For thousands of years we humans have imagined the planet to be so vast and the resources so limitless that our impact was minimal. Because we could never see the broader, global changes our local actions were having, we isolated the outcome. That has changed. We are...
Kurt Vonnegut's Eight Tips for writing a great story:1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.3. Every character should want something, even if it...
The beauty of being someone involved with creative services or the design world or design craft (take your pick), is that we can unabashedly admit and even celebrate that we steal. We steal other people's ideas and executions. We build upon the shoulder's of those designers...
Colin Mika and Brandon Vedder of All Cut Up Films created this amazing time-lapse video of Los Angeles by photographing the city through a “snow globe”. They captured 4000 images with a custom rig, which consisted of a Canon 5D Mark II, a homemade tilt-shift lens, a light...
The experience of watching this is awe inspiring, testicle shrinking and allows one to ponder the edge.
Inspiring talk from reformed Ad-Man, Alex Bogusky. Summary- we are a the cusp of a new capitalist revolution that puts people people first. There are powerful movements happening around decentralized collaboration, common values and access. The good news- each of us...
Reminds me of Ashes and Snow... Source: http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lle40l5rH31qewazuo1_500.gif# Ashes & Snow: http://www.ashesandsnow.org/
Quote: "Chroma is an interactive ecosystem looking for balance. Every part of it is sensitive to disturbances. The smallest human intervention can have a great effect. Not only you - the visitor - influences Chroma, it is also influenced by itself, triggering a sensational...
The use of the iPad is proliferating as a valuable tool, both in retail and in "production" environments. Here's a video on the later where Disney's Imagineering group uses the iPad as an infield tool to help build their parks. If one sub-contractor is finding a contradiction...
