Using Images as Metaphors for Creative Thinking
Metaphors are one of the most useful tools in creative thinking. Figures of speech, they are useful to compare different things. However, metaphors can also be used as a visual
Visual Thinking
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By Andy Eklund
Best Online Collaboration Tools
Online collaboration tools are improving every day. There are the obvious ones, plus a few less common ones. By no means comprehensive, this list was originally gathered for my Design
How To Break A Creative Block
Sometimes there’s nothing more scary than a blank page. The act of creating – an idea, a thing, a solution – is tough enough, but made worse when we also
Mood Boards
Click here for Online Mood Boards Long a favourite of professional designers, mood boards are a curated collection of random images, words and textures brought into focus by a single reference point.
Use Mental Stimuli For Brainstorming
Use Mental Stimuli to Brainstorm is Post #6 in a series from a presentation entitled 11 Great Creative Slip-Ups: The Most Common Mistakes in Brainstorming. The introduction to the series begins here.
Flash Cards
Whenever I need to brainstorm an idea – either by myself, or with others – I love to pull out flash cards to inspire creative thinking. Whether you buy, collect
Draw Your Problem
Jump to Instructions As a way to get the creative juices flowing, I often talk in brainstorms about focusing on the problem – whether it’s defining it, organising them into groups,