Techniques for Developing your Creativity
A course by Silvia Ferpal , Designer and Visual Artist
Start your artistic, visual, and conceptual exploration and learn how to generate and implement ideas
There are multiple tricks and exercises to help train your eye and think up new creative ideas. Silvia Ferpal, winner of the National Design Award 2019 in the youth category, moves somewhere between art and design. In this course, she will give you creative training using an everyday object: a notebook. Silvia has worked for Ogilvy & Mather, Paseo, or Designit, and has had clients such as Harvard, Bloomberg, Inditex, Leroy Merlin, and the Madrid City Council.
Learn how to approach a creativity project from scratch: find new concepts, shape them, and define them. Train your observation skills and learn to generate new ideas from just about anything. Finally, put these exercises into practice by making a creative notebook designed for a person of your choice.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 9 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (342)
- 8,646 students
- 15 lessons (2h 21m)
- 9 additional resources (1 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
After carrying out a series of activities to train your creativity, work on making a creativity notebook. In it, let your imagination run wild by changing the format, plot, and sequence, keeping the recipient of the notebook in mind.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To students of creative disciplines, those wanting to generate better creative ideas, or anyone else who wants to break free and unleash their creativity.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is necessary, but you should want to immerse yourself in the teachings of the course and incorporate them into your day-to-day routine.
For materials, you will need a notebook, a pencil, and some colors or other material which you feel comfortable using.
Reviews
Silvia Ferpal
A course by Silvia Ferpal
Silvia Fernández Palomar, better known as Silvia Ferpal, walks the line between art and design in her work. In 2019, she won the Spanish National Design Award in the youth category thanks to her unique approach to design that blends traditional disciplines with more contemporary forms of expression. She currently works as a freelance designer and teaches design at the IED art school.
She has collaborated on projects for Ogilvy & Mather, Paseo, Designit Madrid, Designit New York, and, more notably, on a design project for the Royal Spanish Academy which led her to live in Rome for the duration of it. Her client list includes Harvard, Bloomberg, Inditex, and Leroy Merlin; she also designed the official typography for the City of Madrid. Her work has been published by other major companies such as Corraini and Santillana.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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My references
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Exploring
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Exploring: you, environment and people
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Creative blocks
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Me: reference tree and mood board
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Environment: selfless search
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People
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U3
Devising
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Ideas and inventions
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Defining an objective
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Alternative uses
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Impossible relationships
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Frames
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U4
Closing
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Landing the idea
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Giving it to try
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FP
Final project
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Creative Training for Art and Design Projects
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
mhbastos2000
PlusLas clases logrou el objectivo: fomentar la criatividad sin miedos. Gracias, Silvia.
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amorand
si despierta la creatividad
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agustin_bartolo
Hasta ahora puedo decir que es un muy buen curso.
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tatialvarez676
La profesora es un encanto, baja los conocimientos a traves de los ejercicios de una manera muy simple y didactica.
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carlafchaves4
Excelente curso, muy interesante
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