Start walking without a destination. Change direction. Move against time. Follow someone discreetly. Speak with a stranger. Shift hierarchies. Avoid following a fixed order. In this course, we will explore how our creative practice changes when we shift our perspective and question familiar patterns. We will use the method of dérive – the unintentional, experimental wandering and exploration originally used to discover urban spaces from unknown perspectives. Applied to the creative process, this means not only systematically analyzing our work but also allowing ourselves to be guided by unexpected connections, impulses, and coincidences. We will document our questions and observations and collaboratively create a mini-publication, which will work as a visual collection of notes and inspirations – a kind of map for creative detours and turnarounds. At the same time, we will use this exchange to work on and develop our own portfolios. Using playful exercises, joint reflection and practical experimentation, we learn to break patterns in order to gain new perspectives on our work. By the end of the course we will have created an individual portfolio.