Designing Creative Tools: Revealing the Design Principles Behind the Tools that Shape Art, Culture and Imagination - Softcover

Shackleton, Richard; Couche, Guillaume; Rai, Sanya

 
9789063697761: Designing Creative Tools: Revealing the Design Principles Behind the Tools that Shape Art, Culture and Imagination
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9063697767 ISBN 13: 9789063697761
Publisher: BIS, 2026

Synopsis

Designing Creative Tools explores how both physical and digital tools shape the creative acts they enable. The book speaks to designers building the next generation of creative hardware, software, and interfaces, while also offering valuable insights to the wider design community seeking new ways to think about intention, control, and authorship. Creatives who use these tools-musicians, photographers, artists-will find inspiring stories behind iconic instruments from the Leica I to the TR-808, Blender, and early 3D printers. With a clear framework and principles specific to creation, the book helps readers understand how creative tools work, how they guide their users, and how they can be reimagined.

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About the Author

Guillaume Couche and Richard Shackleton, co-founders of Oh Hi Tomorrow and authors of Interface Design, join forces with Google DeepMind designer Sanya Rai. Together, they bring decades of expertise in creative tools, interaction design and innovation to this collaborative work.

From the Back Cover

Designing Creative Tools explores how both physical and digital tools shape the creative acts they enable. The book speaks to designers building the next generation of creative hardware, software, and interfaces, while also offering valuable insights to the wider design community seeking new ways to think about intention, control, and authorship. Creatives who use these tools―musicians, photographers, artists―will find inspiring stories behind iconic instruments from the Leica I to the TR-808, Blender, and early 3D printers. With a clear framework and principles specific to creation, the book helps readers understand how creative tools work, how they guide their users, and how they can be reimagined.

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Publisher
BIS
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9063697767
ISBN 13 
9789063697761
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
172