Limit Yourself

Packed with with quotes, checklists, cool illustrations and encouraging words, Limit Yourself packs a punch, revealing the simplest and most effective way to tap into your creative genius and set goals.

Telling yourself you have all the time, all the resources and all the money in the world just kills creativity and self discipline. Instead, why not try to limit yourself and unleash your creativity?

Designer and advertiser Ralph Burkhardt has put together this inspirational book, with a proven method that can help you tap into your creative and business potential and, above all, get results.

Limit Yourself is a great tool to help you during brainstorming meetings with colleagues, or to keep handy on your desk

Limit Yourself and Unleash Your Creativity contents:

What, why, who?

ABOUT CREATIVITY

What is creativity?

Everyone can be creative!

The true creative myth

The creative process

Reflect on your creativity

Think inside the box

ABOUT LIMITATIONS

'Limitation' might sound like a bad word

Who needs limitations?

What kind of limitations are there?

What limitations can do for you

What you need to bring

Who's afraid of the blank page?

The creative trajectory

Why total freedom doesn't liberate

Creative boundaries

Ready, mindset, go!

01 LIMITATIONS OF TIME

Learn to love deadlines

Make better use of your time

The five–minute time limit

One painting / poster / logo / lettering a day

02 LIMITATIONS OF RESOURCES

How to deal with a limited budget

Improvisation = innovation

Exploration through limitation

03 LIMITATIONS OF DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Refine your colour palette

Limit your typefaces

Why Frank Gehry loves limitations

Music at the limits

04 LIMITATIONS OF A BRIEF

'Do whatever you like!'

Discovering the client's needs

Just don't do it

What to learn from Dr. Seuss

05 LIMITATIONS OF MEDIUM

What is minimalism?

How to simplify and intensify

Maximum meaning, minimum means!

Embracing technical limitations

Use your digits!

06 LIMITATIONS OF SKILLS

Maintain momentum

Team up with others

Try random limitations

Harness someone else's creativity

07 LIMITATIONS OF SPACE

Size does matter!

Decide what's important

Do it 'Like a Rolling Stone'

The ultimate limitation scale

FINAL THOUGHTS

Take the first step!

What to do with immutable limitations

A generation of demands

Limited to only one world

Ralph Burkhardt is managing partner of the award-winning design firm burkhardthauke, based in Germany. He also teaches typography at the Media University in Stuttgart and internationally as a guest lecturer. In 2018 he started his own brand, called hinzkunst lifetime objects made with love.

Burkhardt s previous books include Famous Last Words, Printdesign, Rotis a polemic paper and Hotchpotch: Lexicon of (un)Useful Creative Knowledge.

Packed with with quotes, checklists, cool illustrations and encouraging words, Limit Yourself packs a punch, revealing the simplest and most effective way to tap into your creative genius and set goals. Telling yourself you have all the time, all the resources and all the money in the world just kills creativity and self discipline. Instead, why not try to limit yourself and unleash your creativity?Designer and advertiser Ralph Burkhardt has put together this inspirational book, with a proven method that can help you tap into your creative and business potential and, above all, get results. Limit Yourself is a great tool to help you during brainstorming meetings with colleagues, or to keep handy on your desk Limit Yourself and Unleash Your Creativity contents: What, why, who? ABOUT CREATIVITY What is creativity?Everyone can be creative!The true creative mythThe creative processReflect on your creativityThink inside the box ABOUT LIMITATIONS 'Limitation' might sound like a bad wordWho needs limitations?What kind of limitations are there?What limitations can do for youWhat you need to bringWho's afraid of the blank page?The creative trajectoryWhy total freedom doesn't liberateCreative boundariesReady, mindset, go! 01 LIMITATIONS OF TIME Learn to love deadlinesMake better use of your timeThe five-minute time limitOne painting / poster / logo / lettering a day 02 LIMITATIONS OF RESOURCES How to deal with a limited budgetImprovisation = innovationExploration through limitation 03 LIMITATIONS OF DESIGN PRINCIPLES Refine your colour paletteLimit your typefacesWhy Frank Gehry loves limitationsMusic at the limits 04 LIMITATIONS OF A BRIEF 'Do whatever you like!'Discovering the client's needsJust don't do itWhat to learn from Dr. Seuss 05 LIMITATIONS OF MEDIUM What is minimalism?How to simplify and intensifyMaximum meaning, minimum means!Embracing technical limitationsUse your digits! 06 LIMITATIONS OF SKILLS Maintain momentumTeam up with othersTry random limitationsHarness someone else's creativity 07 LIMITATIONS OF SPACE Size does matter!Decide what's importantDo it 'Like a Rolling Stone'The ultimate limitation scale FINAL THOUGHTS Take the first step!What to do with immutable limitationsA generation of demandsLimited to only one world

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