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Design

For generating ideas, reframing problems and sorting what you have.

switchback list --collection design lists the same templates in the CLI.

  • Ten bad ideasResearch-backed

    Outrun the inner critic by demanding badness first.

  • Forced connectionsResearch-backed

    Manufacture a creative collision.

  • Stimulus dieResearch-backed

    Inject a random prompt to break fixation and force a new angle.

  • Constraint removalResearch-backed

    Break fixation by removing the thing the human is protecting.

  • Perspective swapResearch-backed

    See a situation through another person's eyes.

  • Brain dumpResearch-backed

    Get everything out of the head and onto the page before organising it.

  • Card sortResearch-backed

    Expose the taxonomy the human already holds by making them move pieces.

  • Two by twoResearch-backed

    Trade two axes off against each other and place items.