The power of creative constraints - Brandon Rodriguez

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  • @damianpangelinan4105
    @damianpangelinan4105 7 років тому +931

    "Constraints aren't the boundaries of creativity, but the foundation of it." nice.

    • @kmanjacker4737
      @kmanjacker4737 7 років тому +22

      If you have a small foundation and can't build a neighborhood, make a skyscraper

    • @eugenekudlanov3128
      @eugenekudlanov3128 7 років тому +12

      KManJacker you need a large foundation for a skyscraper

    • @mchjsosde
      @mchjsosde 7 років тому +8

      Eugene Kudlanov shhhh

    • @franksvatek1873
      @franksvatek1873 7 років тому +2

      I'm glad to know that at least one respondent got the foundation of the premise.

    • @jesse113553
      @jesse113553 7 років тому +1

      Or you can always dig deeper (pardon the pun) to stabilise a small foundation.

  • @cup_check_official
    @cup_check_official 7 років тому +1152

    ted ed is my virtual weed

    • @hannibustoogfyrre6074
      @hannibustoogfyrre6074 7 років тому +18

      Tell Me This
      try Vsauce. it's the good stuff.

    • @austiblaze_it9832
      @austiblaze_it9832 7 років тому +8

      Hannibus 42 Man I hit that shit up every chance I get, I'm addicted af.

    • @cup_check_official
      @cup_check_official 7 років тому +2

      Hannibus 42 Yeah, i do watch Vsauce but cant watch all of the videos :( they are not free :(

    • @aman_xo
      @aman_xo 7 років тому

      Tell Me This you can get it free from the internet

    • @marianaABC904
      @marianaABC904 7 років тому

      Tell Me This god this is so accurate

  • @erhixon773
    @erhixon773 7 років тому +213

    For those who thinks UA-cam is drunk because at times it has more likes/dislikes or comments, read this:
    You need to watch a specific amount of time so it counts as a view. Some people click, leave a comment, give a like/dislike or leave "first!" and click off or do those before watching the video. It doesn't count as a view. It's only a view after about a minute of watching time. UA-cam isn't drunk, It's just algorithm. To fix this problem, just reload the page or something.

    • @ibbi30
      @ibbi30 7 років тому +7

      If I recall correctly the views after the first 301 views are (or were at the very least) also verified before being shown and the views are counted in batches.

    • @felipevasconcelos6736
      @felipevasconcelos6736 7 років тому +7

      Olvirki, not anymore. UA-cam views used to freeze at 301, but it was changed over an year ago.

    • @ibbi30
      @ibbi30 7 років тому

      Ah ok, I was right to word it a bit careful then :).

    • @KaliTakumi
      @KaliTakumi 7 років тому +2

      It still does freeze, they just changed it to "301+"

  • @lenardregencia
    @lenardregencia 7 років тому +189

    "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
    - Albert Einstein

    • @PacesetterAbbey
      @PacesetterAbbey 7 років тому +4

      Lol... If imagination is the foundation of evolution, then "evolution" is nothing but a fiction. "Human evolution" that is.

    • @noelj62
      @noelj62 7 років тому

      Lenard Regencia That's why we have religion(s). Imagine you live for ever... and ever...

  • @feelshowdy
    @feelshowdy 7 років тому +34

    A teacher of mine in high school once said something similar. I and a few other students were casually chatting with him one day when the conversation drifted to my school's habit of creating a new rule that hinders productivity after every **one** isolated case. He said, "This school's rules are *reactive*, which is the problem, but having no rules wouldn't solve things either. Think about it like this: if you threw a party but made so many rules, no one would be able to do anything; they'd just end up sitting in a corner. However, if you threw a party with no rules whatsoever, people would be at a loss as to what they could do or where to start, and would also all end up sitting in corners. Meanwhile, if you threw a party and set rules to act as guidelines, that's where people start think up new ways of being able to do the things they want so as to not break them. That sweet spot iis where innovation happens."

