1 - ENCOURAGE WILD IDEAS

2 - SUSPEND JUDGMENT

4 - BUILD ON IDEAS

5 - BE VISUAL

3 - GO FOR QUANTITY

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Sketch your ideas.

Client needs:

• Access to Free Food
• Dignity in Exchange
• Community Connection

Design Constraints:

• Scale model
• Only 3 hours to work!
• Limited Supplies

Individual Brainstorming: Take 5 minutes and list as many unique project ideas (10) as you can come up with. Consider ideas that you found interesting + exciting in your precedent research.

Sketching: Take 5 minutes and make quick sketches of your favorite 3 unique ideas. This will help flesh these ideas out and will be a tool for communicating your ideas to your partner and your studio mates. Remember sketching is a communication tool, we do not need to be "artists."

Partner Brainstorm: Take 10 minutes to rapidly share your favorite ideas with your partner. Listen for similarities and opportunities for combining ideas. You don't need to pick a project idea right this moment, just make sure to share your ideas and why they're meaningful to you. 

Group Brainstorm: Now that you have some ideas in mind, we will come together as a studio group to share them. Your coach will record ideas on the whiteboard, and we will look for connections, themes, and site overlaps - together. ~20 mins

Idea Selection: With your project partner, select a few ideas that interest you both. Any ideas (or combinations) listed on the board are open for you to explore. ~10 mins

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