What does inspiration mean and how does it

What does inspiration mean and how does it help designers? Within this resource you will find the following activities: • how designers find and use inspiration sources • exemplars of Gaudi as an inspiration sources • the application of Gaudi inspired designs to products.

What does inspiration mean and how does it help designers? Inspiration is when you see, hear, touch, taste something that gives you a creative idea. Designers will research the work of other designers/ areas of interest, by reading books, magazines, internet searches, visiting museums, exhibitions and even travelling to different countries, to name but a few. They will make notes, sketches, take photographs and videos of anything that generates creative ideas. They then use these ideas as a source of inspiration to create unique and exciting designs.

Find inspiration in Gaudi’s work ……. . Finding inspiration

Finding inspiration in Gaudi’s work ……. . A section of the Sea Serpent bench in Guell Park. Finding inspiration

Identify shapes and colours that will work well with this inspiration source. A section of the Sea Serpent bench in Guell Park.

Creating a Gaudi inspired design from shapes below to make a random pattern

What other patterns styles could be created using this Gaudi inspired design? checks random stripes floral

Developing the Gaudi inspired design based on … check pattern

Developing the Gaudi inspired design based on … stripe pattern

Developing different colourways from a Gaudi inspired design…

Developing the Gaudi inspired design based on … random pattern

Applying the Gaudi inspired design to products…

Applying the Gaudi inspired design to products…

Applying the Gaudi inspired design to a product

Applying the Gaudi inspired design…

Continuing the development of the Gaudi inspired design…

Applying the Gaudi inspired design. . to a product

Developing the Gaudi inspired design further… Reduced in size and changing the background colours …

Developing the Gaudi inspired design further… Reduced even further and a shape extracted from it …

Developing the Gaudi inspired design further…