Inspiration Wall

Why?

Save and organize creative ideas during a project, or even permanently, in order to have access to them very quickly and let ideas 'simmer' for a while.

How?

Reserve a large physical space on a wall where you collect all the inspirational ideas for everyone to see and elaborate on. Try to find a place where lots of people pass, for example near the coffee machine. A digital inspiration wall is also possible with tools like Pinterest where you can invite people to share ideas on public as well as private pin boards.

Ingrediënts

• A wall that can easily be pinned, sticked and written upon.
• Masking tape, pins, pens, post-it notes, brown paper, etc.
• Digital pin boards like Pinterest.
• Ideas, ideas, ideas...

In practice

Most designers keep their own (private) inspiration walls (analogue or digital). Many high-end design firms like IDEO reserve flexible wall space to collect the inspiration related to a project.