Check out a few recent "the show"'s where Ze Frank talks about creativity trhough new perspectives and learning. Did you know he was a Neuroscientist?

Effectively the design equivalent of a Haiku, Vormator...

...is the ultimate challenge of your creativity: the aim of the book is to give each artist the chance to show his abilities to create a stunning piece with limited means. The contributing artists each get the exact same set of 8 shapes, the Elements. With these shapes they are challenged to create their own unique page for the book, within the limitations provided in the Rulebook. Designers are thus challenged to create a unique piece within a strict set of rules. It all comes down to pure skills and creativity in this competition.

What a very cool idea. Here are the 8 basic shapes:

I was just tuning into DnB Podcast.com, specifically this awesome mix by Transient, which (if you follow the link) has an interesting album cover. This got me thinking, the mix itself does tell something of a story, and a story is implied by the cover itself.

So what if every piece of media has a backstory, or even better, given a back story? It wouldn't necessarily have to be public, but it would be an interesting way to get the creative juices flowing. Something to do on the ever-repeating public transit commute that I perform 6 times a week.

Pick a piece of media, and give it a backstory, or (if it is a spoken word podcast for instance) give it a front (i.e. a sketch or something similar).

What a great way to limber up ones creative muscles!