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  • Creative Truth 3

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        Creativity happens in situations and environments in which everyone can take risks, fail, experiment and try new things. Without trust, true creation is warped by hidden motives and agendas. If one can’t take risks, there is no possibility to construct something never seen before. Aggression is antithetical to creativity. Dominance squashes experimentation. I’ve…

  • Creative Truth 2

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    We all learn the hard way that everyone is replaceable. Everything is transitory. Be present wherever you are, whenever that is. Make the moment count. Fragment of sculpture by Rodin.

  • Creative Truths: Execution is Essential

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    Execution is essential was the mantra of one of my first professors at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Mary Fredlund. She ingrained in us that the execution of our ideas was critical to the success of the work. And she was completely right. Creative Truths is a series of posters visualizing creative truths I…

  • From Ho-Hum to Hot

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    In 2012 I was part of a presentation at Go East,  “From Ho-hum to Hot: Leveraging the Power of Trends to Transform Your Products.” In it my co-presenters, Heidi Broberg, Emily Jacobsen and I discussed why consumers want what’s new, how Go East understands and tracks trends. took a peek at a few trends we highlighted for 2013…

  • See yourself through Twylah

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    Twylah is a Twitter visualization that takes an account and organizes it by most tweeted categories. It uses good design to compose a personal brand statement about the tweeter. Like Flipboard, it makes Twitter more readable. I particularly like it to give me a current overview of my recent tweets, showing me how my Vines…