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Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain [Paperback]

Stefan Mumaw (Author), Wendy Lee Oldfield (Author)
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October 2, 2006
What do you do if you are lagging in the morning?

You probably grab a cup of coffee for that extra boost of energy. Throughout the day, you are asked to be creative, to come up with new and better ideas. So what do you do when you need a creative jolt for your brain? Now you can turn to Caffeine for the Creative Mind.

This collection of short, focused creative exercises is just the boost you need get your brain working. Inside, you'll find:

  • Over 250 brain-stretching exercises. The exercises are brief, fun and are meant to evoke creative, thought-provoking responses. Get your brain moving by engaging in an exercise at the start of your day or stop and do one whenever you need a creative jolt.
  • "I Tried It" testimonials. From illustrators to photographers to professors, real people give feedback on specific exercises they've tried. They also offer more suggestions for how the exercises can be used, changed or reworked to become even more useful.
  • Interviews with prominent creative people. See how the people who are in charge of building and maintaining creative environments - studio heads, designers, shop owners, illustrators and animators - view the importance of creativity in their everyday lives.
The only thing keeping you from reaching a new level of creative thought is inaction. With this stimulating book, you'll learn how to focus your creative attention in short, definable ways. Caffeine for the Creative Mind is your springboard for coming up with solutions that challenge you to alter your perspective - and begin generating ideas at the highest possible level!

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About the Author

Stefan Mumaw a Creative Director and Partner for the advertising agency The Brainyard and is the author of Simple Websites and Redesigning Websites.

Wendy Lee Oldfield works at an advertising agency.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 359 pages
  • Publisher: How (October 2, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1581808674
  • ISBN-13: 978-1581808674
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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This book read more like a long marketing piece about how awesome the book is. Littered with quotes from people who obviously found previous editions useful, it just gets in the way of what I think it was built to do - excite and energise creative thought.

Some exersices are useful, some are good fun, but a lot are rather plain and boring. If you have no imagination at all, this book may be a useful kick-start to any brain storming or creative session. I would suggest that it might be useful for school teachers too - as some of the ideas leverage a lot of imagination which kids would be great at.

On the good side, the typographic treatment of the content is exciting and inspiring, each page has something new to look at and read, if nothing else it's a nice example of how unconventinal type treatment can enhance an otherwise bland book.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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It is certainly what it says! I started tabbing all the exercises that I especially wanted to try right away. Well, let's just say the book looks like it's growing some very colorful hair with all tabs sticking out of it! A lot of them that struck me initially seemed to be photography challenges, but I guess that makes sense since that is one of the things I'm really hoping to improve on this year.

It addition to the exercises, they also have numerous short interviews with some leading designers across a spectrum of website, logo, promotions, illustration, animation, etc. In these, I found numerous ideas and concepts to ponder, some of which I will be sharing with you here in the coming weeks.

Although this book is certainly not specifically geared towards scrapbookers, I think any serious 'creative' would find great value in this book.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Some of the creative exercise books out there are kind of....well, lame. This one isn't. It's got its share of silliness, but the exercises in this book really get the right-brain working. For most, you don't need anything more than pen, paper, and imagination. A handful of the exercises call for items that you can find around the house or office.

Although they aren't necessarily designed with a team in mind, it's easy to adapt the exercises for a group. Plus, the range of exercises makes the copywriters and the designers happy. My group, a corporate creative team, frequently pulls from this book for our weekly creative stretch. Everyone usually has a good laugh at the end results.
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Great ideas to generate creativity and energy
I use ideas from this book each week to start my 8th grade creative writing class. The students love the blend of artistic and writing elements, and the activities lead to a great... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jessica Dang
Caffine for the creative Mind
Overall I really love this book. Its fun and the money is worth it. It really energizes my creative mind. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Kevin Stabenow
Very Difficult to Read
There is too much "grunge action" on every single page that it makes the book too undesirable to read. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jafar
This book is awesome!
It totally helped me begin the process of training my brain to be more creative. I under-estimated it at first, but it turned out to be a great investment.
Published 23 months ago by Feruzi P. Mwero
Individual Oriented
I bought this book to help improve team performance and creativity. I quickly found that it is geared towards the individual. Read more
Published on May 11, 2010 by David J. Siegel
A good gift
Accidentally ordered two of these. gave one away - not bad for a gift but was a little contrived. Still, pretty good idea.
Published on April 17, 2010 by GJ Marks
Caffeine for the creative mind
Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain

Well, as a graphic designer, this one good book to have in your arsenal. Read more
Published on March 4, 2010 by Hideki Matsuura Aguilar
Wonderful book!
I love this book, and I take it everywhere! As an art student I've been finding myself run low creatively, and this book offers tons of exercises to help jump start my creativity! Read more
Published on February 11, 2010 by Alycia Jiskra
im loving it!
this is not the type of 'caffeine' that you could reduce.. seriously, it is addictive!
Published on October 5, 2009 by Faizal Heesyam
Creative Fuel
It's a nice book to browse when you're feeling like doing something, but you don't really want to start anything. Grab the book, flip to a random page and do the exercise! Read more
Published on August 17, 2009 by Klaas Van de Moortel
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