A good part of creativity may be an inborn talent, but it’s also a hard-earned skill that improves with time and practice. Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming centers on how to define problems, get ideas and create form.

These concepts are explored through a variety of informal techniques ranging from quick, seat-of-the-pants approaches to more formal research methods for stimulating fresh thinking, and ultimately arriving at compelling and viable solutions. As a designer, writer, curator, and educator, author Ellen Lupton is well suited for the task of extolling the virtues and vices of creative research that includs focus groups, interviewing, brand mapping, and co-design.

Cover image via Anny Mary Liu