  • @justinmiller7398
    @justinmiller7398 7 років тому +38

    This! This video is what needs to be shown to people for funding in the sciences in america! Its not always about finding the end goal, but accidentally solving another goal!

    • @christopherg2347
      @christopherg2347 6 років тому +1

      One of my favourite examples of "adressing another areas constraints": Quantum Tunneling and Computers.
      Without Quantum Tunneling, Solid State Memory would not work. No USB sticks. No SD Cards. No SSD. No Smartphones or tablets wich rely on that shock resistant persistent memory - wich only solid State Memory can provide.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_storage
      And quantum tunneling also has a relevancy for understanding the suns fusion (it would not work at those low temperatures without QT).

  • @josephmcgee3593
    @josephmcgee3593 7 років тому +631

    I've learned more from Ted then I have in school.

    • @cup_check_official
      @cup_check_official 7 років тому +60

      you should pay more attention in school then

    • @kayaeki
      @kayaeki 7 років тому +4

      Tell Me This you should pay more attention to Ted ed too

    • @killlerfang1
      @killlerfang1 7 років тому +6

      Tell Me This i do pay attention in shcool and they teach stuff that i already knew thats why i love ted ed because i learn more stuff than shcool teaches me and i sometimes know more stuff than my teachers (not all of course) bassicly the us education system os questionable

    • @cup_check_official
      @cup_check_official 7 років тому +5

      Yash Keni i do. I love their videos and that is why i am here. But, these videos are no match for the school/college. If you learn more from these videos as compared to school then you are doing something wrong.

    • @kayaeki
      @kayaeki 7 років тому +1

      Tell Me This So True!

  • @AgnesM
    @AgnesM 7 років тому +30

    Overcoming creative constraints are so fulfilling !

  • @jasepoag8930
    @jasepoag8930 7 років тому +4

    As a graphic designer, I con 100% attest that this is true. I HATE when a customer comes in and gives no thoughts at all on what they want their logo or design to look like, especially when the design is for a field I'm completely unfamiliar with.

  • @arjunsatheesh7609
    @arjunsatheesh7609 7 років тому +27

    I love how intrigued and then satisfied those little scientists looks. Vult scientiam!

  • @ahmermirza
    @ahmermirza 7 років тому +3

    "constraints arent the boundaries of creativity but the foundation of it" Very well said. This changed my perspective about problems as I will not be seeing them as problems anymore, but a way to reach my goals. Thank you ted-ed. Always been a love and will always be

  • @pranavarastogi6635
    @pranavarastogi6635 7 років тому +34

    Please Upload a Riddle !!

  • @logeshwaran8889
    @logeshwaran8889 7 років тому +71

    Ted ed is the best

  • @cards1160
    @cards1160 7 років тому +5

    In my senior year English literature and composition class, the teacher told us our final project would be... anything we wanted. Well, it had to relate loosely to a single one of the topics we covered in class. I literally had no idea what to do, because the constraint of "make anything" just paralyzed my decision making. So I know what this video is talking about.

  • @rachellofgran7898
    @rachellofgran7898 7 років тому +4

    Man this is so true! I'm studying to become a graphic designer, and constraints honestly help so much when I'm creating a design!

  • @silentanarchy3803
    @silentanarchy3803 7 років тому +35

    The animations are always so good

  • @ProfessorPolitics
    @ProfessorPolitics 7 років тому +1

    There's a lot of studies showing how important constraints are to our everyday lives. Research in behavioral economics has shown that offering an abundances of choices actually makes decision-making harder and decreases the quality of the choices made. Other work in Political Psychology shows that introducing constraints to how people think about questions (through the introduction of frames) actually allows them to structure their attitudes into something cogent. Without the constraint, many weren't able to articulate the contents of the thought-soup that's evoked by difficult issues.
    TL;DR: Constraints not only help us work with hard problems. They help us think in our everyday lives too.

