Sparking Creativity: How Play and Humor Fuel Innovation and Design

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Biography and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Creativity, Play, and Humor
	1 The Four Requisites of a Creative Person, Dr. Momen’s Clothing Dryer, and Captain Planet
	2 Divergent Thinking, Rocket Racoon, and Scribblenauts
	3 Convergent Thinking, Bunny Scissors, and Sherlock Holmes
	4 Verbal Creativity, Code Names, and Puns
	5 Fluency, Originality, and Family Feud
	6 Flexibility, Elaboration, and Scattergories
	7 Inspiration, da Vinci’s Notebooks, and RuPaul’s Drag Race
	8 Diffusing Focus, Shower Thoughts, and (a Few) Psychoactive Drugs
Part II: Innovation, Play, and Humor
	9 Three Requisites of Innovation, Utility Patents, and a Tanning Booth Toaster
	10 Silly Ideas, Shitty Robots, and Poop Ice Cream
	11 Flavors of Innovation, the Nonstick Frying Pan, and USB Drives
	12 Radical Innovation, Whiskey-Infused Lotion, and High Fashion
	13 Questioning the Status Quo, Taboo Topics, and Toilets
	14 Questioning the Status Quo, Taboo Topics, and Toilet Paper
	15 Hindsight, Toothbrushes, and Smart Phones
	16 Science Fiction, Superheroes, and Aliens
	17 The Adjacent Possible, The Simpsons’ Predictions, and Rick and Morty
Part III: Play, Creativity, and Innovation
	18 Defining Play, Puppies, and Tom Sawyer
	19 Play Taxonomies, Adult Play, and Jake the Dog
	20 The Criteria for Play, Flow, and Bluey
	21 Work, Montessori, and TPS Report Coversheets
	22 Play–Creativity Connections, The Little Prince, and Positive Affect
	23 Steve Jobs vs. Mary Poppins, Kindergarten, and Spinach Brownies
	24 Adding Play Value, Overcooked, and the Holle Bolle Gijs
Part IV: Humor, Creativity, and Innovation
	25 Two Theories (and Larrys) of Humor, Throwing Shade, and Throwing Pies
	26 The Incongruity Theory of Humor, Cartoon Captions, and the Excalibur Toilet Brush
	27 Remoteness of Association, Garth’s Spew Cup, and Apples to Apples
	28 Metaphorical Thinking, a Finger Trap Biopsy Needle, and SCAMPER
	29 Connecting Domains, the Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, and TRIZ
	30 The Humor of Discovery, Hidden Gorillas, and Seinfeld
	31 How Comedy Makes Change, Satire, and South Park
	32 Improvisation, Yes and… “Boom! Freeze! Michael Scarn, FBI!”
Part V: A Playful and Humorous Design Process
	33 Thinking About Design Thinking
	34 Researching Design Research
	35 How Might We… Define How We Define Our Prompts
	36 An Improv Warm-Up Progression for Team-Based Idea Generation
	37 Ideas for Idea Generation
	38 Models of Testing and Testing of Models
Afterword
Index