The Blind Collaboration

Collaboration is built on trust. It’s about handing over your ideas and letting someone else interpret, build, or transform them.

This week, we’re taking that trust one step further: Create something—and pass it on without any explanation.

No context, no expectations, no directions.
Just pure, creative handoff.

This challenge is about letting go of control completely and allowing someone else’s imagination to take the lead. Let’s see what happens when we trust the creative process and each other.

The Challenge Prompt

Your mission: Start a piece of creative work, then hand it off to someone else—without explaining what you intended.

• Create a sketch, record a melody, write a line, design a concept, or build the first layer of a project.

• Send it to a creative partner without any notes or instructions.

• Let them interpret, expand, and finish it however they see fit.

The goal is to allow total creative freedom and see how someone else's vision collides with yours.

Creative Examples to Inspire You

Here’s how you can approach this challenge depending on your creative medium:

Visual Artists

• Sketch a random shape, line, or half-finished character—then let your partner complete the piece without knowing your idea.

• Start a color palette or background and let someone else add the subject.

• Draw abstract forms and invite another artist to define them.

Writers

• Write an opening line, a mysterious paragraph, or even just a random phrase.

• Let another writer take it and craft their own story, poem, or scene without asking what you meant.

• Or, hand off a journal entry for someone to fictionalize.

Designers

• Create an unfinished layout, logo, or poster skeleton.

• Send it to someone else to add the typography, imagery, or final concept without explaining the original purpose.

• Start a branding idea and see how someone else visualizes the identity.

Musicians

• Record a raw loop, a beat, or a snippet of a melody.

• Share it without telling your collaborator the vibe you imagined.

• See how they layer, expand, and reinterpret the piece in their own style.

Optional Add-On: Reflect on the Experience

Once your piece is finished, pause to reflect:

• How did it feel to hand off your idea without control?

• Were you surprised by what your collaborator created?

• What did you learn about your own expectations or assumptions?

Sharing both the original starting point and the final piece side by side can show just how far creative ideas can travel when you let them go.

Closing Encouragement

True collaboration isn’t about forcing someone to see your vision—it’s about trusting them to bring their own.

This week, let go of the outcome, trust your partner, and celebrate the unexpected. Some of the best creative moments happen when we leave space for surprise.

📢 Ready to share your blind collaboration? Tag @SimplexCreativeClub and use #SimplexChallenge so we can see the amazing transformations.

Start something. Pass it on without explanation. Trust the process. See where it takes you.