{"id":49035,"date":"2021-03-31T11:01:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grapheine.com\/graphic-design-en\/temps-creation-01-expression-charrette-travail-sous-pression"},"modified":"2021-07-07T17:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:07:10","slug":"working-flat-out-a-tiring-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.grapheine.com\/en\/graphic-design-en\/working-flat-out-a-tiring-tradition","title":{"rendered":"Time and creation #01 : working flat out, a tiring tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are inaugurating a series of articles about \"Time and creation\".
\nThe idea is to tackle the relationship between time and creation<\/strong> from different angles, be it about the time we spend creating, time management, psychological mechanisms, history, etc...<\/p>\n

Here are the articles we'll publish :<\/p>\n

01 - Working flat out, a tiring tradition<\/span><\/strong>
\nHistorical and societal approach: the origin of the expression \"charrette<\/em>\" and our relationship to flat out work in our societies<\/p>\n

02 - The impact of time on the creative brain<\/a><\/strong>
\nScientific approach: the way our brain perceives time, the mechanisms that are triggered when we work under pressure, and how stimulants boost our performance<\/p>\n

03 - In search of creative time<\/a><\/strong>
\nHuman approach: what is creativity and what does it depend on to blossom<\/p>\n

04 - Optimize and boost creativity with flow<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Methodological approach: some practical techniques to be more creative and reach flow, an optimal state of consciousness<\/p>\n

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\"charrette-idee\"<\/p>\n

It's past midnight on Sunday. You'll have to finish this project for your client due on Monday morning at 9am sharp. And you are flat out... In a hurry, rushed by time, crushed by work.<\/strong> But where does the expression \"charrette<\/em>\" come from, and what relationship do creatives have with this practice?<\/p>\n

Handcart right on your ass!<\/h1>\n

The expression \"\u00eatre charrette<\/em>\" comes from the Beaux-Art School's architecture section, probably as early as its installation in 1830. Some of the workshops were outside the main building, so the students had to bring their work by hand -glued on frames- before Friday noon, to the large Melpom\u00e8ne room. The new students, fresh as daisies, were called upon to transport these precious documents in rented... handcarts<\/strong>. They shout \"handcart right on your ass!\" (charrette au cul<\/em>) on the way, and beware of latecomers who would penalize all the others. When they arrived in one of the school's courtyards, they unloaded the contents by hand, under the watchful eye of the janitor who checked the completeness of the works before giving the go-ahead to install them in the main hall.<\/p>\n

The charrette<\/em>, that last push before turning in a creative project, was once a sprint in the true sense of the word<\/strong>.<\/p>\n