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Limiting Your Tools Makes You a Better Designer
How to build a creative playground
Here are 4 tips on how to lock yourself into a cage and have fun :
1. Make variations : Stick with something that you can iterate and vary. Think of basketball: There is only one goal, yet there are countless ways to achieve it.
2. Limit your time : This lets you know when you are done .
3. Pick a format : You won’t... See more
Here are 4 tips on how to lock yourself into a cage and have fun :
1. Make variations : Stick with something that you can iterate and vary. Think of basketball: There is only one goal, yet there are countless ways to achieve it.
2. Limit your time : This lets you know when you are done .
3. Pick a format : You won’t... See more
The Creative Playground - Ralph Ammer
hard disagree, the best creative work happens because of constraints, not despite them.
"think outside the box" gets it backwards, the box IS the creative tool.
when you really understand your constraints, you stop wasting energy on infinite potential possibilities and channel everything... See more
Lucas Crespo 📧x.comWith any kind of creative work you start disabling as much as possible and narrow it down only to the necessary tools you need, and from there start making the work. That’s what I believe makes you super creative.
ILENIA MARTINI • Scandinavian MIND | The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space
Are these limitations helping you be more creative?
— Exactly. It’s the most critical part. With any kind of creative work you start disabling as much as possible and narrow it down only to the necessary tools you need, and from there start making the work. That’s what I believe makes you super creative.