doodle cafe
Playtime for serious professionals.
Monthly events where professionals gather to explore their creativity. We get together, talk creativity, and then we doodle around.
Book in for our upcoming events in Pōneke/Wellington and online. All events are pay what you can.
upcoming events
DOODLE CAFE — PŌNEKE
Tuesday, 18 August
5:30 — 6:45pm NZT
Cuckoo Emporium, 57 Customhouse Quay
DOODLE CAFE — online
Tuesday, 25 August
7:30 — 8:45pm NZT
Online
What to expect?
a fun, low stakes, judgement-free zone where we exercise our imagination muscles
the warmth of other people’s creative energy
prompts and support to get you started, and through the blocks
drinks, snacks, music, good vibes
What to bring?
a notebook
pens/pencils/whatever you’d like to work with
your curiosity
(optional) specific ideas and questions you want to doodle around with - work-related or otherwise
Why invest in doodling?
Imaginative play is good for us, and most of us don’t do enough of it.
Imagination is central to creativity. When we engage in creative activity, our brains fire up our imaginative network (the bit involved in spontaneous thought, intuition, memory and meaning-making) and our executive processing network (responsible for focus and critical thought) - parts that don’t usually work together.
Most of us have spent decades training our critical, analytical brains, but neglected our imaginative brains. We need both of them working together in order to feel more creative.
So think about Doodle Cafe like cross-training for your mind. It will help you feel sharper, more cognitively alive and flexible at work (as well as being generally great for our mental health).
Keen to learn more or interested in bringing Doodle Cafe into your workplace / conference / event?