This paper examines the processes used by cultural producers to create products that are at once inserted into existing canons yet distinctive from conventional patterns of creation. We identify three mechanisms – juxtaposition, transformation, and self-insertion – that explain how creators balance demands of conformity and originality into their work, ultimately leading to the formation of a personal canon. Empirically, our study draws on a comparative historical analysis of the trajectories of two producers that have become epitomes of innovation in their fields: Ferran Adrià in gastronomy and Takashi Murakami in visual arts. The paper includes a discussion of the implications of our findings to studies on innovation and cultural production.

本文考察了文化生产者用于创建产品的过程，这些过程可立即插入到现有的经典中，但与传统的创造方式不同。我们确定了三种机制，即并置，转换和自我插入，这些机制解释了创作者如何在其作品中平衡对一致性和原创性的需求，最终导致了个人典范的形成。从经验上讲，我们的研究基于对两个生产者的轨迹进行比较的历史分析，这两个生产者在各自的领域已成为创新的缩影：美食界的FerranAdrià和视觉艺术界的村上隆（Takashi Murakami）。本文讨论了我们的发现对创新和文化生产研究的意义。