Episode 120 Creative Thinking - Five Ways to Generate New Ideas

On today’s episode of the Make + Design Podcast, Carina gives us five ways to generate new ideas. Carina tells us the story of going to a movie with her kids that, at first, she didn’t want to go to but that she ended up loving and being inspired by.    Here are the five tips:   Change your environment. Find out what happens for Carina when she changes her environment–whether it’s moving to work from bed, from a hammock outside, or just from a different room in the house.   See something outside your normal range. This means getting outside your comfort zone and seeing, doing, or listening to something outside of your regular routine and comfort zone.   Do something outside of your comfort zone. This means planning a new experience outside of your comfort zone and then doing it. Find out how this is different from number 2 and how these new experiences have inspired Carina!   Make sure you are self aware, especially about your inner self talk. Listen to Carina’s tips on overcoming negative self talk and how it will help you unlock your creativity.   Don’t discount the ideas that will be hard or uncomfortable to implement. Carina tells us about her shift from surface pattern design to 3D design work as an example of a difficult, uncomfortable process that she implemented that has worked out well for her.  About Carina Gardner: Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.   Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.   Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/ Get my free gift to you here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/intentional