Decentralizing the Creative Self – it’s others that make designers happen.

In Decentralizing the Creative Self: How Others Make Creativity Possible in Creative Professional Fields the basis for evaluating the boundaries of family and friends, peers and students, clients and funders, critics and gatekeepers, and the general public who shape tacitly the capability for what is accepted is clearly articulated. Via what is designed and how these influencers act as barrier guides providing the necessary feedback for designers, a map of the paths for innovations to reach the hands of users who ultimately evolve with what is designed therefore influencing the trajectory of breakthroughs is revealed.