Creativity

Research: Prompt as Design Material Date: 2026-03-10 Search queries used: “prompt as design material iterative design artifacts practice” “prompt engineering as design craft HCI research” “prompts as artifacts iterative workflow designers AI tools practice CHI” “digital design material concept Löwgren Stolterman reflective design” “Schon reflective practitioner conversation with materials design AI prompting” “prompt engineering tacit knowledge skill creativity design practice CHI 2024 2025” “prompt craft skill designers strategists writing practice iteration AI collaboration 2025” Executive Summary “Prompt as design material” is a framing that treats text prompts not as one-time commands but as iterated, owned, versioned artifacts with craft properties — closer to a sketch or wireframe than to a search query. The framing draws from Donald Schön’s “reflective conversation with …

Research: Divergent and Convergent Phases of Systemic Design — Different AI Collaboration Strategies Date: 2026-03-11 Search queries used: “double diamond design divergent convergent phases AI collaboration strategies” “systemic design AI generative AI divergent thinking exploration” “convergent thinking AI decision-making design synthesis AI tools” “human-AI collaboration creative process design phases modes of engagement” “AI role design research discovery phase sensemaking qualitative research” “AI fixation design creativity divergent thinking risks constraints” “systemic design double diamond convergent synthesis AI evaluation decision support” “AI generative creativity divergent convergent thinking research 2024 cognitive load fixation risks” “human creativity LLMs divergent convergent thinking homogenization conformity 2024 2025” Executive Summary The Double Diamond (Design …

Research: What organizational and personal guardrails allow creative professionals to use AI for focus and subtraction rather than expansion? Date: 2026-03-10 Search queries used: “creative professionals AI guardrails focus subtraction not expansion productivity” “AI content abundance problem creative work curation subtraction guardrails” “organizational policy AI use creative teams editorial judgment curation over generation” “essentialism subtraction design principle AI tools creative constraint intentional boundaries” “Wharton AI creativity convergence homogenization ideas similar outputs 2025” “newsroom AI policy editorial judgment human curation guardrails 2025 2026” “Leidy Klotz subtract subtraction bias design thinking less is more” Executive Summary The default trajectory of AI in creative work is expansion: more drafts, more options, more content at lower marginal cost. Yet research shows this …

Overview Key Ideas steal like an artist, feel like a taoist “Steal Like an Artist, Feel Like a Taoist” combines Austin Kleon’s creativity manifesto with Taoist principles of effortless flow. It suggests approaching artistic creation through bold borrowing (like Kleon’s “steal”) while embodying Taoism’s wu wei—non-striving harmony.12 Steal Like an Artist Austin Kleon’s 2012 book urges creators to “steal” ideas ethically: collect inspirations from diverse sources, copy heroes to internalize their thinking, then transform into something authentic. Nothing is truly original; remix what resonates to fuel your work, avoiding plagiarism by making it your own.34561