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Play-Based Design
From ideation to implementation, we work with curious, high-vision folks to create playful, purpose driven work.
For a glimpse of playful practice in action, check out IKantKoan founder Jessica Creane’s TEDx talk on Embracing Uncertainty through Play.
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Design, Play and Process Blog
Ten Slow Laps
By Jessica Creane |
I haven’t read or practiced Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way but I’ve heard about it from a ton ...
Read More Muppet Theory
By Jessica Creane |
Muppet Theory Someone close to me shook me to the core this week. It started as a casual ...
Read More Toddler Creation Hour
By Jessica Creane |
There is a moment when we are each ready to create. For me, that moment presents itself like ...
Read More Tabletop Games Denouement
By Jessica Creane |
As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said (allegedly), ‘change is constant.’ Theater makers track change through story arcs ...
Read More Precrastination
By Jessica Creane |
This post is a counter-point to the last where I talked about my evolving relationship to procrastination. This ...
Read More Procrastination
By Jessica Creane |
I wrote the talks for the last three conferences I’ve spoken at the night before the talk. Sometimes ...
Read More Rules Sheets Need A Revamp
By Jessica Creane |
Every group of tabletop game players needs a Rules Person. Exactly. One. One person who loves reading the ...
Read More Emotions Are Metrics
By Jessica Creane |
I’ve spent the last year and a half reading a *lot* of books about business and entrepreneurship, listening ...
Read More Songbirds Sing Because They’re Alive
By Jessica Creane |
“Songbirds don’t sing to be the most accomplished songbird. They sing because it’s an innate thing that songbirds ...
Read More On Sensitivity
By Jessica Creane |
The last thing I remember before blacking out was taking a sip of water and thinking “huh, I’m ...
Read More “Just Make A Game About It”
By Jessica Creane |
Sometimes, when I express frustration that I’m not able to figure something in my life out, a friend ...
Read More Art is a Gremlin, but it’s YOUR Gremlin
By Jessica Creane |
You have to show up for your art. It will pout if you don’t. Your art wants to ...
Read More Doneness
By Jessica Creane |
A grad school professor of mine once related some wisdom to our class: “every artist has a certain ...
Read More Vulnerability in Practice
By Jessica Creane |
I listened to a podcast recently in which the guest, a visual artist, was saying that it is ...
Read More Ghost Brain
By Jessica Creane |
Today's post is for everyone with a backlog of creative projects a solar system wide and a galaxy ...
Read More L’appel du vide
By Jessica Creane |
L’appel du vide is a French phrase for ‘the call of the void.’ It refers, literally, to the ...
Read More Perfection Worship
By Jessica Creane |
“In the course of a two-week run of CHAOS THEORY, I will surely hit a perfect performance.” I ...
Read More The Art of Rest
By Jessica Creane |
Doing things is important. I am a big fan of doing. But on the flip side of the ...
Read More New Year’s Resolutions: Your Own, Personal Interactive Experience
By Jessica Creane |
What to expect from this post Analysis of new year’s resolutions as interactive experiencesA narrative journeyAn unlikely case ...
Read More Pantser Mentality
By Jessica Creane |
I completed my first National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) novel in 2010. For the last nine years, I’ve ...
Read More What’s In a Name?
By Jessica Creane |
I’m often asked about the name IKantKoan. What does it mean? Where does it come from? Why, for ...
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