Category: Design
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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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How to decide?
What’s the decision tree for making decisions? What’s the best way to know what to do and how to act? Who is a decision maker? Here’s my first attempt at my best practices for making good decisions, no matter what the topic. This decision maker outlines my process as well as what I think are…
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Eyeo Attendees Visualization
I enjoyed finding myself on this visualization of Eyeo Festival Attendees. Let the festival begin! Visualization by Jeff Johnston .
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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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Visualizing my week
I posted on Visualizing.org a past visualization I created to understand the impact of just how many meetings I am in during the week. This visualization helps me see the cyclical nature of client communications per week, as well as the amount of time I spend with others. Luckily, I’m an extrovert. Meeting and talking…
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Who is going to Eyeo Festival 2012? I am!
I could not be more excited about going to the 2012 Eyeo Festival in Minneapolis. I went to the 2011 festival and it blew my mind. Suddenly I was in the midst of remarkably talented, smart designers, developers, data analysts, academics and journalists all coming together to discover new ways to visualize our world. The…