  • @bananamanasaur
    @bananamanasaur 7 років тому +3

    "if u dont believe that constraints create beauty, please realize that the infinite poetry of the english language comes from only 26 letters" -Jonny Sun

  • @gusdupree9076
    @gusdupree9076 7 років тому

    i learned this from keith richards, guitar world mag from 20 yrs ago , he said when he started playing in open tuning, especially open g, he now was playing on five strings instead of six. but that it forced him to look at the guitar in a new , fresh perspective, and besides we all intuitively know that the answers to everything are right in front of us at all times anyway

  • @zlklein
    @zlklein 7 років тому +5

    Igor Stravinsky talks about this in his "Poetics of Music" book. Check it out. Great read.

  • @marianaABC904
    @marianaABC904 7 років тому

    I swear I'm so happy when I see a new video from Ted Ed in my subscription box!

  • @zafiranightlock5546
    @zafiranightlock5546 7 років тому

    To relate this to other subjects, like language arts: it is part of the reason writing becomes easier when given a prompt

  • @janyamarkevich1652
    @janyamarkevich1652 7 років тому +1

    Sounds in this video...are sooo catchy!
    Ted never stops to improve

  • @amarnathde6032
    @amarnathde6032 7 років тому +2

    you people truely educate and make us feel we are yet to learn so many things

  • @AnimeshSharma1977
    @AnimeshSharma1977 7 років тому +244

    In Hindi, we have a word for this "Jugaad" :)

    • @LuluClimbs
      @LuluClimbs 7 років тому +18

      Cool! :)

    • @KarishmaChanglani
      @KarishmaChanglani 7 років тому +2

      Lol

    • @RottenDoctorGonzo
      @RottenDoctorGonzo 7 років тому +1

      Animesh Sharma
      I love Archie!

    • @ryun_d3v
      @ryun_d3v 7 років тому +1

      Jugaad means constraint? or creativity? or the constraints that lead to creativity?

    • @vodkastrats
      @vodkastrats 7 років тому

      Alejandro Camus
      I wondered that as well

  • @lukeh2379
    @lukeh2379 7 років тому

    I just gotta say, this is one of the greatest animations, you should do more vids in this style of animation.

  • @theodesselas157
    @theodesselas157 7 років тому

    A good example of how constraints actually boost creativity in arts is the Oulipo movement in french literature and Georges Perec writing La Disparition, a novel with no 'e'.

  • @paladenleah
    @paladenleah 2 роки тому

    This presentation rings true today. Too many constraints were brought up by the pandemic; however, there were also a plethora of innovations that came up.

  • @strange_and_magnificent
    @strange_and_magnificent 3 роки тому +1

    I love the animation style, thanks 🙏 Ted!

  • @Partario
    @Partario 7 років тому

    I heard somewhere once that exactly this creative constraint is what makes minecraft so appealing.
    essentially it's just differently textured cubes but by combination you can create whatever comes to your imagination.
    This makes you think about how you can build a bed, a fridge, a sink, a castle, a treehouse simply out of cubes so you come up with creative solutions.

  • @CDHord
    @CDHord 7 років тому

    In fact, the "skycrane" landing system was implemented as Curiosity was too heavy to use airbags to land. At the final stage of landing the descent stage hovers 65 ft. over the Curiosity as it is lowered by cables, contaminating the area with thruster residue.

  • @jonasrla
    @jonasrla 7 років тому +40

    But that's a two sided sword. Thinking to much about a constraint may block the creativity. Dan Pink talked about that

    • @NathanGatten
      @NathanGatten 7 років тому +2

      so true

    • @mchjsosde
      @mchjsosde 7 років тому +1

      Jonas Amaro Good thing (not including school and some professional feilds) the creative is the one in charge!

