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Great Work is Memorable – Good Work is Experience

Monday, May 24, 2010

What defines our story are significant moments and endings; memorable works and what we’ve done lately. Artist’s think of the future in terms of anticipated great works. It’s a trap. + View a TED video presentation by Daniel Kahneman

Get as Close to the Flame as You Can

Monday, May 10, 2010

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Flame finding is your talent. Imagination is hot, execution is cold. The flame is illusive; if you must obsess about something, make it a flame search. "I think part of the process of this whole thing is to get as close to the flame as you can get without being burned" – Graham Nash

Everything is Social: How Creative Brands Can Earn Social Equity

Friday, April 23, 2010

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There. I’ve summed up conventional advertising in one paragraph, and brought it into the crowded, abundant, consumer centric internet years. Now it’s all about ME, keep your damn interruption marketing to yourself, I’ll find you when I want something you got. Unless ….

Creativity is Analog; Digital is Facsimile

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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My point is that the richness you and I perceive as quality, just like my experience in China, can be like old and new competing for road space. Creativity is analog. There is no such thing as digital creativity, it's only a simulation.

A Tale of Two Sources: Crowd and Open

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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My encounter with Bird House Design and the first ever user-generated HD Video Contest where photographers become filmmakers, and take it beyond the still frame. Vincent Laforet and Canon kick off the improv video story which was on Chapter 4 as of this writing.

King-O-Fads or King of Ads – I’ll tell you what …

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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Does anyone else find something Deliciously ironic about hiring the best in the business to produce a spot that will invite the production of a bunch of borderline Cheesy spots?

Ube’s Ice Cream Shop

Monday, April 12, 2010

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All Creatives will relate to artist Ube Urban. I got an immediate warm feeling when I watched him paint a bicycle in Jake Wiens' video; I know what it's like to be immersed in the flow of creating. The idea has been captured so the remainder is letting the gun do it's thing.

iPad Magazine Art Direction Demo – Brad Colbow

Saturday, April 10, 2010

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Brad Colbow reviews the Art Direction for iPad magazine editions for GQ, Popular Science and TIME. The video demo gives one a great idea for how usable the editions are, and where iPad design might go in the future.

Interview with Jeff Goodby by BigBuzz Kevin Kelly

Friday, April 9, 2010

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Mainly, Jeff Goodby is the Creative Director and co-Chairman of Goodby Silverstein and Partners Ad Age's Agency of the Decade. He was the principle guy who made you "get" milk. Kevin Kelly of BigBuzz.com interviews Jeff Goodby in a short video.

Taking with Creative Director – Adam Cohen

Monday, March 15, 2010

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Meet Adam. He's determined to unite talent - his own. A first-class writer and a first-rate illustrator equals a great cartoonist. A great cartoonist makes an exceptional ad man, screen writer and film director. Listen to his insightful thoughts about creativity.