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Warm up your mind and get inspired!

November 15, 2019 2 comments By: ARWADOR TEAM

A heavy workload, stress, or being uninspired contribute to letting anyone -including me- stuck somewhere. They stop you from finding new ideas for your design. Sometimes, you need to do other things instead of continue struggling.

So, are you ready to go ahead with your new journey to find an inspiration? In this post, I will suggest four easy and practical ways that I used to do in order to release stress and bloom my mind.

Exploring new places, living new experiences

Visiting a new place will let you not only explore it but also discover a new person in yourself. Being in a routine for a long time will block the changes around you. Looking at the nature of the objects in the surroundings will help you in your journey of searching for new inspiration. Notice that this can be the nearest park or café to your house. Or you may travel to clear your mind. It helps you to discover new things. Try to take pictures and write down your feelings in each place you visit. This practice might lead you to a new and marvelous idea.

While walking around, try to explore the place through all dimensions. Look up, for example. What do you see? (Source: Arwact, Turkey)

Chat with people

Have a coffee with people and chat. Talking about your work with others will give you different perspectives and, thus, new ideas and concepts! From my experiences, I love to talk to people and children. One of my upcoming collections depends on this. During a chat with my little cousins, they suggested making special accessories for little girls! I liked their ideas and came up with beautiful designs. Stay tuned!

These are drawings from one of the discussions with little girls about fashion design.
Left: One of the girls thought of adding texture and glitter to a simple dress. Right: Another one thought about nature (Source: Arwact)

Let the words inspire you!

Reading magazines, books, poems, or articles on the Internet, would help you to explore other dimensions and perspectives in the world. You may read people’s experiences in developing new ideas. A word, sentence, or story may guide you to a unique concept. If you are not a book fan, maybe you will get inspiration from the title of a book or a quote! Why don’t you give it a try?

Let the words inspire you (Source: Arwact)

Explore images

Search for images and boards on Pinterest, for example. It would help more in finding new trends, shapes, and colors. Try exploring different subjects like architecture, fashion, nature and abstract art, or search for images with texture. Think of connections between objects in the image. You will have exceptional ideas of your own. You can also follow hashtags specifically related to design and creativity on Instagram. It would bloom your mind and keep you aware of the latest trends.