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Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas
by James L. Adams

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas
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Author: James L. Adams
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-10
ISBN: 0738205370
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Basic Books

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Book Review: A very self-centered, analytical way to look at creativity
Summary: 1 Stars

If you are a Stanford engineering student or study another analytical dicipline this book might be a good start. For the rest of us who are by nature creative and are looking for ways to expand our self expression and method of thinking this book is a few steps back on that road. Maybe it was because it was assigned to me in a design class, but I found the exercises and commentary very 'right-angled' and redundant.

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