    • @nikkeh299
      @nikkeh299 7 років тому +7

      but thinking about a constraint makes people think of new alternative ways, leading to the discovery or invention of new ideas. I think thinking too much about a constraint leads you away from your initial goal

    • @NathanGatten
      @NathanGatten 7 років тому +6

      @Nicole
      true, though I think as long as it's more than one team working on a goal you'll get different solutions anyway. Its a matter of environment too, one organization in india will discover different things in different ways than one in france.
      What Jonas is saying actually matters more in the artistic field in my opinion, though it can sometimes be true in the realm of science.

    • @jonasrla
      @jonasrla 7 років тому +3

      Nathan Gatten I couldn't agree more about arts. There's that traditional idea that great artists break boundaries.
      But I am no artist, I actually am a engineer. In a more scientific way of thinking, there's a blurry boundary between boundary conditions and outside impositions. One has more to do with the problem itself, the last with management

  • @LegoCookieDoggie
    @LegoCookieDoggie 7 років тому +14

    The sound effects are good but a bit sensory overload

  • @ova2794
    @ova2794 7 років тому +2

    I really liked that there was backgroundmusic in this one

  • @surajshrestha7679
    @surajshrestha7679 7 років тому +4

    your animations are amazing .
    love it.☺

  • @urb7355
    @urb7355 7 років тому +5

    I'm having a question -what happened to that sky crane after if made the curiosity rover land on Mars?

  • @TheDerpyDeed
    @TheDerpyDeed 7 років тому +1

    "If you are like most people, you would be paralyzed by this task" But I'm an artist, it's my job to invent things - they don't have to be functional, only to look nice.

  • @144ky8
    @144ky8 7 років тому

    I'd say creative constraints narrows the possibilities, instead of saying it is the foundation, the problem of not having them is that there are too many variables and it makes it harder for us to focus in what we want to make, it is more of a guide, I think.

  • @ZubinB
    @ZubinB 7 років тому +3

    Boundless freedom can get counter-intuitive, if given to people who can't handle it. But for those that can, boundless freedom will get them to where noone has ever gone.
    We have to get out of our comfort zone. Without boundless freedom, we'd have never put man on Mars. Our constraints are only mental.

  • @jessicasharma4836
    @jessicasharma4836 7 років тому

    wow !! every time i watch a video i feel so informed !! well done guys

  • @Chirp-chirp
    @Chirp-chirp 3 роки тому

    That's what I always thought! Glad there's a vid like this on here

  • @marcelloascani
    @marcelloascani 7 років тому +3

    AWESOME

  • @normalperson2462
    @normalperson2462 4 роки тому +1

    This is why my survival minecraft world is much more organized then my creative minecraft worlds (as well as more fun to)

  • @KOLeeSin
    @KOLeeSin 7 років тому +4

    If school was taught like this, id be a genius by now.

    • @kayaeki
      @kayaeki 7 років тому +2

      KO Lee Sin If every school taught like this there would be an end to dumb people, like me. Huehuehue

  • @nyathannyuwen8084
    @nyathannyuwen8084 7 років тому

    these animations are so satisfying

  • @rjpena6273
    @rjpena6273 7 років тому

    I always worried this way of thinking is like thinking inside the box.But after I've seen this video I have been enlightened with relief that my way of thinking (creative constraints) is not bad.

  • @EMMIGREYART
    @EMMIGREYART 7 років тому +7

    funny how I'm racking my brain on how to write part of my short film when this is uploaded

  • @lydiamae1727
    @lydiamae1727 6 років тому

    "Constraints aren't the boundary of creativity, but the foundation of it."

  • @zodiacfml
    @zodiacfml 7 років тому

    I am not sure about this but there are always constraints with engineering or technical problems. Creative constraints seems more apt for art such as portrayed in the first part of the video. Many legendary art were created with constraints.

  • @faresgh6820
    @faresgh6820 7 років тому

    Sometimes I think that watching TED-Ed videos should be MANDATORY in schools !

  • @caschew
    @caschew 7 років тому +3

    what are the creative constraints of making a TED-Ed video?

