Creative Thinking 101: Generate Groundbreaking Ideas
First Thoughts
A course by Nick Eagleton , Co-founder of Saboteur Branding Studio
About the video: First Thoughts
Overview
“Now we’re going to get all of our first ideas out of our heads and down onto paper. It will be a short but intense burst of activity. We’re going to use all our senses as part of this so that things feel as real as possible. We’re not looking for the right answer, we’re just looking for as many possibilities as we can. So we won’t edit or filter. It’s a headlong rush to get down as much as we can.”
In this video lesson Nick Eagleton addresses the topic: First Thoughts, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Thinking 101: Generate Groundbreaking Ideas. Explore fun and effective ways to generate new ideas and unlock your creative potential..
Partial transcription of the video
“First Thoughts: In this lesson, we're going to get all our first thoughts down on paper. It'll be a short, intense burst of activity and after 10 or 15 minutes, you'll start to slow down, but that's totally fine. We've got our one-liner. Start with that and put that on your wall, window or table and then start to build first thoughts around it. Let's begin. The first thing that comes to mind... remember my one-liner is "Explore the world through dance." I think of the world and I think maybe we could create maps. I love maps. Maps are sort of guides to journeys and therefore all over the wo...”
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Course summary for: Creative Thinking 101: Generate Groundbreaking Ideas
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Advertising, Creative Consulting, Creativity

Nick Eagleton
A course by Nick Eagleton
Nick Eagleton is the co-founder of Saboteur, an independent branding studio in London, and has spent many years teaching creative thinking. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree Nick found design and fell in love with what he refers to as the “beauty and magic of ideas”.
His creative mind and design concepts have secured him clients including Deloitte, Shakespeare’s Globe, AstraZeneca, the British Heart Foundation, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Jerwood Visual Arts, and Aurora Orchestra.
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