Diagramming: Time, Space, Object

Creativity workshops for design professionals, in partnership with ‘Drawing at Work’. 

 

Justin Nicholls

Justin Nicholls

Drawing is an incredible tool for exploring ideas. 

Much of the media we create and consume - such as text, speech, and video - is linear in form, with one piece of information following another. By contrast, our brains store information in networked clumps. Diagrams allow us to look at a subjects in a non-linear, multidimensional way. When we draw, we step outside the usual constraints, and can gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which we think.

A focus on communication unlocks mental blocks and frees the drawing hand.

To enable free thinking, each workshop is carefully structured, with quick prescriptive tasks establishing a 'flow' state of mind, before longer, self guided exercises where the imagination can take over. Since each workshop is aimed at producing ideas rather than 'beautiful' drawings, individuals of all abilities can succeed in producing insightful, surprising, personal pieces. 

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Courses developed and led by the Studio include: 

  • Graphic Communication

  • Narrative Drawing

  • Exploded Drawing

  • Imploded Drawing

  • Design Process Thinking

Feedback on the courses has been hugely enthusiastic, with participants enjoying the opportunity for creative exploration through drawing.

Beep Studio has developed and led Drawing Workshops for:

  • Sir John Soane’s Museum

  • The Design Museum

  • The Victoria & Albert Museum

  • University of Kent

  • The Useful Simple Trust

  • HS2


Beep Studio Clients through Drawing At Work include: 

  • Arup Associates

  • Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

  • Allies and Morrison

  • Fletcher Priest

  • Foster & Partners

  • Gensler

  • MAKE

  • Stanton Williams

  • Studio Egret West

  • Weston Williamson + Partners

  • Karakusevic Carson