OUGD501 - Steal Like an Artist

Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon 

Studying and taking inspiration from a range of other people allows for ideas to be created.
Nothing is original and things always come from somewhere, instead new work is built on what came before.
By accepting that originality is not possible, influence can be embraced to allow creativity.
Ideas are a mix of multiple ideas and are the sum of influences.
The computer has taken away the feeling that designers are making things.
Motion in the creative process allows for creative thinking.
Bringing analogue tools into the creative process allows for play which increases enjoyment and improves the work.
Computers can be alienating because they distance the designer from the process of making.
The computer is effective at editing and publishing ideas but not generating them.
The computer is not good for generating ideas because it encourages perfectionism and editing of them before they are formed.
Analogue processes leave physical traces of the process whereas digital does not.
Knowing what to leave out and having constraints creates freedom from limitless possibilities.