The Creative Process

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Todd Lubart

   Pages 1-18

3. How Do They Do It? The Importance of Being … eArNe(ARTI)ST

   • Ivan Toulouse

   Pages 19-57

4. The Creative Process in Graphic Art

   • Marion Botella

   Pages 59-87

5. The Creative Process in Writers

   • Jane Piirto

   Pages 89-121

6. Collaborative Scriptwriting: Social and Psychological Factors

   • Samira Bourgeois-Bougrine, Vlad Petre Glăveanu

   Pages 123-154

7. The Creative Process in Science and Engineering

   • Giovanni Emanuele Corazza, Sergio Agnoli

   Pages 155-180

8. The Creative Process in Engineering: Teaching Innovation to Engineering Students

   • Stéphanie Buisine, Samira Bourgeois-Bougrine

   Pages 181-207

9. Modelling the Creative Process in Design: A Socio-cognitive Approach

   • Julien Nelson

   Pages 209-227

10. The Creative Process in Design

    • Nathalie Bonnardel, Alicja Wojtczuk, Pierre-Yves Gilles, Sylvain Mazon

    Pages 229-254

11. Creative Thinking in Music

    • Baptiste Barbot, Peter R. Webster

    Pages 255-273

12. The Creative Process in Lead Sheet Composition

    • Daniel Martín, François Pachet, Benjamin Frantz

    Pages 275-296

13. The Cultural Basis of the Creative Process: A Dual-Movement Framework

    • Vlad Petre Glăveanu

    Pages 297-316

14. Back Matter

    Pages 317-327

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The creative process refers to the sequence of thoughts and actions that are involved in the production of new work that is both original and valuable in its context. This book examines this process across the domains of visual art, writing, engineering, design and music. It characterizes each domain’s creative process based on evidence stemming from creators’ accounts of their own activity and a wide-range of observational material and theories specific to each field. Results from empirical research are then presented across a set of closely linked chapters, using a common set of methodologies that seek to trace the creative process as it unfolds. 


This highly interdisciplinary edited collection offers valuable insight into the creative process for scholars and practitioners in the fields of psychology, education, and creative studies, as well as for any other readers interested in the creative process. Todd Lubart brings together a group of authors who are themselves actively involved in their respective creative fields and invites readers to adopt a broad perspective on the creative process in order to unravel some of its mysteries. 

• cognition
• cognitive psychology
• creative education
• personality studies
• social psychology
• Five Core Attitudes for Creativity
• Seven I’s for Creativity
• DIMAI
• dynamic definition of creativity
• Constructivism
• innovation training for students
• cognitive design studies
• distributed creativity
• creativity and culture

• Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

  Todd Lubart

Todd Lubart is Professor of Psychology at Paris Descartes University- Sorbonne Paris City University, France.  He is author and contributor of numerous books and articles on creativity and co-authored measures of creative potential. Recognized for his work on creativity, including multiple awards, Todd Lubart has directed a research laboratory and been responsible for several large-scale research grants, including the Creative Process Project on which this book is based.

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