{"id":2912,"date":"2020-12-12T02:05:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T01:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2025-04-18T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T21:11:24","slug":"copycat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/copycat","title":{"rendered":"Copycat Creativity Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Copying, as \u201cbad\u201d as it may sound, is actually a very good technique to get creative. The best designers use it. While the process may start with a plain copy, it ends with something very own and unique. Because you`ll add your own input and vision into the development, you`ll take the copy to a higher level, creating something with your own voice and style.<\/p>

When I was still a fashion design student, I worked for Giles Deacon in London for a while. Still na\u00efve and thinking ideas come right out of thin air or pure imagination, I was shocked: In the design studio, we were given pictures out of fashion magazines and were told to copy and rework certain items. I thought: Is he for real?? Is he just copying other people’s work and making out it`s his own idea?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the years after, I have learned that it is common for designers to begin with a copy. But then, what starts as a copy is transforming into a completely own design. While copying you come up with new ideas, you bring in your own style, you amend details to match your own vision. The final result might not even resemble the \u201coriginal\u201d anymore. (And really: they most likely aren`t originals anyway, because they themselves are copied and transformed from another \u201coriginal\u201d at some point). Call it inspiration if you like.<\/p>

The same goes for photography, writing, drawing, all arts for that matter: The copy is like the push or the run-up before you fly on your own.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kopieren, so \u201cschlecht\u201d es klingt, ist tats\u00e4chlich eine sehr gute Technik, um kreativ zu sein. Die besten Designer machen das. Der Prozess beginnt zwar mit einer Kopie, aber er endet mit etwas Eigenem und Einzigartigem. Weil du deinen eigenen Input und deine Vision in die Entwicklung mit reingibst, bringst du die Kopie auf ein h\u00f6heres Level und machst am Ende etwas in deinem ganz eigenen Stil.<\/p>

Als Modestudentin habe ich eine Zeitlang bei Giles Deacon in London gearbeitet. Ganz naiv dachte ich, Ideen kommen einfach so aus dem Nichts und purer Fantasie. Als man uns Fotos aus Magazinen gab, um einzelne Sachen davon nachzuarbeiten, also zu kopieren, war ich schockiert. Ich dachte: Soll das ein Witz sein?? Kopiert er einfach die Arbeit anderer und tut dann so, als w\u00e4r`s seine eigene Idee?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kopieren um zu fliegen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In den folgenden Jahren habe ich gelernt, dass es ganz normal f\u00fcr einen Designer ist, zu kopieren. Aber dann verwandelt sich das, was als Kopie beginnt, in ein ganz eigenes Design. W\u00e4hrend des Kopierens kommst du auf neue Ideen, du bringst deinen Stil ein, du \u00e4nderst Sachen ab und passt sie deiner eigenen Vorstellung an. Das Endergebnis sieht dann dem \u201eOriginal\u201c oft nicht mal mehr \u00e4hnlich. (Und ein Original war das wahrscheinlich sowieso nicht, denn auch dieses \u201eOriginal\u201c wurde irgendwann von etwas anderem kopiert und weiterentwickelt.) Man kann das auch Inspiration nennen, wenn man so will.<\/p>

Das Gleiche gilt f\u00fcrs Fotografieren, Schreiben, Malen und Kunst \u00fcberhaupt: Die Kopie ist wie ein Schubs oder ein Anlauf bevor du selbst fliegst.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to boost your creativity with the copycat technique.
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