Creativity
Where does it come from? More importantly, where does it go when we need it most?
Sometimes, it flows like water. Other times, it’s like squeezing water from stones. Either way, deadlines and budgets don’t change.
Creativity for the sake of being creative is a dead-end road that people will only travel down once. But when ideas compel someone to follow along, they get noticed.
Before we write content or code. Before we dive into design. Heck, before wireframes. There must be ideas. Ideas are the fuel for it all. And creativity is the spark.
Here we share everything from inspiration to methods that we, and others, have found successful in the quest for creativity. We’d love to hear what you have to say on the subject. Just be sure to leave your comments in the form of a haiku. Or prose. Or a rhyming couplet, those are nice.
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One of Sara's photos from the West Virginia State Fair
Sara Andrew, a Senior Designer at NewCity, was selected as the Event Photographer at the annual Friesian Horse Inspection in Tennessee this week. Good photography is not an easy thing to achieve, but Sara's ability to capture the subject as well as the emotion of the moment is gaining a lot of attention around here. When you combine Sara's design eye with her photography skills, you have something pretty special. Read on.....
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Would all the righties please excuse us lefties while we talk?
Can you tell from the inside which hand is more creative?
There are many myths surrounding the explanation of why creativity blossoms in some of us and not others. One of the oldest is that left-handed people are naturally more creative than righties due to us lefties being right-brained.
I have first-hand knowledge (so to speak) of many righties…
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Design Inspiration Comes From Many Sources
I'm always on the look out for new and interesting things as you never know what might spark your imagination. Things that might stretch my mind to ideas or concepts that I may not have thought of before. Good or bad usually makes no difference if the end result is that it got you thinking.
One thing I check annually are the top videos from the…
