This inspiring guidebook offers innovative strategies for altering spaces to enhance creativity and collaboration, drawing from the Stanford University d.school's Environments Collaborative Initiative. It serves as a practical tool for designers and anyone looking to revamp existing environments, showcasing how intentional space manipulation can ignite creativity. The book includes various resources such as tips for building furniture and wall treatments, scenarios and layouts to spark creative activities, bite-sized insights to expedite learning, and candid stories that share lessons on creating spaces for making, learning, and connecting. Additionally, it provides a design template for understanding and planning collaborative environments. This dynamic resource aims to activate creativity, communication, and innovation across diverse settings, including institutions, corporations, teams, and schools. With its actionable tips and adaptable instructions, the guide empowers readers to take control of their environments and foster a culture of creativity and collaboration.
David Kelley Books
A powerful and inspiring book from the founders of IDEO, the award-winning design firm, on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the 'creative types'. But two of the foremost experts in innovation, design and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative. In an entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, and with many of the world's top companies and design firms, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, allow us to think outside the box in terms of how we approach and solve problems. 'Creative Confidence' is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers.