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Illustration by Bob Hansman. Learn more about our illustrators. Sometimes creativity sparks an image of wild, out of the box ideas that are totally novel and different from anything ever done before. Those can certainly be good ideas, but we’re big fans of creativity that acknowledges and recognizes that there’s rarely something new under theContinue reading “Where do ideas come from? “

Illustration by Bob Hansman. Learn more about our illustrators. Constraints, not Rules: Creativity with Bob Hansman  Our illustrator for this newsletter is Bob Hansman, who not only is a talented artist but also a dedicated teacher. As someone who taught drawing to architecture students for many years (including to Annemarie!), as well as art toContinue reading “Constraints, not Rules: Creativity with Bob Hansman “

Illustration by Kris Russell. Learn more about our illustrators. Question & Answer with Ezra Kong of the Design Futures Forum In May, the Design Futures Forum will be in person in St. Louis for the first time! We sat down with Design Futures Forum executive director Ezra Kong to learn more about the Forum andContinue reading “Question & Answer with Ezra Kong of the Design Futures Forum”

Illustration by Kris Russell. Learn more about our illustrators. Asking an Empathetic Question Embracing empathy when interacting directly with other people often involves being able to ask questions that open up the conversation, building a bridge rather than creating a barrier. We have some principles for asking these questions that we practice when we’re interactingContinue reading “Asking an Empathetic Question”