Make Possibilities Happen How to Transform Ideas into Reality

by Grace Hawthorne

You have the opportunity to positively alter your life—and other people’s lives—by making the inklings of your imagination real.

Possibility is the ability to see something in your imagination or your heart and cause it to materialize in real life.

You already possess (almost) everything you need to make things happen—this book will help you find your way.

Discover tools and strategies for overcoming the hang-ups that prevent you from getting things done or from even starting. Learn exercises that increase the creative capacity of your brain. Explore ways to build on the momentum of your work so that you can keep going. Author Grace Hawthorne shares insights, ideas, and activities from her Stanford University d.school courses, as well as scientific research and entrepreneurial escapades to get you thinking productively about making possibilities a reality.

It’s hard to begin, uncomfortable to not know, natural to question yourself, easy to be impatient, and challenging to swallow setbacks.

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About the Author

Grace Hawthorne is an entrepreneur, designer, educator, author, and artist. She is the founder and CEO of Paper Punk, an award-winning origami and LEGO mashup. As a professor at the Stanford d.school, she teaches courses on creativity and failure, and leads groundbreaking research on creative capacity building, which has been covered by Scientific American and Wired. Previously, she co-founded ReadyMade magazine and co-authored the critically acclaimed book, ReadyMade: How to Make Almost Everything. Her products can be found on the shelves of mass-market retailers and her artwork has been exhibited in several national museums including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Triennial.

About the Designer

Celia Leung is a Hong Kong born and raised creative who works across brand identity design, publication design, and art direction. She believes in simple ideas that form stories behind brands and their visual language. With solid training and practice in Hong Kong and the U.S., she is now based in Hong Kong, tailoring identities and experiences for clients, such as Swire Properties, HSBC, K11, Cathay Pacific, PCCW, and Hong Kong Arts Centre.