I struggled for a while chasing this amorphous concept of "original" design. I came across Kirby Ferguson's "Everything's A Remix" and everything changed for me. If what you're doing isn't working, maybe give this way a try.

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🎏 Accounts Mentioned:

Kirby Ferguson: https://www.youtube.com/@KirbyFerguson

Sparth: https://www.instagram.com/sparth/

Kengo Kuma: https://kkaa.co.jp/en/

🎏 YouTube Videos Mentioned:

Everything's A Remix: https://youtu.be/MZ2GuvUWaP8

Kirby Ferguson's TED Talk: https://youtu.be/zd-dqUuvLk4

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The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield: https://amzn.to/3VTaSQ0

Show Your Work by Austin Kleon: https://amzn.to/3Qq0yxV

Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon: https://amzn.to/3Zm46Wi

The Practice by Seth Godin: https://amzn.to/3XfRnT9

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Timestamps:

0:00 Podcast Intro

0:14 Series Intro

0:35 Disclaimer

1:07 Apologies for the even keel tone

1:26 Design section disclaimer

2:49 Design Items Start

3:00 Aim for beautiful & unique, not "original"

4:20 How to start designing

4:33 Idea generation

4:47 Combine things

5:42 Use Social Media

6:13 Make a list of your unique interests

7:14 Resources

9:02 Movies

9:22 Pay attention when you're out and about

9:55 What does this look like in practice

10:04 Notebooks

11:20 Designing Mentally

12:34 Digital Vs Paper

13:03 In Closing...