Ideation, Creativity and Mindfulness: Investigating the Influence of Mindfulness Practice on Design Education

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dc.contributor.authorPritchard, Justin O.
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-01T16:11:35Z
dc.date.available2025-05-01T16:11:35Z
dc.date.issued2015-09-21
dc.descriptionThis thesis research project is an investigation of the influence of mindfulness practice within the context of design education. Mindfulness is a present-moment and non-judgmental awareness. The project explored the connections between mindfulness practice, ideation, and creativity through semi-structured interviews, with mindfulness practitioners, design educators and an educational specialist as well as an exploratory workshop with design students from the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta. One objective of the research was to develop a framework showcasing mindfulness practice as a visual aid to help explain the concepts to design educators and students. Another objective was to identify the extent to which mindfulness practice is already incorporated into design education. Throughout the process of investigation, themes related to mindfulness were identified. Connections were then made to the concept of ideation and creativity.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7939/R36Q1SJ9C
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCreativity
dc.subjectMindfulness in Design
dc.subjectJon Kabat-Zinn
dc.subjectMeditation and Design
dc.subjectThich Nhat Hanh
dc.subjectMindfulness
dc.subjectExploratory Workshop
dc.subjectAesthetic Meditation
dc.subjectDesign Education
dc.subjectIdeation
dc.subjectDesign Research
dc.subjectMaster of Design Thesis
dc.subjectJustin Pritchard
dc.subjectMeditation
dc.subjectEllen Langer
dc.subjectMindfulness in Education
dc.subjectExploratory Research
dc.titleIdeation, Creativity and Mindfulness: Investigating the Influence of Mindfulness Practice on Design Education
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843
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