Architecture & Design
Why Architects Find It Hard to Generate Creative Ideas
How expectations, practical constraints and familiar habits shape creative blocks in architecture—and ways to make room for exploration.
Ideas / Perspectives / Stories
From the WIREFRAME archive · 2023–2024Thoughts beyond the drawing board.
Exploring architecture, creative practice and the worlds technology makes possible.
Where human intuition meets machine intelligence. A reflection on the changing tools of design—and the imagination behind them.
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Architecture & Design
How expectations, practical constraints and familiar habits shape creative blocks in architecture—and ways to make room for exploration.
Architecture & Design
A reflection on human intuition, digital tools and the evolving role of artificial intelligence in architectural design.
AI & Technology
An approach to using ChatGPT as a thinking partner for a small business, from setting its role to exploring practical tasks.
Architecture & Design
Explore observation, research, collaboration and experimentation as starting points for architectural ideas.
Architecture & Design
Considering the opportunities, responsibilities and practical challenges of AI in architecture and real estate.
Wireframe Universe
Continue the journey through Veridian in the fifth chapter of Akinwale Arokodare’s illustrated story.
Wireframe Universe
The fourth chapter of The Great Reset follows the children deeper into the unfolding story of Veridian.
Creative Practice
A practical introduction to creative journaling, combining words, images and everyday observations on the page.
Creative Practice
Ways to use journaling prompts to begin writing, explore ideas and develop a more personal creative practice.
Wireframe Universe
Return to Veridian as the young survivors navigate the mysteries and challenges of their changed world.
Wireframe Universe
The story continues as the children of Veridian face a world transformed by the disappearance of its adults.
AI & Technology
An exploration of AI as a brainstorming partner for developing, combining and testing creative ideas.
AI & Technology
How AI tools can support the imaginative work of creating fictional settings, characters and connected worlds.
Wireframe Universe
When the adults vanish without warning, two children step into an eerily quiet city and an uncertain future.
AI & Technology
Reflections on building a small business with AI tools, creative independence and a clearly defined purpose.
AI & Technology
Developing a fictional world with ChatGPT: exploring settings, characters and the connections that give a universe depth.
Creative Practice
Using a journal to collect observations, connect thoughts and give unfinished ideas space to develop.
AI & Technology
An illustrated exploration of character consistency and storytelling using Leonardo AI, first published in 2024.
AI & Technology
A beginner’s exploration of image prompts, creative direction and experimenting with Leonardo AI.
Creative Practice
Considering creative journaling as a supportive practice for reflection and expression alongside appropriate mental health care.
Architecture & Design
Exploring architectural colouring as a way to play with form, composition and visual ideas away from a project brief.
Creative Practice
A case for keeping a creative journal to capture ideas, reflect on experiences and develop a personal point of view.
Creative Practice
Using mind maps to connect ideas, explore possibilities and bring visual structure to a creative journal.
Creative Practice
A collection of writing and creative prompts for exploring different moods, experiences and possibilities.
Creative Practice
Turning the details of everyday life into sketches, reflections and starting points for creative work.
Creative Practice
Explore a range of journaling techniques that bring writing, imagery and experimentation together.
Creative Practice
An exploration of journaling, emotional expression and reflection, with measured guidance on its potential benefits and limits.
AI & Technology
Exploring ways AI tools can offer prompts, visual inspiration and new directions for a creative journaling practice.
Creative Practice
Simple ways to start a creative journal, choose a format and build a practice around your own interests.
Creative Practice
Creative journaling exercises for approaching a blank page with curiosity and less pressure.
Creative Practice
Using a journal to explore your voice, values and creative direction while developing a personal brand.
Creative Practice
Ten perspectives on making journaling part of everyday creative expression, reflection and personal exploration.
Architecture & Design
Reflecting on the changing role of the architect, from historical traditions to digital tools and emerging possibilities.
AI & Technology
A perspective on human creativity, artificial intelligence and the possibilities of an increasingly accessible creative toolkit.
AI & Technology
Exploring AI-generated colouring pages as a starting point for imaginative play, visual experimentation and personal expression.
Creative Practice
Reflecting on empathy, connection and emotional awareness in a world increasingly shaped by technology.
Creative Practice
Ten creative skills and habits to explore, from a reflection originally published at the start of 2024.
Creative Practice
Reflections on nurturing creativity, emotional awareness and family connection in a changing digital environment.
Creative Practice
Ideas for making colouring, shared activities and imaginative play part of the Christmas season.
AI & Technology
Exploring creative activities, technology and the role of adult guidance in children’s emotional learning.
Creative Practice
Akinwale Arokodare shares personal approaches to observation, experimentation and making space for creative ideas.
Creative Practice
Reflections on curiosity, learning across disciplines and connecting ideas from different fields.
Creative Practice
A personal exploration of creative intensity, difficult experiences and the ways artists give them expression.
Creative Practice
A personal reflection on recognising your creativity and deciding how to explore it in everyday life.
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Enter Wireframe Universe
One moment, life is ordinary. The next, the adults have vanished. Follow the children of Veridian in The Great Reset, an illustrated story in five chapters.
Begin with Chapter 01
The Great Reset / Chapters 01—05