Tag: creativity
Thursday, Day 5 - Day 1 of 24th Icograda General Assembly.
WOW, it just keeps getting more overwhelming. I realize that I’m commenting on Day 5 and my last entry shows day 2 (Day 1 of the IDA Conference.) Every day is simply so packed with conversations that even when I finish a conference I end up talking with designers from around the world and too [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2011 under Creativity & Innovation.
Tags: creativity, design, events, GDCBC, inspiration
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2011 IDA Congress : Design At the Edges. Day 1 / Economic Development
Day 1 is complete and I’ve just returned to my hotel room (sorry I started this fell asleep in front of my Mac and now finishing after day 2..ugh) and I’m exhausted. It’s 11pm in Taipei and as much as I’d love to head to the lounge for a drink I can hardly move. Maybe [...]
Posted: October 25th, 2011 under Creativity & Innovation.
Tags: creativity, design, GDCBC, inspiration
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Day 1, visual stimulations everywhere
Well it’s 12 midnight and the lounge is humming, and most Vancouverites are just waking up. I’m back from the Adobe Awards and now sitting in the “W” lounge with a beer that will likely be my undoing….not sure how many hours since I slept.
The Adobe Awards were good, an amazing student turn out. Great [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2011 under Creativity & Innovation.
Tags: creativity, design, events, GDCBC, innovation, inspiration
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Mr. cab driver, Andy-wu, in Taipei
Sunday October 23rd and I have arrived in Taipei, Taiwan. 13.5 hours after leaving Vancouver at 2am on a direct flight on China Airlines I landed in Taipei as the sun came up. Walking out of the airport all seemed right as a very kind Mr. Andy-wu asked me if I needed a cab ride.
As [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2011 under Creativity & Innovation, The Reading List, Uncategorized.
Tags: community, creativity, design, education, GDCBC, inspiration
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13 Days of Dr. Seuss
DAY 13 : 03.2.11 : Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
DAY 12 : 03.1.11
“poor empty pants with nobody inside them.”
DAY 11 : 02.28.11
“I meant what i said and i said what i meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!”
DAY 10 [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2011 under Creativity & Innovation, The Reading List.
Tags: creativity, inspiration
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The Art of Courage, Creativity and Crazy
On this day, February 18th, in 1977 and 1979 it was proven that within two years creativity and the craziest of shit can happen…
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden “flight” on top of a Boeing 747.
1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2011 under Brand Courage, Creativity & Innovation, The Reading List.
Tags: change, community, creativity, design, encouraging, heart, inspiration, read me
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Passion For Letterpress
I just came across this great video interview of John Kristensen proprietor of Firefly Letterpress in Somerville, MA. and figured I would share it. Enjoy!
There are a few classic quotes in the video too:
John Kristensen:
“Yes make it attractive, but make it be what the text needs it to be. Whereas in the wild and woolly [...]
Posted: August 20th, 2010 under Brand Courage, Creativity & Innovation, The Reading List.
Tags: authentic, community, creativity, design, encouraging, heart, innovation, passion, purpose, read me, typography
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A toast to the path behind & the one ahead.
Johnnie Walker’s ‘The Walk’ is my favorite ad of 2009 and for a number of reasons; it’s storytelling, it’s simplicity and it’s Scottish heritage. And so it seemed a great way to toast the the passing of 2009 and acknowledge the coming of the new decade ahead.
The past year was a turbulent one [...]
Posted: February 4th, 2010 under Brand Courage, Creativity & Innovation, Social Entrepreneurs, The Business of Sustainability.
Tags: brand, business, change, courage, creativity, design, heart, innovation, purpose, triple bottom line
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Invited to TEDxVancouver!
It feels a little like winning a ‘Golden Ticket’ from Willy Wonka, because yesterday I found out I was one of 100 people invited to attend the first TEDxVacouver on November 21st at the Electronic Arts campus in Burnaby. Selection for the event was based on an online application that took at least an hour [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2009 under Creativity & Innovation, Social Entrepreneurs.
Tags: business, community, creativity, design, entrepreneurial, event, innovation, inspiration, sustainability
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Projects of Passion
COURAGEOUSb is putting the ‘Projects of Passion’ initiative out there. By applying our COR values, passions and skills to what interests us most COURAGEOUSb is looking for individuals and organizations that believe in something bigger than themselves. With a passion to change the world. And the true courage to make it happen.
Whether you are a [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Brand Courage, Creativity & Innovation, Social Entrepreneurs, The Business of Sustainability.
Tags: brand, business, courage, creativity, heart, social interest
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