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#BucketFail: Creative Mornings with Allan Chochinov

By Allan Chochinov - March 22, 2010

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2010/02 Allan Chochinov from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.

I am very appreciative of the opportunity to have spoken at SwissMiss's Creative Mornings event last month, and as I mention at the start of the video, I wanted to do something special for Tina's new baby Tilo. Given the monumental snow storm the preceding day and morning-of, it was a thrill to see so many people come out early for the event. We arranged the chairs in a semi-circle, turned down the lights, and I have to say that a morning song format did lend itself well for what was going on outside. Given my vantage point during the talk, I think I was the only one who could see the snow drifting down out the windows, but it added a sweet romance to the thing (and made it extra hard to concentrate on the lyrics). In case you were wondering about them, they're pasted below (I abbreviated a stanza near the end for the sake of brevity...it was getting long). It's a great song for kids, but now I know it's a great song for designers as well. It sure was fun to take a look at it through that lens—that's in the second half of the video! Thanks to Roland Lazarte for doing the video; thanks to Liz Danzico for hosting and the SVA MFA Interaction Design for the space, and again to Tina for the invite. Hope you enjoy. There's a Hole in the Bucket There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole. Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it. With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza? With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what? With some straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With some straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, some straw. The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza, The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long, Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it. With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza? With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what? With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, an axe. The axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza, The axe is too dull, dear Liza, too dull. Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, whet it. With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza? With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, with what? With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, a stone. The stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry. Then moisten it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Then moisten it, dear Henry, dear Henry, moisten it. With what shall I moisten, dear Liza, dear Liza? With what shall I moisten, dear Liza, with what? Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, try water. From where shall I get it, dear Liza, dear Liza? From where shall I get it, dear Liza, from where? From the well, dear Henry,dear Henry, dear Henry, From the well, dear Henry, dear Henry, the well. In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza? In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, in what? In a bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, In a bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, in a bucket. There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole...

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Jen van der Meer

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Hole in the bucket as design metaphor. Brilliant. Could you also do the same for Froggy went a courtin, and the eency weency spider?
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