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48 Techniques to Boost Your Creativity at Home, According to Science

Gold Award, Nonfiction Authors Association; First Place, Chanticleer Instruction & Insight Awards; Silver Medal, Nautilus Book Awards; Home & Garden Category Winner, American Bookfest Awards; Home Category Honorable Mention, Eric Hoffer Awards; and #1 Best Seller and #1 New Release, Amazon
Creativity isn’t all in your head. Sometimes it’s in what's around you—especially when you’re at home.

For over twenty years, scientists have been discovering connections between our physical surroundings and the creative mind. Written by a noted architect, My Creative Space is the first book to turn this rich trove of psychological research into practical techniques for shaping a home that will boost your creativity.

Here’s a sampling of the techniques you’ll learn about:

Which colors lead to peak creative performance
How furniture affects idea flow
Pros and cons of messy versus neat environments
Optimal lighting and noise levels for achieving insights
How memorabilia can break creative logjams
Why ceiling height matters
Which scents improve creative problem solving
And more

Illustrating the book's 48 techniques are over 200 high-quality photos of interiors from around the world, many the work of top-tier architects, designers, and creatives.

Whether you pursue creativity for pleasure or profit, whether you’re a writer, entrepreneur, work in a creative industry, or simply enjoy doing creative things, this book will help you do them better. No prior expertise in design psychology required!

*Winner, 2019 Gold Medal Award, Nonfiction Authors Association

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Architect Donald M. Rattner, AIA is the principal of an award-winning consultancy dedicated to maximizing occupant creativity in workplace, residential, wellness, hospitality, and retail environments. He works with architects, interior designers, educators, developers, business owners and creatives from all fields. Educator as well as practitioner, Rattner has taught or lectured at the University of Illinois, Parsons School of Design, and New York University, among others. His work and writings have appeared on CNN and in such venues as The New York Times,Robb Report, L-Magazine, and Work Design Magazine. He holds a BA from Columbia and an MArch from Princeton. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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"Space matters--a lot! It is the stage on which we play out our lives. This book gives readers tangible tools for creating spaces that foster creative problem solving. This is something we all need!" --Tina Seelig, Professor of the Practice, Stanford School of Engineering, Author of InGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

"If we want to be creative, we have to make the space to create. Donald Rattner's beautiful book My Creative Space expertly shows how our environments can be engineered for inspiration and innovation. Your home life and your creative work will benefit greatly from this thoughtful manual." --Carolyn Gregoire, writer and co-author of Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind

"The pleasure in reading My Creative Space is learning that there are simple principles of architectural and interior design that, once applied, can induce and support a more inventive way of thinking, particularly in the setting of one's own home." --Frederick Marks, AIA, President, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture

"When work and home life blend, it can be hard to find a dedicated creative space to do your best work. This book offers a blueprint to build (or just reorganize) one of your most precious resources for new ideas: your home environment." --David Burkus, author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas

"Kudos to Donald Rattner. His book My Creative Space offers an intriguing angle on my field of applied environmental psychology. A timely addition to the literature of creativity!" --Sally Augustin, PhD, Principal, Design With Science, Fellow, American Psychological Association

"I'll go to any length to give my ideas a better chance of becoming real. My Creative Space has armed me with science-backed tactics for transforming my space to do just that. Whatever your budget or lifestyle, if your creativity is important to you, you owe it to yourself to read this book." --David Kadavy, Author of The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers, host of Love Your Work podcast

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07RKY7GQC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse (15 October 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 249479 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 291 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1510736719

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Architect Donald M. Rattner (donaldrattner.com) helps individuals and organizations optimize creative performance by applying scientific research to the shaping of space.

His third and most recent book is My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation, 48 Science-based Techniques, which was awarded a Gold Medal from the Nonfiction Authors Association, First Place in the Chanticleer Instruction & Insight Awards, a Silver Medal in the Nautilus Awards, and won the Home & Garden category in the American Bookfest Awards. He has also written for numerous print and online channels, including Work Design Magazine, Better Humans, The Startup, and The Writer’s Cooperative.

Educator and practitioner as well as author, Rattner has taught at the University of Illinois, New York Academy of Art, New York University, and Parsons School of Design. Speaking venues include the Creative Problem Solving Institute, Creative Mornings, Neocon, Metrocon, Florida Creativity Alliance, public libraries, bookstores, conferences, and corporate masterclasses. His work has been featured on CNN, in such publications as The New York Times, Architectural Digest, and Houzz, and on numerous podcasts.

Rattner holds a Bachelor’s from Columbia and a Masters of Architecture from Princeton.

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Kellie mcloughlin

Fascinating reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2020

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Nearly half way through and really enjoying this book. Due to buy my first house and wanted to know more about design and how best to put my interiors together. Yes, a lot is simply common sense but the author has written the book in an insightful and fascinating way that makes you think and pay attention even more. Thank you

Santa Murniece

Amazing book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 December 2020

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Amazing book!!!

lyntrom

Some great ideas

Reviewed in Canada on 9 February 2021

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I really liked the fact the the author included great examples in photographs thoughout this book as he explained each concept. Some very interesting studies and examples were included.

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Excelente e inspirador

Reviewed in Mexico on 15 December 2021

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Lleno de conceptos e ideas para crear o adecuar el espacio y entorno proclives para aumentar la creatividad, ayuda a entrar en "flujo", excelente calidad de gráficos. Muy recomendable.

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Nancy stuart

You Won’t Look at Design or Decorating the Same Again and That’s a Good Thing !

Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2020

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I can’t recommend this book enough. Well written and so readable. I planned to thumb through the book to locate the chapter on the area of my home I believed needed inspiration. Something I do with most decorating books. Instead I followed the author’s recommendation in the forward to start at the beginning of the book. I was delighted I did. Each chapter builds on the one before. The creative space is not just meant for creative types, it is to create a comfortable environment for everyone. The author delves deep into how space or the allusion of space is so necessary. Sighting several psychological studies, theories, and historical people’s stories it lays the foundation for what works and doesn’t work in creating our living and working spaces. That said, you won’t find this a book on Voodoo decorating. Originally I had purchased the book to help me with my home studio space. Reading this has led to my creating a home gym space and a comfortable “living room”. Comfortable in furnishings as well as for the mind.

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