possibility thinking
I am not 100% sure if I have written a post about this idea, however; I KNOW that I have talked about it at least 100 times in the past 12 months.
From time to time there is that occasional person who is compelled by one of my design works, rather it be a graphic design, typography work, or concept for the purpose of serious thinking, they are compelled for whatever reason. One question that I get most often is...
"How did you come up with that? WHAT made you THINK of that?"
My answer to them is rather standard, I share with them the ideas behind "design thinking", but along with that I tell them about an idea that I feel is paradigm shifting, and this idea is "possibility thinking". I honestly feel that the combination of "possibility thinking" and "design thinking" are the two weapons that all great thinkers must have. One will shape new markets while the other innovates within the new paradigm ...
For example: Steve Jobs and the thinkers at Apple abandoned the idea of "cell phone" competition and tapped into "possibility thinking" when they conceptualized the iPhone, THEN within the paradigm of the iPhone and it's application platform there was a whole new market formed. THIS is "possibility thinking" at it's finest today... YESTERDAY, the Wright brothers thought about the possibility of flying... and you know how that story ends.
"Possibility thinking opens new doors, shifts paradigms and shapes new markets ... Design thinking innovates on the new landscape."
james white: commemorative posters
james o'connel: istd imbalance
barral fabien: manouchian
macie leszczynski: black & whites
carsten witte: photography: fashion storyboard
design thinking: mac view
jeff martin: the spanish matador
creativity never sleeps? pt.2
I would have never thought that THIS post would create so much "buzz" BUT I love it ...
"How can you separate a Creator from his/her creativity? Creativity is an ethos, a way of thinking and processing, not some random "spirit" floating around. SO as the Creator sleeps, his thoughts rest, thus creativity sleeps. It's when, and only when the Creator awakes and activates THE creativity by engaging his/her thoughts, that truly brilliant creativity emerges..."
The definition of creativity is this... The "USE" of the imagination or original ideas, esp. in the production of an artistic work. The key word here is "use", and "use" is something that is done while the Creator is AWAKE.








