Category: Creativity
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Creative Truth 2
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.
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Creative Truths: Execution is Essential
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…
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From Ho-Hum to Hot
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…
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Great events draw great attention
I am excited to learn that a photo I took at Eyeo Festival is being considered for use in an upcoming indie magazine. The magazine focuses on the best recent conferences and events. I love to document events I attend. I’m glad Eyeo, my favorite, will be included. Documentation of what and where we have…
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Find the ballerina—infographic easter egg
Noticed on the flight instruction card for my recent Sun Country flight: a ballerina is the first person pictured in the brace instructions. She appears nowhere else in the flight instructions. Whoever created this tidbit made my flight.
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The importance of being with like-minded visionaries
It’s been a month since Eyeo Festival and I have been reflecting on the importance of attending events like this. Many speakers and attendees felt Eyeo was something special, something different from other conferences. Paola Antonelli opened the first night expressing how much she had wanted to attend Eyeo, to attend something unique, something…
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What are you feeling? Subway
How can we gauge interest or other emotions when we encounter public art, events, or other chance happenings? I like the idea of pairing an emotional gauge with our environment and measuring the emotional impact of the people who encounter art or beauty or drama or something interesting. The intangible yet real benefits could more…
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Bubble Wrap Schedule
Every day we have to understand what 21 creative staff are doing with their time. Are they busy? Who is open? Above, my prototype for better visualizing my department’s daily workload: staple a piece of bubble wrap on top of a grid with each staff member’s name and hour slot. For each hour scheduled, the…