Inspiration Archive

Dream as Much as You Want

Every year, like clockwork: TOCA ME, the design conference in Munich – a beloved fixture in the calendar. On March >>>

Mental Vacation: Take a Break in Your Mind

How’s it going for you? Are you constantly ‘on air,’ multitasking on all fronts? Do you belong to those who >>>

About Creativity Enablers and Inhibitors: Ideas Killers _ Part 4

“Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” — one of the many brilliant >>>

About Creativity Enablers and Inhibitors: Ideas Killers _ Part 3

“Stay hungry, stay foolish,” Steve Jobs encouraged the Stanford University graduating class in his famous 2005 speech. He continued, “… >>>

About Creativity Enablers and Inhibitors: Ideas Killers _ Part 2

“When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, dismount!” — easier said than done. Can you recognize a >>>

About Creativity Enablers and Inhibitors: Ideas Killers _ Part 1

“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” This quote by Victor Hugo describes the finish line. >>>

Creativity under Tension: Not ‘Either/Or’ but ‘Both/And’

The eternal chicken-and-egg problem. When viewed from different angles, every problem, every opposition, can transform into a wonderful idea generator. >>>

Training / Creativity is the only thing that multiplies the more you use it

The creativity training nurtures and challenges your awareness while sharpening your senses. Those who learn to think in terms of options >>>

“I see, I see, …” – Creativity grows with freedom in the mind

As a designer, you’re constantly in an ongoing process of research. Thoughts are always on the move, and creativity is >>>