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Creativity & Ideas

Creativity & Ideas

Zaha Hadid Work

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid

A British Iraqi architect from Baghdad. The "Queen of the curve", who liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity

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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs

A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s and a co-founder and later a chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc.

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It’s no secret that inspiration has a will of its own

It’s no secret that inspiration has a will of its own.

It always seems to hit us at the most awkward possible time, often right when we’re in the middle of something. We must be willing to surrender to inspiration when it comes calling. That might mean dropping what we’re doing and changing plans at the last minute.

Source: Do Design: Why Beauty is Key to Everything (Book) by Alan Moore

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Messages don’t prompt the brain to action. But as ideas, they do!

Steve Adams
Steve Adams

Popular conference speaker and writer who worked in TV, radio and magazines and as Tearfund’s Head of Global Brand and Communication.

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I start with the laugh and work backwards from there.

Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey

English actor, comedian, musician and singer. Known for creative ways of incorporating music into his comedy.

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If designers and researchers do not sometimes fail, it is a sign that they are not trying hard enough—they are not thinking the great creative thoughts that will provide breakthroughs in how we do things. It is possible to avoid failure, to always be safe. But that is also the route to a dull, uninteresting life.

Donald A. Norman
Donald A. Norman

An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.

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The adult public’s taste is not necessarily ready to accept the logical solutions to their requirements if the solution implies too vast a departure from what they have been conditioned into accepting as the norm.

Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewy

French-born American industrial designer, considered to be a father of industrial design.

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