  • @purplewingsz
    @purplewingsz 7 років тому +7

    Video is amazing
    However BG music was annoying
    Almost gave me headache

  • @NathanGatten
    @NathanGatten 7 років тому +1

    When it comes to the realm of art, Self imposed constraints tend to be the best however.
    Many projects fail or become too Limited when other people who aren't artists impose those constraints without understanding the needs of the project.

  • @drestonjclaw2839
    @drestonjclaw2839 7 років тому

    Creative constraints can effect writers if they let them as I see it. Because as long as you have google docs, one can write as much as he or she pleases, and can also write about whatever he or she wants even.

  • @emmaforti4672
    @emmaforti4672 7 років тому +1

    that awkward moment when the teacher gives you a free essay and then gives you a low grade because it was "not pertinent with the request"

  • @balpolamidi
    @balpolamidi Рік тому

    Constraints are drivers of discovery ✨

  • @amarillisbluecat6159
    @amarillisbluecat6159 7 років тому +1

    i have learned a lot of things from your videos,acculately youtube is rubbis but you making your videos by different way

  • @mayadog2497
    @mayadog2497 7 років тому

    I do this every day at work. Whether building or remodelling a home, business. Building, cabinets and creations. Sadly though, this technique is often used to solve the problem of how to put lipstick on a pig.
    Get it done, fast and cheaply, yet make it look like you did it right.

  • @GauravSingh-qi9xj
    @GauravSingh-qi9xj 5 років тому

    People : Why won't you give us complete freedom?
    Authority : 0:30
    Sarcasm intended.

  • @mooxim
    @mooxim 7 років тому +1

    I gave some children an intro to MS Paint today. rather than just let them mess around I constrained their canvas to 48 x 48 pixels. The least impressive designs were those who chose to ignore that constraint.

  • @Kate-vd3hl
    @Kate-vd3hl 7 років тому +2

    I keep forgetting we haven't actually gone to mars. Mark Watney just read so real!!!!

  • @zhiyarali557
    @zhiyarali557 7 років тому +2

    So basically, too many choices could lead an uncreative way. that's why sometimes I hate internet, just ask google, you get millions of results and most of them are against each other, you don't know what to believe sometimes.

  • @elmerdargueta
    @elmerdargueta 7 років тому +1

    Just had an Intel advertisement featuring or should I say staring Metro booming... as I am bout to watch a Ted-ED vid.... this is the culture...

  • @varunthakkar7781
    @varunthakkar7781 7 років тому

    best animation, best explaination and best channel....👏👌

  • @realTCG2
    @realTCG2 7 років тому +1

    These sounds are awesome

  • @neelamaziz4385
    @neelamaziz4385 7 років тому

    Just something I needed​ to know! 😃 Keep making videos about science.

  • @kristentan419
    @kristentan419 7 років тому

    I LOVE THIS ANIMATION

  • @knockurbrother
    @knockurbrother 7 років тому

    Necessity is the mother of creation

  • @unboxinghappy918
    @unboxinghappy918 7 років тому

    TED-Ed actually makes me want to learn ... unlike school

  • @AJ-sz9er
    @AJ-sz9er 4 роки тому +1

    "a system that allows for 100% water recovery"
    Frank Herbert was right when he wrote Dune wasn't he

  • @thinker8682
    @thinker8682 7 років тому +2

    Engineers are unappreciated in the world. Let's start The Engineers Revolution! ✊🏼

  • @mayen655
    @mayen655 6 років тому

    "Solutions must recognise the limitations of current technology in order to advance it." Very applicable to personal growth as well, it's necessary to put yourself out there - criticism might be the way forward. (Not an easy truth for me to live with, I must say)

  • @jasneetsingh2210
    @jasneetsingh2210 3 роки тому

    There's no creativity without constraints:)

  • @tzukit4727
    @tzukit4727 7 років тому

    Very true in entrepreneurship as well!

  • @CommissarChaotic
    @CommissarChaotic 9 місяців тому

    I started contemplating about this after I accidentally softlocked myself from the elytra and ended up making my experience better lol.

