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

• the application of Gaudi inspired designs to products.

• exemplars of Gaudi as an inspiration sources

What does inspiration mean and how does it help designers?

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.

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.

Find inspiration in Gaudi’s work ……..

Finding inspiration

A section of the Sea Serpent bench in Guell Park.

Finding inspiration in Gaudi’s work ……..

Finding inspiration

A section of the Sea Serpent bench in Guell Park.

Identify shapes and colours that will work well with this inspiration source.

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?

random

checks

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…