Creativity

Creativity: A Multidisciplinary Systematic Literature Review by Özgür Ak

22.12.2020 Alumni, Education, Research

Creativity and highly creative, influential people have been the focus of philosophers, thinkers, and scholars for thousands of years. Creativity is the first stage of innovation and the essence of the cultural industries. Through a systematic literature review, this study aimed at bringing together various understandings and conceptualizations of the creativity phenomenon from several disciplines to address two gaps: one in cultural industries studies and one in creativity studies in…

Free bodily movement in a creative process: an autoethnographic inquiry

31.05.2019 Education, Research

Katia Shklyar, Media Management MA student, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Elisabeth Öhman Examiner: Dr. Jan Nåls Most people underestimate the value of bodily movement in their personal creative process. It is not a surprise since the concept of Cartesian split has been dominating in philosophical and scientific thought throughout the centuries: “I think therefore I am”. Body has been objectified and disfavoured…

We have a winner!

09.01.2017 Projects

The Arcada library card design competition has come to an end and we are happy to present our winner! The person behind the winning design is Maria Bussman, a first-year online media student. A total of 17 different designs were handed in for the competetion. The four final entrys were selected by a jury consisting of Head of Library Maria von Hertzen, Information Specialist Sarah Hagström, Communications Officer Mikael Wacklin,…

Arcada organizes design competition

21.10.2016 Events

Do you like to experiment with colours, fonts and being creative? Interested in sharing your creativity and showing your talents? What about having your business card distributed to thousands – without having to distribute them yourself? Help us find a new layout for the Arcada library cards! Arcada launch a competition for a new design for the Arcada library cards. The competition is open until Nov. 27th, and is open…