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Steal from far away

For every new format: three examples from far away. Steal the structure.

PWe reviewed the research on it.Ideas

How to use it

For every new format, collect three examples from a field far from yours (architecture, cooking, F1, chess) and ask what their structure is. Far examples gave more novel ideas, with some pitfalls.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

Chan et al. 2011 (design-cognition experiments).

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