This is the supporting presentation from the SPA 2011 (http://www.bcs-spa.org/) conference workshop that I ran. There are 10 simple exercises that take you from simple sketching up to creative problem solving using analog drawing and metaphors...

1. SKETCHING
A Creative Problem Solving Tool
Duncan Brown : @detyro : Head of User Experience
Rafael Lüder : @rafael_lueder UX Designer

3. Faraday’s
Diary:
August
29,
1831

4.
Edison's
Phonograph
Sketch
1877

11. A metaphor borrowed
from this great book
BUY
ME!
Your dual CPU…

13. L-mode

14. R-mode

15. L-mode
R-mode
Verbal
Non-Verbal
Analytic
Synthetic
Symbolic
Intuitive
Abstract
`
Concrete
Temporal
Spatial
Rational
Non-Rational
Digital
Analogic
Logical
holistic
Linear
Non-Linear

16. Having a
shared bus
leads to
cognitive
conflicts

17. Inducing Cognitive Conflict

18. Inducing Cognitive Conflict

19. Inducing Cognitive Conflict

20. E X E R C I S E # 0
1
1. Draw
horizontal
lines
at
the
top
and
boHom
of
your
profile
2. Now
draw
the
missing
profile,
naming
the
parts
as
you
go:
forehead,
nose
etc.
3. If
you
experience
confusion
as
you
draw.
Observe
this
as
it
happens
4. When
complete
go
back
and
mark
the
points
where
you
experienced
‘blocks’.

24. E X E R C I S E # 0
2
The line

25. E X E R C I S E # 0
3
Line Types

26. Experiment to
find your own
‘signature style’
There are no
BAD drawings!

27. E X E R C I S E # 0
4
Shapes

28. E X E R C I S E # 0
5
Spatial Relationship

29. E X E R C I S E # 0
6
Form & shadow

30. Negative Space

31. DUNCAN
Negative Space

32. DUNCAN
Negative Space

33. DUNCAN
Negative Space

34. E X E R C I S E # 0
7
Negative space

35. Let’s Raise The Bar a Bit…

38. E X E R C I S E # 0
8
1. DON’T
turn
the
drawing
around
unWl
you
have
finished.
2. Start
anywhere
you
want.
DON’T
try
to
figure
out
what
you
are
looking
at
in
the
upside-­‐down
image.
3. DO
not
try
to
draw
the
enWre
outline
of
the
form
and
then
“fill
in”
the
parts.
4. If
you
talk
to
yourself
at
all,
use
only
the
language
of
vision.
DON’T
name
the
parts.
5. If
some
parts
seem
to
force
their
names
on
you
try
to
focus
on
these
parts
as
just
shapes.
6. Everything
you
need
to
draw
is
right
in
front
of
your
eyes.
DON’T
make
it
complicated.

40. Analog drawing

41. E X E R C I S E # 0
9
1. Fold
a
sheet
of
paper
as
illustrated.
2. Unfold
the
paper
and
label
the
squares:
Anger,
Joy,
Peacefulness,
Depression,
Energy,
Loneliness,
Femininity
3. Add
a
human
quality
or
emoWon
of
your
choice
in
the
last
square
4. The
only
thing
you
MUST
NOT
DO
is
use
any
symbols:
hearts,
stars,
quesWon
marks,
lightening
bolts
etc.
5. As
you
consider
what
to
draw
think
back
to
a
Wme
when
you
last
had
the
emoWon
or
experience.

42. Review/discuss

43. E X E R C I S E # 10
1. Choose
a
problem
or
think
up
one
of
your
own
2.
Draw
a
frame…
any
shape
freeform
or
regular,
this
will
‘frame’
your
problem
3. Remember
there
is
no
good
or
bad
right
or
wrong
way
of
doing
these
drawings
4. The
only
thing
you
MUST
NOT
DO
is
use
any
symbols:
hearts,
stars,
quesWon
marks,
lightening
bolts
etc.
5. As
you
consider
what
to
draw
think
back
to
a
Wme
when
you
last
had
the
emoWon
or
experience.

44. Review/discuss

45. Other techniques

46. METAPHOR

48. Pocket-Pics
http://store.grove.com/Pocket-Pics

49. Pure Contour Drawing

50. References/Reading
Pragmatic Thinking
& Learning
Refactor your Wetware
Andy Hunt

51. References/Reading
Drawing on The Artist
Within
How to Release Your
hidden Creativity
Betty Edwards
BUY
ME too!

52. References/Reading
The NEW Drawing on
the Right Side of The
Brain
Betty Edwards

53. References/Reading
Thinking with a Pencil
Henning Nelms
(out of print)