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With change happening faster and faster in our tech-ruled world, being able to think creatively, flexibly, and quickly is more important than ever. In Your Idea Starts Here, graphic designer Carolyn Eckert offers 77 specific questions, techniques, and exercises - cleverly combined with fascinating infographics and other visuals - to jump-start creative thinking. Don't know what you want your project to be? Make a list of things you don't want it to be. Wondering where to start? Say one word that relates to your idea and invite a friend to say another word that relates to yours. See where five or ten rounds take you. Work within a time limit, look in unexpected places, think tiny, do the opposite, shuffle your papers, and explore your creativity to the fullest! There's something here to inspire and strengthen every smart idea, all in an innovative little book that makes a perfect gift for anyone, including yourself.
About the Author
Carolyn Eckert is an art director who has designed books, magazines, logos, advertisements, telephone
operating systems, and limited edition letterpress books. A BFA graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she has been a mentor to designers as well as a design consultant for classes at Smith College, Amherst College, University of Massachusetts, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course. She loves the printed page, all things unusual, and 11 circles. She would love to hear from you, and especially love for you to share your 11 circles at http://11circles.tumblr.com/.
