Cultivating Creative Capacity Within Constraints
10 weeks · 7 challenges · portfolio by the end
01
Dear Data, Design Vision
Self-knowledge through data. Instinct vs. evidence. Hand-drawn visualization. Amabile's three components of creativity.
Individual
02
An Iconic Opening
Experience journeys. Anticipation, sequence, sensory arc. Interviewing to understand. Designing for someone else.
Dyads
03
The Heirloom
Longevity as a design decision. Constraints increase creativity. Repair, patina, emotional durability.
Dyads
04
Everything Is a World
Interviewing as a design skill. Listening, not leading. Finding the rabbit hole. Audio as material.
Dyads
05
Invisible Senses
Multi-sensory design. Cross-modal congruency. Audio as invisible sense. Designing beyond vision.
Dyads
06
Curating & Taste
POV collection. Curation as self-knowledge. Iterating on earlier work. V1 vs. V2.
Individual
07
Get Out of Your Head
Collective intelligence. Structured disagreement. AI as creative friction. Revisit your Week 4 interviewee.
Dyads
08
The Ugly Baby
Iteration is not fixing. Radical rethinking. Pixar rewrites. Dyson's 5,127 prototypes.
Dyads
09
Less But Better
Storytelling as design. Reflection-in-action. Presentation craft. Less but better.
Dyads
10
Who Are You Now?
Creative identity. Portfolio as curated declaration. POV statement. Earning creative freedom.
Individual