Thursday, September 19, 2013

Idea Journal 2/10 for Fall 2013 - The Potatoe Peeler - Ordinary to Extraordinary

This idea challenge I pose to my students was simple....find something ordinary and find an alternative version that is extraordinary.  As applied to a person, place or thing, there are endless possibilities that can start with one's own imagination or draw from real examples that others have created. Simple devices like a potatoe peeler like this can be ordinary:

or extraordinary....the Rotato...



Elevating simple devices such as the potatoe peeler and other household gadgets or even just testing them out becomes a hobby for some and for our students and exercise in design thinking.


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