Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
As a designer, if you find yourself going down the same route time and again, and feel in need of an injection of ideas, then Recharge Your Design Batteries will help shock you out of your complacency, inspire you to look in new directions for radical solutions, and invite you to hone entirely new skill sets. Tactics include: writing must-have lists and storytelling scenarios; compiling visual scrapbooks, drawing in sketchbooks and journaling daily; establishing a blog with a regular creative challenge; launching your own cute product line; collecting color and texture swatches and constructing atmospheric mood boards; experimenting with still and video cameras and recording experiences and environments; sourcing ephemera and found objects from flea-markets to build and display inspirational collections; volunteering and working pro-bono; and taking day trips and longer excursions to discover archival resources
Synopsis
- Provides exercises to jump start creativity and overcome creative blocks
- Contains inspirational examples of awareness-raising tactics and the stunning work that resulted
- Includes interviews and anecdotes from a wide range of international designers
Designers often find themselves going down the same route time and again, and feel in need of an injection of ideas. Recharge Your Design Batteries inspires readers to look in new directions for radical solutions, and invites them to hone entirely new skill sets. Tactics include: writing must-have lists and storytelling scenarios; compiling visual scrapbooks, drawing in sketchbooks and journaling daily; establishing a blog with a regular creative challenge; collecting color and texture swatches and constructing atmospheric mood boards; experimenting with still and video camera; and much, much more.