Creative Workshop
eBook - ePub

Creative Workshop

80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Creative Workshop

80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills

About this book

Have you ever struggled to complete a design project on time? Or felt that having a tight deadline stifled your capacity for maximum creativity? If so, then this book is for you.

Within these pages, you'll find 80 creative challenges that will help you achieve a breadth of stronger design solutions, in various media, within any set time period. Exercises range from creating a typeface in an hour to designing a paper robot in an afternoon to designing web pages and other interactive experiences. Each exercise includes compelling visual solutions from other designers and background stories to help you increase your capacity to innovate.

Creative Workshop also includes useful brainstorming techniques and wisdom from some of today's top designers. By road-testing these techniques as you attempt each challenge, you'll find new and more effective ways to solve tough design problems and bring your solutions to vibrant life.

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Information

Publisher
HOW Books
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781440319402

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. FOUNDATION
  7. 01: Hello, My Name Is
  8. 02: Easy as ABC
  9. 03: Time Machine
  10. 04: One Line Logo
  11. 05: I’m Drawing a Blank
  12. 06: Mr. Blue
  13. 07: Gridlocked
  14. 08: Spray Paint Wars
  15. 09: Tragic Sans
  16. 10: Grungevetica
  17. 11: Future Penmanship
  18. 12: Strange Chemistry
  19. 13: Three in One
  20. 14: 10 x 10
  21. EXECUTION
  22. 15: Sixty-Second Deadline
  23. 16: Hey, You Made That Up!
  24. 17: Free Association
  25. 18: I’m Feeling Really, Really Lucky
  26. 19: It Sounds Better on Vinyl
  27. 20: Storybook Ending
  28. 21: Dead Philosphers Rock
  29. 22: Opposites Attract
  30. 23: Book Report
  31. 24: He Shaves, She Shaves
  32. 25: Totally Cereal
  33. 26: Imaginary Film
  34. 27: Creature Feature
  35. 28: Ten-Second Film Festival
  36. 29: I’ve Got a Golden Ticket
  37. 30: Flapping in the Wind
  38. 31: Going to Seed
  39. 32: Sell Me a Bridge
  40. 33: Let’s Take a Nap
  41. MATERIALITY
  42. 34: Type Face
  43. 35: Lick It Good
  44. 36: Never Tear Us Apart
  45. 37: Trompe L’Oh Wow
  46. 38: I Heart Plaid Candles
  47. 39: Outdoor Wedding
  48. 40: Crane Promotion
  49. 41: Just My Prototype
  50. 42: Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate
  51. 43: Printed and Sewn
  52. 44: Record Store Puppet Theater
  53. INSTRUCTION
  54. 45: Robot Army Mail-Order Kit
  55. 46: Poster by Numbers
  56. 47: Seeing What Sticks
  57. 48: Check Me Out
  58. 49: The Game of Sustainability
  59. OBSERVATION
  60. 50: Patience, Grasshopper
  61. 51: Tour de Home
  62. 52: Wacky Vendo
  63. 53: Excuse Me, I’m Lost
  64. 54: Thinking Outside the Wrist
  65. INNOVATION
  66. 55: CD, LP, EP, DP
  67. 56: iPhone Americana
  68. 57: Biodegradable Backyard
  69. 58: More Is Less
  70. 59: Veni, Vidi, Vino
  71. 60: E.V.O.O. to Go
  72. 61: TechnoYoga
  73. 62: I Think, Therefore I Shop
  74. 63: Ready When You Are
  75. 64: Let’s Dish
  76. 65: Listen Up, Write It Off
  77. INTERPRETATION
  78. 66: I’d Buy That For a Dollar
  79. 67: What’s in Store?
  80. 68: Urban Diapers
  81. 69: Out of Gamut
  82. 70: Future-Casting
  83. 71: This Is for Your Health
  84. 72: Paper, Plastic, Glass, Vapor
  85. 73: Free Tibet Blog
  86. 74: Blinded by the Light
  87. 75: Touch Screen of Deaf Rock
  88. 76: Sniff Test
  89. 77: Can You Hear Me Now?
  90. 78: Bending Geography
  91. 79: What Do I Know?
  92. 80: Well, in My Book
  93. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  94. RESOURCES

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