Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain (Paperback)

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Product Description

Packed Full of 15-Minute Creativity Sparking Exercises

*Chock-full of useful exercises designed to help readers tap into a daily creative buzz
*Features an edgy sketchbook design (by the authors) for visual allure
*Appeals to anyone looking for easy ways to jump start their creativity

For any designer or creative type who wants to quickly limber up their imagination on a daily basis, Wired helps readers get into the creative zone, from which all their best work springs. Packed with 15-minute simple and conceptual exercises, this guide will have readers reaching for markers, pencils, digital cameras, and more in order to develop a working and productive creative mindset.

About the Author

Stefan Mumaw a Creative Director and Partner for the advertising agency The Brainyard, 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 (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,178 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geared toward designers, but great for ANY creative mind!, April 22, 2007

By	Jill M. Paulson "jillmarie7276" (Yankton, SD United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Copywriters and the Designers are Happy, June 14, 2007

By	Heather Grimstead (McLean, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If You're Not a Graphic Designer, This book is not for you, August 28, 2008

By	Amanda S. Osborne "nerdgirl" (Ray, MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm a hobbyist and thought this book would be good to help me out of my creative rut sometimes. Most of the exercises applied to people working in a creative field, not those that are creative in their spare time.