creative learning and development

Grant McCracken - Leading Cultural Anthropologist

2011-10-14T21:25:00.000-07:00

Life After Death by Powerpoint 2010

2011-10-11T00:58:00.000-07:00

We've all been sitting there at some point and wondered why, oh why?!

RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

2011-09-24T23:07:00.000-07:00

For long I have tried to find a way to communicate my frustrations with conventional 'all stick and little carrot' management practices. Further fuel here that this never works.

Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

2010-06-26T03:12:00.000-07:00

Nicholas Felton @ POP TECH 2009

2010-04-21T07:29:00.001-07:00

Graphic designer Nicholas Felton is obsessed with data. He knows how many songs hes listened to and how much it costs him per mile to fly. Felton visualizes these numerous details in personal Annual Reports. At PopTech 2009, Felton examines what a weeklong-snapshot of New York Times front pages reveals about America.

An Interview with Michael E. Porter, Professor, Harvard University. Porter's five competitive forces is the basis for much of modern business strategy

2010-04-19T10:41:00.000-07:00

A Passion For Being Different...

2010-03-20T04:30:00.001-07:00

Michael Porter talking at the Harvard Business School. Tweeted Michael's details on hearing a podcast from Donald Tapscott where he was used as an ironic aside regarding a 15 year olds ability to manage online gaming like a trained business pro.

Malcolm Gladwell & Joyce Gladwell: Observer Media: Design Observer

2010-03-09T11:22:00.000-08:00

Malcolm Gladwell & Joyce Gladwell: Observer Media: Design Observer

Free audio podcast from Debbie Millman the President of the design division at Sterling Brands, an international design consultancy. She has been there for fourteen years and in that time she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Debbie is President of the AIGA, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the chair of the new Masters in Branding program at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting “Design Matters with Debbie Millman,” the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet. She is the author of two books: How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press, 2007), and The Essential Principles of Graphic Design (Rotovision, 2008). Her new book, Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design, will be published by How Books in Fall 2009.

Link to Debbie Millman web site here

Authors@Google: Daniel Goleman

2010-02-25T04:58:00.000-08:00

So how does Emotional Intelligence fare when presented by it's lead in arguably the world's most successful tech company, which you think would base it's foundations on high IQ to create/drive it's service. Daniel Goleman discusses his book "Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships" as a part of the Authors@Google series. For more from Daniel Goleman and other leading speakers on personal and collective growth, visit more than sound. This event took place on August 3, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

Milton Glaser, Chip Kidd, Dave Eggers on the art of Bookjacket design.

2010-02-25T04:12:00.001-08:00

Insight to the decisions made and strategies adopted in creating compelling and relevant design for books. Milton Glaser gives a particularly fascinating read into decisions to design for context considering the retail environment. Chip Kidd's work is something of a personal talisman and his work covers so many noted instances of popular design today.

Fill it's pages with lines and colours - keeping a journal.

2010-02-25T03:37:00.000-08:00

Through his own honesty, authenticity and passion for creative expression–Danny Gregory's famed blog and publications should encourage anyone that the next time you say you cannot do something - well think and do again. This video showcases the book An Illustrated Life. Check out another work "Everyday Matters". For more now, visit dannygregory.com.

Innovation is the New Black: Observatory: Design Observer

2010-02-25T03:29:00.000-08:00

Innovation is the New Black: Observatory: Design Observer

I was sent Michael Bieruts 79 Short Essays on Design by mistake, it landed at my studio in a box with a number of less relevant titles to me, obviously a shipping error from Amazon. Someone in New Jersey would be enjoying The Best of Robert Crumb, The Essentials of Licensing Intellectual Property and PSP Lego Star Wars instead. This essay among others rang true, each of the 79 articles is typeset in a different font with a complete history of the typeface - it's uses – a perfect blend of meaningful content, considered style and learning potential. The book still kicks around the house, the boot of my car and I pick up an essay from time to time to glean inspiring quotations from where business meets world-class design. It'll probably still be on my coffee table when the kids leave home (the oldest is only 8).

Can Graphic Design Make You Cry?: Observatory: Design Observer

2010-02-25T03:13:00.000-08:00

Can Graphic Design Make You Cry?: Observatory: Design Observer
One of those articles I forget to link and then try to remember - but here it is...
Jessica Helfand is a partner, with William Drenttel, in Winterhouse, a design studio in Northwest Connecticut. Their work focuses on publishing and editorial development; new media; and cultural, educational and literary institutions.

Malcom Gladwell on Bill Gates and Beatles from the Outliers

2010-02-20T07:42:00.000-08:00

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Blink" and the upcoming "Outliers," gives two examples of hard work that later looked like genius. Video from SavolaFoodsAcademy.

Q&A with Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, CEO of Lego

2010-02-20T07:20:00.000-08:00

Caught this video cast yesterday evening, broadcast initially in Feb 2007, it's fascinating to get this insight into a global brand that has rode the recessionary wave. The restructuring of Lego, and what it means to open source a design process. Tyler Brûlé interviews Lego chief Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. Full podcast via monocle or direct here.