Responding to stimuliResponding to stimuli in design work
Artists and designers find stimuli in the world around them or research a particular topic to find stimuli. They use this material to help them generate a personal creative response in their work.
There are many different ways to respond to stimuli for design work. You could:
Base a list or a spidergram on your design brief to explore possibilities.
Make a collage of market research images in your sketchbook or make a mood boardA collection of images, such as market research, inspirational images and colour palettes, that shows a concept and gives a designer鈥檚 work direction.
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Make a collection of images of designers鈥 work that you particularly admire.
Make a collection of images relating to your source of inspiration.
Make 3D forms based on your source of inspiration, if appropriate.
Take photographs.
Doodle some initial ideas in your sketchbook.
Make drawings based on your source of inspiration.
The spidergram below shows how you might explore the design problem of creating a poster for a musical of The Great Gatsby.