# 3 ways to create a truly original design

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNext 2025
- Speaker: Lope Gutierrez-Ruiz
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lope_gutierrez_ruiz_3_ways_to_create_a_truly_original_design)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In a world where design trends are quietly converging — same color palettes, same typography, same illustration styles — how do you make work that actually looks different? Designer and TED Fellow Lope Gutierrez-Ruiz distills his answer into three sharp, counterintuitive ideas, ticking through his studio's own funky creations to show how you can make things that stand out.

## Lectures

1. [3 ways to create a truly original design](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lope_gutierrez_ruiz_3_ways_to_create_a_truly_original_design/e1f6d8ef5710), 6 min (TED's player)