Embracing Constraints
A design philosophy that views constraints as opportunities for creativity and innovation, rather than limitations.
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SCAMPER
Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to another use, Eliminate, and Reverse (SCAMPER) is a creative thinking technique that encourages innovation in a product or process.
Crazy Eights
A brainstorming technique where participants sketch eight ideas in eight minutes to generate a wide range of concepts quickly.
Functional Fixedness
A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used.
Reverse Ideation
A creative thinking technique where the typical process is reversed to generate new ideas by considering the opposite of conventional assumptions.
Braindrawing
A brainstorming technique where participants draw their ideas instead of writing them down.
Ideation
The process of generating a broad set of ideas on a given topic, with no attempt to judge or evaluate them initially.
Innovation Culture
An organizational environment that encourages and supports creative thinking, risk-taking, and the pursuit of new ideas.
Generative Design
An iterative design process that uses algorithms and computational tools to generate a wide range of design solutions based on defined constraints and goals.