Suggestusinspired

Suggestusinspired is a creative methodology that blends external suggestions with internal inspiration to foster novel ideas. It treats prompts as catalysts rather than prescriptions, encouraging flexible interpretation and personal meaning.

The term emerged in design thinking and creative writing communities in the early 2020s and has since circulated through workshops and online praxis. It is used to describe a process rather than a fixed protocol, adaptable to different disciplines and projects.

Core principles include curated prompts, iterative ideation cycles, and the synthesis of diverse inputs into unique concepts. It emphasizes process over immediate solutions and aims to broaden the range of viable ideas by combining different sources of influence.

Process and methods include assembling a prompt library tailored to the project, collecting responses, pairing prompts with inspiration cues such as case studies or visual mood boards, and applying divergent thinking to expand options followed by convergent thinking to select promising directions. The approach favors documentation and reflection to track how ideas evolved through the prompts.

Applications span product design, advertising, storytelling, education, and user experience research. It is often used in collaborative sessions and design sprints to structure ideation without stifling originality.

Reception has been generally positive as a structured approach to creativity that is accessible to diverse participants. Critics note that the effectiveness depends on prompt quality, and that over-reliance on prompts can risk imitation or superficial ideas if not balanced with domain knowledge and critical evaluation.

See also: brainstorming, prompt engineering, design thinking, ideation. As a flexible framework, Suggestusinspired adapts to individual and team contexts.