  • @simpleministry9155
    @simpleministry9155 7 років тому

    This is literally what I was thinking about when choosing to buy a new laptop, how, just how do they read my mind?

  • @manuelaprecerutti4714
    @manuelaprecerutti4714 3 роки тому

    It's incredible... it speaks about virus and landing to Mars... very popular topics now!!

  • @rupayandas5088
    @rupayandas5088 7 років тому

    Don't know why I got goosebumps. Maybe because of the eerie good music

  • @deanbrok447
    @deanbrok447 7 років тому +2

    great as always

  • @macabrequintet5508
    @macabrequintet5508 3 роки тому

    The profession with the most constraints in one setting... And sitting
    Teachers.

  • @StaceyCaryl
    @StaceyCaryl 7 років тому

    Best youtube channel ever

  • @tornadospin9
    @tornadospin9 7 років тому +1

    Man, this is deep

  • @sashaztoriez3667
    @sashaztoriez3667 7 років тому

    I'm starting fifth grade, and I'm pretty sure Ted-Ed taught me more things than I've learned in school ._.

  • @siddharths9293
    @siddharths9293 7 років тому +1

    Great video

  • @rubywiley8657
    @rubywiley8657 3 роки тому +1

    Me watching the video not paying attention because trying to figure out what I would invent

  • @markusariliu
    @markusariliu 7 років тому

    why do the editor's of these video's think background music should be just as loud as the person speaking in the video? I think they are misunderstanding the term "background music". It is quite hard to understand this guy because of it.

  • @Blaineworld
    @Blaineworld 7 років тому

    Actually, if you give yourself some sort of weird rule you can easily come up with awesome stuff. Well at least it's easier to come up with awesome stuff if there's s limitation.

  • @anuragmaurya7118
    @anuragmaurya7118 4 роки тому +1

    1:16 TED knew about Corona few years back 😂

  • @Aman-ix5tg
    @Aman-ix5tg 7 років тому

    Here's a project I am working on. My goal is to segregate various types of waste like plastics or wet waste through automation for further recycling. I am thinking of using image recognition and machine learning to identify various types of waste. Is there a better way to do it?

  • @joshuao.9590
    @joshuao.9590 7 років тому +1

    nice vid ted ed glad I'm a sub

  • @RorshachDesk
    @RorshachDesk 7 років тому

    This video would be so much better with different or lower volume background music.

  • @abinashparajuli9128
    @abinashparajuli9128 7 років тому +1

    Great work. Solutions must recognize the limitations of current technology in order to advance it.

  • @manarsweet2872
    @manarsweet2872 5 років тому

    I love videos of ted they are so funny interesting and helpful i love science because of ted and i learn to much things more then school thanks ted ed 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

  • @yfyap8140
    @yfyap8140 7 років тому

    thanks for the great contents as always!

  • @PointOnPoint
    @PointOnPoint 7 років тому +30

    the back ground score was too loud, it was difficult to hear.

    • @hannahtherese8681
      @hannahtherese8681 7 років тому +8

      sunny singh but it is such a beautiful score!

    • @PointOnPoint
      @PointOnPoint 7 років тому +2

      Hannah Therese you can hear it separately, narration is more important.

    • @looneytunes4267
      @looneytunes4267 7 років тому +1

      something called caption/subtitles

  • @isabellaxu9089
    @isabellaxu9089 7 років тому +194

    *FIRST*
    time watching this video😂

  • @nhanlenz
    @nhanlenz 7 років тому

    Music at 3:40 is loud enough to cover up speaker's voice.

  • @nancyneyhart
    @nancyneyhart 4 роки тому

    What was the constraint that was fixed by gunpowder?

  • @StephenRoseDuo
    @StephenRoseDuo 7 років тому

    As a scientist and engineer this is the imagination scientists need that engineers have

  • @kietphamquang9357
    @kietphamquang9357 7 років тому

    This make me remember deadline