2016 Silver Nautilus Award Winner for Creative Process With change happening faster and faster in our tech-ruled world, being able to think creatively, flexibly, and quickly is more important than ever. In Your Idea Starts Here, graphic designer Carolyn Eckert offers 77 specific questions, techniques, and exercises - cleverly combined with fascinating infographics and other visuals - to jump-start creative thinking. Don't know what you want your project to be? Make a list of things you don't want it to be. Wondering where to start? Say one word that relates to your idea and invite a friend to say another word that relates to yours. See where five or ten rounds take you. Work within a time limit, look in unexpected places, think tiny, do the opposite, shuffle your papers, and explore your creativity to the fullest! There's something here to inspire and strengthen every smart idea, all in an innovative little book that makes a perfect gift for anyone, including yourself.

For everyone who-wishes to be a bit more creative in daily life, Your Idea Starts Here offers 75 practical, proven techniques and exercises for jump-starting creative thinking, presented in a stimulating, highly visual format.

About the Author
Carolyn Eckert is an art director with more than 20 years' experience designing books, magazines, logos, advertisements, and telephone operating systems. A BFA graduate of The Rhode Island School of Design, she's trained numerous graphic designers and has been a design consultant for classes at Smith College, Amherst College, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course. She lives and works in western Massachusetts.


Book Information
ISBN 9781612127798
Author Carolyn Eckert
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Storey Publishing LLC
Publisher Workman Publishing
Weight(grams) 400g
Dimensions(mm) 180mm * 130mm * 22mm