Oblique Strategies is a deck of creative prompts by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, designed to help you sidestep habitual thinking and move forward with a new constraint or angle.

These cards evolved from Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s observations of the principles underlying creative work. They can be used as a pack — a set of possibilities held continuously in mind — or by drawing a single card when a dilemma occurs. In this case the card is trusted even if its appropriateness is unclear. The deck is not final; new ideas appear and others become self-evident.

Tip: This page keeps favourites only in-memory (temporary). Refreshing will clear them.