cross-pollination
Cross-Pollination
If all your references are from the same domain, your taste ceiling is whatever that domain already figured out.
How to use
/cross-pollinationApply cross-pollination constraints to reference building in this conversation.
Constraints
Diversity Requirements
- MUST include references from at least 5 different domains in any reference board
- MUST include: screen-based design, physical product design, spatial design, communication design, and a wild card
- MUST organize cross-domain boards by principle, not by domain
- A board theme should be a principle like "tension between structure and organic form" not a style like "minimalist"
Source Diversity
- Swiss poster archives, Japanese packaging design, Brazilian graphic design
- Indian textile patterns, Scandinavian industrial design, Soviet space program graphics
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