Learn how to think and design like Leonardo

1. LIKE By: Brian Sullivan Open Camp Conference

2. Da Vinci’s Journals Da Vinci wrote over 13,000pages of notes and visual diagrams in his journals Da Vinci clustered his ideas into drawings and observations This page is Da Vinci’s observations of the arm

3. Creativity Must Be Unstructured Da Vinci’s writings are idea journals based on what inspired him, daily observations Ideas were sketched with notes. No roman numerals or bulleted lists (aka this preso)

4. Start from the Inside Out Da Vinci scholars suggest he sketched his main topic in the center of the page Journal page starts as pictures without text

5. Add Text Descriptions to Pictures Da Vinci would add detailed notes and observations to his illustrative ideas Da Vinci did purposely use different colors of text for his notes

6. Cover the Entire Page Da Vinci’s journal pages were always full. Scholarship indicates that he revisited and refined ideas Da Vinci captured and refreshed ideas

7. Manage Space in a Scalable Manner Da Vinci used an early form of the Cornell Method of notetaking You will frequently see distinct areas: 1. notetaking2. quick reference3. summary footer

8. Example of Cornell Method Page In this example, we see a complicated idea for military ladder. We see the drawing in a specific area with notes in another area and cross-reference in a footer area

9. Idea Journals are Like Mind Maps Mind Map of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” (courtesy of Mappio)

10. Da Vinci Foresaw Many Things Da Vinci is known as both an artist and a scientist. He foresaw:- Helicopter- Tank- Parachute- Solar Power- Cardiovascular disease- Airplanes

11. Leonardo’s Bridge to Nowhere In 1502, Da Vinci sketched an idea for bridge for the Sultan of Istanbul. The bridge was never built because the Sultan’s engineers deemed it unstable.

12. Leonardo’s Bridge Built in In 2006, Turkey completed the Leonardo Da Vinci Bridge, which is a scaled-down version with a 300-feet span and total length of 400 feet. Da Vinci was rightthe classic keystone arch could be stretchednarrow and widened without losing integrity.

13. Imagine the Journals as Blogs

14. Imagine Blogs as Da Vinci Journals

15. Imagine Da Vinci’s Indexing

16. Imagine Da Vinci Storing Pics

17. Imagine Da Vinci’s Videos

18. For Da Vinci—Ideas, Then Journal

19. For You, Ideas, Journal, Then Blog

20. Bravo, Gratzi, QA