In the times of self-isolation, it's important to stay focused and fit. These tasks are little exercises in spontaneity and creativity, a fun 'work out' for brain and design thinking.

 

We encourage you to do at least some of these exercises in our editor — you will most definitely find out that it's a great tool for the job. Still, all the exercises are stand-alone and offer no limit to the medium — it can be anything from pencil and paper to tomatoes and mozzarella. Just stay home and keep safe.


Share your results on social media with the
#designworkout hashtag.

Scuba diver. Mural at Sant Feliu de Guíxols beach (Catalonia, Spain).

Find ten or more different objects around you. Use them to make a portrait of a human or an animal.

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Create ten+ different shapes and icons. Move them around.

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Use animations to make the graph dynamic.

Imagine your day as a continuous line graph that changes its shape, color or saturation depending on your activity and emotional state. Mark the hours along the horizontal axis and make a graph that tracks your condition through the day.

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A rainbow on the floor of the Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA.

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If in trouble, go for icons from our collection.

This is a picture of a trace that was left behind by an unusual creature. Help the police to create its sketch, keeping in mind that, according to all evidence, it was definitely not a unicorn.

Color Masses. Kazimir Malevich.

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Assemble a portrait from shapes and animate it to make it look more lively.

Using geometric shapes, create a self-portrait in this style, depicting yourself in three states: enthusiastic, indignant, sad.