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"Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to boost a team’s creativity is to unshackle them from..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:59 -0400

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Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to boost a team’s creativity is to unshackle them from constraints. … Unfortunately this approach can actually be counter-productive.

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Constraints have a Goldilocks quality: too many and you will indeed suffocate in stale thinking, too few and you risk a rambling vision quest. The key to spurring creativity isn’t the removal of all constraints. Ideally you should impose only those constraints (beyond the truly non-negotiable ones) that move you toward clarity of purpose.

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- How constraints boost creativity.

As Six-Word Memoirs founder Larry Smith memorably put it, “The constraint fuels rather than limits our creativity.”

(↬ The Dish)

heaveninawildflower: Picture from book Indian Insect Life: a...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:06:14 -0400

heaveninawildflower:

Picture from book Indian Insect Life: a Manual of the Insects of the Plains by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy (1909).

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80025

Wikimedia

thatshiftinghorizon: yumfactory: Japanese-born artist Sayaka...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:50:39 -0400

thatshiftinghorizon:

yumfactory:

Japanese-born artist Sayaka Ganz creates sculptures out of discarded plastics found in thrift stores, converting these unwanted materials into graceful imitations of natural beauty. For her Running series, Ganz created life-like horses in mid-gallop. “Japanese Shinto beliefs are such that all objects and organisms have spirits, and I was taught in kindergarten that objects that are discarded before their time weep at night inside the trash bin. This became a vivid image in my mind,” Ganz explained her interest in recycled materials. She collects multitudes of plastic objects, organizing them in dozens of color-sorted bins in her basement. She then decides what to make when she has enough of one color, referencing photographs of her chosen species to convey its distinct movements and characteristics. Take a look at some photos of her work below as well as a video of her process, images courtesy of Sayaka Ganz.

MORE: http://hifructose.com/2013/02/19/sayaka-ganz-graceful-sculptures-made-of-recycled-plastics/

These are amazing. I love art made with repurposed materials.

zeichenundwunder: PING ZHU, LOS ANGELES/USA

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:13:19 -0400

zeichenundwunder:

PING ZHU, LOS ANGELES/USA

explore-blog: The Cat-Hater’s Handbook – a subversive vintage...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:00:16 -0400

explore-blog:

The Cat-Hater’s Handbook – a subversive vintage compendium of playful anti-feline verses by William Faulkner, Mark Twain, Shel Silverstein, and others, illustrated by the great Tomi Ungerer.

psaaok: Struwwelpeter. Der Struwwelpeter. Heinrich Hoffman....

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:35:39 -0400

psaaok:

Struwwelpeter.

Der Struwwelpeter. Heinrich Hoffman. 1876.

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psaaok: The Lobster and his Mother. The Fables of Aesop and...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:34:34 -0400

psaaok:

The Lobster and his Mother.

The Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into Human Nature. Charles H. Bennett, illustrator. 1875.

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polarbearprince: Our owls see-sawing by letslookupandsmile on...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:25:38 -0400

polarbearprince:

Our owls see-sawing by letslookupandsmile on Flickr.

nevver: Paper craft

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:24:34 -0400

Wendy Wallin Malinow

Wendy Wallin Malinow

nevver:

Paper craft

blognumber173000001: Vintage Illustration

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:20:02 -0400

blognumber173000001:

Vintage Illustration

weatherthisdanger: Der Struwwelpeter (1845) is a German...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:18:45 -0400

weatherthisdanger:

Der Struwwelpeter (1845) is a German children’s book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. Literally translated, Struwwel-Peter means Shaggy-Peter.