From Idea to Design: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the Creative Process

Abstract

Since the beginning of time, people have always tended to produce new ideas in line with various purposes and needs in every area of life. An idea first arises from a need and is supported by creativity. Ideas are at the core of the creative process in every field of art and design. Every product is born from an idea, and that idea plays a key role in the development of the product from beginning to end. The aim of the study is to investigate the creative processes extending from idea to design in the fields of art and design and to reveal the similarities and differences of this process between different disciplines. For this purpose, the study is structured in three stages. In the first stage, the concept of ideas in the fields of music, literature, painting, sculpture and architecture was explained through examples. Based on this data, in the second stage, how ideas affect and direct the creative processes for each field was evaluated in items. In the third stage, the similarities and differences in the effects of ideas on creative processes in the fields of music, literature, painting, sculpture and architecture were revealed. As a result of the study, it was revealed that although disciplines such as music, literature, painting, sculpture and architecture have different creative processes, ideas have common and different roles in these processes in terms of functionality, aesthetics, semantics and technique. While the differences between disciplines reveal the richness and diversity of art and design, the common denominator of all, creativity and originality, strengthens the universal value of art.