Destigmatising Creativity

What do you do when you’re in a creative slump? I wanted to gamify the idea of creative problem-solving by creating a set of action cards that prompts the viewer to follow directions to stimulate their creative juices. Their actions would inevitably unlock ideas unseen, making this an enjoyable activity to tackle alone or in pairs. Inspired by Pictionary and etchings from psychology books, I created a series of prompts that approach the ideas of Communication, Innovation, Simplification, Articulation, and Interpretation.

Each card is connected to a different psychological concept or theory and prompts a myriad of responses from different types of players. I eventually played this game with pre-IGCSE children as part of the art outreach programme I founded, to encourage students to select art as a subject by making it seem less daunting.