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prepare our bodies for physical activity, but what do we do for
our minds? Throughout our day, we are asked to be creative, to invent
ideas, to create. If ideas are the currency of the creative industry,
what do we do to prepare our brains for idea generation? How do
we train ourselves to come up with more ideas, and better yet, greater
ideas? We stretch, of course! “Caffeine
for the Creative Mind” is a collection of short, focused
creative exercises that get the brain working along a path that
is more in tune to creative invention. The book contains over
250 “creative stretching" exercises. The exercises
are brief, fun and are meant to invoke creative, thought-provoking
responses. Get your brain moving by engaging in an exercise right
at the start of your day or stop and do one whenever you need
a creative jolt. The exercises are simple and conceptual, some
with pad and pencil, some with digital camera, markers, words,
phrases, icons, pictures, magazine cutouts… anything that
might stimulate the brain into thinking alternatively...coming
up with solutions that challenge you to alter your perspective
and see your environment differently.
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"Caffeine
for the Creative Mind" available NOW on Amazon!
Click
here to buy the book today |
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| Need
a hit now? Get a daily dose of creative caffeine, blog-style,
at "The Snowglobe." |
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| The
2006 HOW Design Conference has come and gone
and our workshop went off like gangbusters! 500 creatives in
a room, making carnival rides for bugs, designing their ultimate
desks and getting a shot of creative caffeine! If you attended,
check out the gallery to see if we captured
you or your bug ride! |
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| The
CftCM team was recently featured in the June/July
issue of Dynamic Graphics magazine! Pick up
a copy and read Alissa Walker's great article on revamping the
creative process. |
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| Pick
up the June issue of HOW Magazine and find
our article "Caffeinated Concepts", complete with
a handful of exercises to tide you over! |
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Need
to get in touch with us? Throw us an email anytime!
Email Stefan
or Wendy here. |
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