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"New and better than ever, Launching the Imagination treats design as both a verb and a noun - as both a process and a product. Design is deliberate - a process of exploring multiple solutions and choosing the most promising option. Through an immersion in 3-D concepts students are encouraged to develop methods of thinking visually that will serve them throughout their studies and careers.
Building on strengths of the previous five editions Launching the Imagination 6e is even more:
Concise. Content has been refined so that maximum content can be communicated as clearly and concisely as possible.
Colorful. In addition to the full color used throughout the book, the writing is livelier than that in most textbooks. Analogies expand communication, and every visual example has been carefully selected for maximum impact.
Comprehensive. Launching the Imagination is the only foundational text with full sections devoted to critical and creative thinking and to time-based design. The photo program is global, represents a myriad of stylistic approaches, and prominently features design and media arts as well as more traditional art forms.
Contemporary. More than half of the visual examples represent artworks completed since 1970, and over 100 represent works completed since 2000
Compelling. Interviews with exemplars of creativity have always been an important feature of this book. Three of the best past profiles have been revised and a new profile has been added. Now inserted into the body of the text, each interview deliberately builds on its chapter content. In Chapter Five, designer Steve Quinn describes the seven-step sequence he uses in developing websites, logos, and motion graphics. In Chapter 8, Jim Elniski describes The Greenhouse Chicago, an innovative home that is both highly energy efficient and elegant. In Chapter 11, ceramicist David MacDonald describes his influences and work process. And, in the new profile in Chapter 6, artist Sara Mast describes an ambitious art and science collaboration begun in celebration of the ideas of Albert Einstein.
Almost fifty new images have been added, representing major contemporary artists and designers including Wolfgang Buttress, Do Ho Suh, Garo Antresian, Janet Ballweg, Phoebe Morris, Alain Cornu, and Natalya Zahn." 

Contents:
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART 2: CONCEPTS AND CRITICAL THINKING CHAPTER 4: CULTIVATING CREATIVITY
Design and Creativity
Seven Characteristics of Creative Thinking
Goal Setting
Time Management
Profile: Nancy Callahan, Artist, and Diane Gallo, Writer,
CHAPTER 5: PROBLEM SEEKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Concept Development
Problem Seeking Problem-Solving Strategies Brainstorming Research Conceptual Expansion Variations on a Theme / Metaphorical Thinking /Interdisciplinary Connections
Profile: Heidi Lasher-Oakes, Sculptor
CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING
Establishing Criteria Critique Basics: Stop, Look, Listen, Learn
Types of Critiques
Developing a Long-Term Project
Turn Up the Heat: Pushing Your Project's Potential
Accepting Responsibility
Profile: Bob Dacey, Illustrator
PART 3. THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN
CHAPTER 7 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN: ASPECTS ANDELEMENTS
Thinking in Three Dimensions Form and Function / The Three Dimensions / Drafting for Designers / Degrees of Dimensionality Design Elements Line / Shapes and Planes / Volume / Mass / Space / Texture / Color and Light / The Complexity of Three-Dimensional Design
Profile: Rodger Mack, Sculptor
CHAPTER 8 THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN: ORGANIZATION
Principles of Three-Dimensional Design Balance / Scale and Proportion / Proximity /Emphasis and Contrast / Repetition Composition and Construction Choice of Materials / Construction Methods/ Connections / Transitions / Unity and Variety
Profile: David MacDonald, Ceramicist
CHAPTER 9 PHYSICAL AND CEREBRAL
Constructed Thought From Life to Art: Connection and Separation / Boundaries / Bases and Places Physical Qualities of Sculptural Objects Physical Forces / Material and Immaterial Cerebral Qualities of Sculptural Objects Building on a Tradition / Reinventing Sculpture / Contemporary Questions, Contemporary Answers Expressing Ideas in Physical Form
Profile: Rick Paul, Virtual Sculptor glossary notes index Supplements Instructors Manual Launching the Imagination Core Concepts in Art CD-ROM