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Originally Posted by Fewormany
It seems to me that this is a hard thing to teach for schools. You might learn them the techniques to open your mind to new possibilities and options and the steps most creative processes have. But in the end it is such a personal proces that it's hard to really learn it out of a book.
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definitely
They give you suggestions
and it just happens naturally ... whether or not it happens
Maybe that is what born "talent" means...
the mid-century art school from Germany,
the Bauhaus
had an interesting way to awaken the artist inside their students...
What we learn now in design is based on their teachings I think
Here is a nice book giving a general overview
artvis.bc.edu
Basically
it is about the elements and principles of design
the foundations of design...
the 'basic building blocks' in creating a design
Elements:Line, shape, texture, colour, value
Principles: Balance, repetition, Rhythm, contrast, dominance
You do design 'studies'
or experiments
tests
It surrounds the idea of "contrasts"
for example, dark light
big small
long short
smooth rough
warm cold
These awaken different signals in each person...
Some people respond well to value (light, dark)
Some to line
Some to shape
Some respond to texture (tactile ... like fabric and material)
and people are usually a mix of one or few
example of
Materials studies
from bauhaus.de
Itten's preliminary course, Material studies by Vincent Weber, 1920/21, waste metal, tree-bark, roots, plants, and other elements mounted on plywood
By response
I mean the students do very well at a certain category of experiments
and the students should also find them easy
and enjoyable
much more than other categories of experiments even
--I believe this determines the person's "character" or style
What this course essentially was made to do was, to help the students decide what specialty they would go into ...
architecture, weaving, glass, mural, and several others...
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There are sample pages here
with excellent pictures
http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&i...um=1&ct=result
*also feel free to correct me if my list on the design elements/principles is not 100% correct 
I realise it changes according to instructor