Oblique-Strategies

Break the creative block.
Find the inspiration.

Oblique Strategies is a card-based method for promoting creativity, created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt and first published in 1975.

Each card offers a challenging constraint intended to help artists break creative blocks by encouraging lateral thinking. Use the whole deck, or draw a single card when a dilemma occurs in your work. The card is trusted even if its appropriateness is not quite clear.

DRAW A CARD
• Tap the card for a new one, with a gentle haptic and a smooth transition.
• Choose when your card changes: every time you open the app, hourly, or daily.
• Share any card with a tap.

ALWAYS AT HAND
• Home Screen widgets in every size, with a button to
• Lock Screen widgets: inline, circular and rectangular.
• A Draw Card control for Control Center, the Lock Scr
• Siri and Shortcuts: "Draw a card in Oblique Strategies."

ON YOUR WRIST
• A native Apple Watch app. Tap or turn the Digital Cr
• Complications for your watch face, including circular, corner, inline and rectangular.

DESIGNED FOR iOS
• Built with Liquid Glass, with calm colour that shift
• A short introduction the first time you open the app.
• Works with Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Voice Control, Rparency and Increase Contrast.

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