https://medium.com/design-idea/b1d8984f603d First: An idea is always a combination of existing things. Therefore: seeing relationships between things is the most important skill to practice creating ideas. Step One: Absorb This is the part that most people skip. Don’t. There are two types of information you’ll need: specific and general. Specific information comes from studying your subject closely. You need to eat all the information that exists about your subject. Go to it/her/them/there and experience it deeply. Pay very close attention, and don’t let up. General information comes from knowledge about life, and current events/science. You must continue to grow your resources in this category your entire life. But for the purpose of this exercise, balance your specific information gathering with reading the news, going to museums, or learning anything new or unrelated to your topic. Step Two: Mix the pot Jam the information you’ve gathered into combin...