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In this era of innovation, it is pertinent that our future designers be taught to think and act creatively. However, our design graduates who are highly knowledgeable in the content area do disappoint when it comes to complex creative thinking. The remedy begins with the creation of a pedagogical model that emphasizes on the inherent development of creativity as opposed to teaching it as an application skill. This paper focuses on an experimental study conducted following one of Leonardo DaVinci’s seven principles—Sensazione (heightened awareness of senses), as a method of enhancing creativity. An evaluation of the creativity of randomly selected graduate level design students using the Test of Creativity-Drawing Production (TCT-DP) before and after exposure to a series of sensorial exercises illustrate how heightened awareness of senses increases creativity while establishing the scoring dimensions of the TCT-DP as a holistic method for assessing creativity.
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I would like to express my deep gratitude to Mr. Raees Ahmad (Director, National School and College of Design) and Ms. Fareeda Khan (Director, INIFD, Chennai) for their help in offering me the resources to conduct this research.
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Divya, N. (2015). Development of Creativity Through Heightening of Sensory Awareness. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 35. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2229-3_6
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