InStep: Borrowed Design Elements
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A systematic approach for turning inspiration into items you can use in your layouts.
One of my all-time favorite keynote speeches from PePcon was the one given at the 2013 show by Austin Kleon. The author of Steal Like an Artist shared his ideas for enhancing your creativity and design skills by acknowledging the fact that nothing you make can be 100% original. He encouraged us not to plagiarize and blatantly rip off the work of others, but to take it and build on it by adding twists and new dimensions. Inspiration doesn’t come in a magical flash when you’re staring at a blank page or screen. It comes from literally everywhere else.
This idea resonated with me, since I love looking at designs in all kinds of places and figuring out how to recreate them in InDesign. That was the impetus behind my Lynda.com course, InDesign FX and the ebook that came before it. And in this InStep, I’ll sketch out a process you can use to borrow and adapt design elements for your work.
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