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Laura Kalbag @laurakalbag Inspiration

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“Where do you get your inspiration from?”

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it’s an odd question

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What is inspiration?

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where do you find the little seed of an idea that grows into the creative solution to a problem?

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Where do you pinch your best ideas from?

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-95 Photo: Wolfgang Volz

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Researching solutions

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every problem we solve through design is unique

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similarities

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when we’re researching solutions through the experience and ideas of others, it’s like being back in art lessons again

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the answers can’t all come from one place

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Picasso The Lovers, 1923

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Evolving resources

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gaining confidence

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the way we researched evolved

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conscious decisions

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conscious research

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saving the details

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the more experience, the greater the osmosis

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The exceptions

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I find myself needing to learn again

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this time around

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Design as a practice and process stays constant

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We’ll always be able to apply skills of seeing, solving problems and making decisions

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We need to be smart about how we learn

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Ensure we don’t fall back on the work of others when we should be innovating for ourselves

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Laura Kalbag laurakalbag.com @laurakalbag