Started the Painting class this morning with a brief Powerpoint (using the iPod and iTunes as examples) to help clarify the difference between innovation and invention.  Its a subtle but important difference, and one the understandable get confused with.
Will be covering the Design Process again tomorrow - and how it can help kick start the creative process (with an emphasis on research).

Found a very cool book on Brain Pickings website that talks about the Design Process circa 1939 - will add this in to the mix tomorrow instead of using THF's PBS clip and see what sort of different response it gets.

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