CURATED COLLECTION
First date
Two people. A little less small talk.
A square of home
Frame a small square composition at home.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your original square composition from home without addresses, documents or other private details.
Accessible detail
Notice a design feature that helps people use a public route.
YOUR RESULTSketch or describe one accessible design feature and explain the practical barrier it helps reduce.
After-dark sketch
Draw an indoor scene using outlines only.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your completed outline-only indoor scene with at least three objects.
After-hours museum
Give an object a mysterious nighttime museum label.
YOUR RESULTWrite a nighttime museum label naming an ordinary object and inventing a mystery from two visible features.
Air landscape
Draw an imaginary landscape in the air with one hand.
YOUR RESULTA sketch of your imaginary landscape and the order of the hand strokes used to trace it.
Alphabet menu
Invent a meal on paper using ingredients beginning with one letter.
YOUR RESULTWrite a three-course imaginary menu with each main ingredient starting with your chosen letter.
Ambient orchestra
Imagine surrounding sounds as musical instruments.
YOUR RESULTA three-sound imaginary orchestra assigning an instrument and rhythm to each sound.
Architectural alphabet
Spot an arch, column or decorative tile from a pavement.
YOUR RESULTSubmit a sketch of the architectural feature and label at least two observed details.
Archive comparison
Compare an old public photograph with present landmarks.
YOUR RESULTName the public archive photo source and describe three differences or continuities in present landmarks.
Art subtitle
Give a freely accessible public artwork your own subtitle.
YOUR RESULTYour original artwork subtitle and two visible details that inspired it.
Backward pitch
Describe a familiar film backwards in three sentences.
YOUR RESULTSubmit exactly three sentences retelling a named familiar film in reverse order.
Before and after
Photograph a pencil or similar object before and after ordinary use.
YOUR RESULTSubmit a labelled before-and-after collage of your two original photos showing an object after ordinary use.
Bench cinema
Sit on an unfamiliar public bench and describe the view as a movie.
YOUR RESULTA four-sentence scene description identifying three visible details from the bench.
Better label
Label one storage container clearly.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your completed container label and explain what it helps you find; conceal sensitive contents.
Bird sound
Learn a common bird's call from a reputable free guide.
YOUR RESULTA bird name, a written description of its call and a link or title of the reputable guide.
Block history
Research a nearby street through a public archive.
YOUR RESULTWrite three facts about the street's history in your own words and identify the public archive source.
Blue discovery
Photograph something blue without faces or private identifying details.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your original photograph of a blue subject with no faces or private identifying details.
Book coordinates
Use a random ordinary noun from a book as a drawing prompt.
YOUR RESULTSubmit the drawing, the ordinary noun used as a prompt and the book title.
Bookmark break
Make a paper bookmark for a passage you like.
YOUR RESULTA finished bookmark with an original motif and a short explanation of its connection to the passage.
Bookshelf surprise
Read a short passage from a book you rarely open.
YOUR RESULTName the book and summarise the passage in your own words, including one detail that surprised you.
Breakfast memory
Draw a memorable breakfast and label the foods.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your breakfast-memory drawing with at least three food labels; omit other people's private details.
Breakfast menu
Rewrite your breakfast as a restaurant description.
YOUR RESULTWrite a restaurant-style breakfast description naming the foods and two details about their preparation or texture.
Cafe sketchbook
Sketch your cup at a nearby cafe after checking prices fit your budget.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your completed cafe cup sketch with two observed details; avoid faces and identifying receipts.
Cardboard architecture
Build a tiny building from clean discarded packaging.
YOUR RESULTA photo or diagram of the finished cardboard building showing a door, window and roof.