual auditions.

http://thekrohnies.com 

I immediately got the vibe that the entire family was very creative. For instance, Gus told me about his recent sword construction techniques which incorporated materials such as an old wooden picture frame and a damaged curtain-rod. He even used a Caribou coffee cup-holder as a hilt and covered the whole thing in silver duct-tape to complete the effect.

They are a family of actors and were all naturally spontaneous people. When I explained what I wanted them to do, they got very excited and treated it as a game.

They were all very hyped from their recent acting auditions for "Partly Cloudy" - which I think served as a great warm-up activity.

I explained that I wanted them to come up with as many ideas as possible that answered the question:

How might we: cook a healthy, non-boring meal at the end of the day that doesn’t take a lot of time/energy? 

I also asked them to consider: how might we avoid excessive packaging and the need to carry around tupperware containers for our fresh food throughout the day?


They came up with 23 ideas in 5 minutes which equates to 4.6 ideas per minute and 1.15 ideas per minute per person. 

After their time was up, I had them each select red and blue colored star stickers and place red stars on the ones that they thought were the most creative and blue stars on the ones they thought were the most feasible. I told them they could put multiple stars on a post-it if one was especially good in their opinion. 

After this had been done, I had them concentrate on the ideas that they selected which had multiple stars and had them expand upon them for several minutes. They added drawings and titles to a total of three of their best ideas. 

Here's what they came up with:

 

 


 

 

 

I was intrigued by the concept of "Modern Pemmican". This is a dish that I had never heard of before. After some research, I learned that it was a Native American high-energy meal that resembled a kind of beef jerky made from fat and grease mixed with meat, berries, or whatever was available. It often served as a survival meal, kind of like a MRE because it could stay fresh for long periods of time. 

I also really liked their "Health-O-Matic-2000" and the vitamin-enriched "yummatrix" smoothie. 

They also brought back the need to have their salads conveniently pre-washed. 

Overall, I think they came up with some great ideas, and hopefully they will continue to think about the healthy foods that they eat on a regular basis.