Diagramming: Time, Space, Object
Creativity workshops for design professionals, in partnership with ‘Drawing at Work’.
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.
Courses developed and led by the Studio include:
Graphic Communication
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



