Eric Karjaluoto, of strategic interactive agency smashLAB (and friend of 5 Blogs), shares his thoughts on how a blank sheet of paper can incite creative paralysis, and how to bust out from under a creative block and gain control. The article appeared in .net magazine (he UK's leading magazine for web designers and developers). You can check it out here.
"Beat the Creative Block", the cover story for the September 2008 issue, is about unleashing your imagination and generating new ideas. It covers methods of working, how structure can bring focus to your process, ways to solve creative problems, and how to incubate ideas. Expert advice from the likes of Zander Brimijoin of Big Spaceship, Scott Belsky of Behance, and Michael Bierut of Pentagram is peppered throughout.
