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What do you do if you are lagging in the morning?
You probably grab a cup of coffee for that extra boost of energy. Throughout the day, you are asked to be creative, to come up with new and better ideas. So what do you do when you need a creative jolt for your brain? Now you can turn to Caffeine for the Creative Mind.
This collection of short, focused creative exercises is just the boost you need get your brain working. Inside, you'll find:
- Over 250 brain-stretching exercises. The exercises are brief, fun and are meant to evoke creative, thought-provoking responses. Get your brain moving by engaging in an exercise at the start of your day or stop and do one whenever you need a creative jolt.
- "I Tried It" testimonials. From illustrators to photographers to professors, real people give feedback on specific exercises they've tried. They also offer more suggestions for how the exercises can be used, changed or reworked to become even more useful.
- Interviews with prominent creative people. See how the people who are in charge of building and maintaining creative environments - studio heads, designers, shop owners, illustrators and animators - view the importance of creativity in their everyday lives.
About the Author
Stefan Mumaw a Creative Director and Partner for the advertising agency The Brainyard and is the author of Simple Websites and Redesigning Websites.
Wendy Lee Oldfield works at an advertising agency.
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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The book title says it all!,
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This review is from: Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain (Paperback)
I've looked through this book and found it amazing. It suggests you exercices to do everyday on a certain period of time. It can be to do a sculpture out of old toys you had when you were young to create a new thing with old stuff. It has a variety of activities you can do that do not necessarly ask to spend money, but to do with what you already have. If you're looking through to see until where your creativity can go and bring you to create stuff you would never think of, that's the book! :D
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4.0 out of 5 stars (30 customer reviews) 21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Creative, but lacking in substance,
By A. Redman - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain (Paperback)
This book read more like a long marketing piece about how awesome the book is. Littered with quotes from people who obviously found previous editions useful, it just gets in the way of what I think it was built to do - excite and energise creative thought.Some exersices are useful, some are good fun, but a lot are rather plain and boring. If you have no imagination at all, this book may be a useful kick-start to any brain storming or creative session. I would suggest that it might be useful for school teachers too - as some of the ideas leverage a lot of imagination which kids would be great at. On the good side, the typographic treatment of the content is exciting and inspiring, each page has something new to look at and read, if nothing else it's a nice example of how unconventinal type treatment can enhance an otherwise bland book. 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Geared toward designers, but great for ANY creative mind!,
By Jill M. Paulson "jillmarie7276" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain (Paperback)
It is certainly what it says! I started tabbing all the exercises that I especially wanted to try right away. Well, let's just say the book looks like it's growing some very colorful hair with all tabs sticking out of it! A lot of them that struck me initially seemed to be photography challenges, but I guess that makes sense since that is one of the things I'm really hoping to improve on this year.It addition to the exercises, they also have numerous short interviews with some leading designers across a spectrum of website, logo, promotions, illustration, animation, etc. In these, I found numerous ideas and concepts to ponder, some of which I will be sharing with you here in the coming weeks. Although this book is certainly not specifically geared towards scrapbookers, I think any serious 'creative' would find great value in this book. 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Copywriters and the Designers are Happy,
By Heather Grimstead - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain (Paperback)
Some of the creative exercise books out there are kind of....well, lame. This one isn't. It's got its share of silliness, but the exercises in this book really get the right-brain working. For most, you don't need anything more than pen, paper, and imagination. A handful of the exercises call for items that you can find around the house or office.Although they aren't necessarily designed with a team in mind, it's easy to adapt the exercises for a group. Plus, the range of exercises makes the copywriters and the designers happy. My group, a corporate creative team, frequently pulls from this book for our weekly creative stretch. Everyone usually has a good laugh at the end results. |
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