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The Architecture of Creativity

  • Writer: Phil Wells
    Phil Wells
  • Dec 31, 2025
  • 1 min read

What if creativity isn’t a personality trait… but a structure?


In this essay, we explore the idea that creativity has an architecture of its own - a set of conditions, habits and environments that allow ideas to emerge and grow. Rather than treating creativity as talent or luck, this piece looks at how space, permission, curiosity and process combine to shape original thinking.


It draws on insights from design practice and classroom workshops, revealing how the way we frame problems, structure time, and respond to uncertainty can either unlock imagination - or close it down.


For educators, parents, designers and leaders, this is an invitation to think differently: Not just about creative outcomes, but about the environments that produce them.


👉 Read the full post on Substack and explore how creativity can be designed - not left to chance.





 
 
 

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