Laboratorium Design Thinking

Why draw circles?

30 circles is a quick creative warm-up. You get thirty empty circles and a short time to turn each one into a different object. The first ideas come easily, and then the real play of imagination begins!

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  1. 1Prepare a sheetDraw thirty identical circles, for example 6 rows of 5.
  2. 2Set a short timeThe task is to add, in a short time, the elements that turn the circles into pictures.
  3. 3Keep the instruction generalLeave it open whether a drawing stays inside one circle or joins several. The more general the instruction, the more creative the ideas.
  4. 4Show the resultsLook out for unusual solutions, for example two circles joined into glasses or several circles into a bicycle.

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