Mixtum

Mixtum is a creative tool for randomly selecting a trio of symbols to help generate unexpected ideas. There are a potential of 32,768 different trios that can be chanced upon. Mixtum began as a laboratory tool for preschool children to create new futures through synthesizing disconnected ideas and objects. A central idea of futures oriented education is to help people create their own alternatives to the dominant view of the future. This process requires creativity, inventive questioning, and considering diverse possibilities. Mixtum prompts players to exercise these skills, which are applicable not only for preschool children but to students and practitioners of art, writing, movement, music and anyone else interested in the fringes of human imagination.