HCD Ideation Tool: Ideation Arcana
creator: Nina Lyons
date: 10/08/2021
description: Ideation Arcana is a visual ideation tool designed to assist learners—especially those new to open-ended creative projects—in generating and refining ideas. It does so by offering a structured yet playful approach to thinking, inspired by the layout and concept of tarot cards.
publisher: National Resource Hub
language: en-US
format: application/pdf
type: Article
subject: Concept generation
subject: Creative thinking
subject: Design pedagogy
subject: Design research
subject: Early-stage design
subject: Exploratory creativity
subject: Idea framing
subject: Ideation tool
subject: reflective practice
subject: Tarot-inspired framework
relation: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/OER-IdeationArcana-infoSheet-1.pdf