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Tag Archives: Creative Process
Listen to Ed Catmull’s “Pixar’s Collective Genius” talk, for Harvard Business Review
Pixar cofounder Ed Catmull exemplifies the greatest form of leadership: empowering others to achieve the extraordinary. People tend to think of creativity as a mysterious solo act, and they typically reduce products to a single idea: This is a movie about toys, or dinosaurs, or love, they’ll say. However, in filmmaking and many other kinds of complex product development, creativity involves a large number of people from different disciplines working effectively together to solve a great many problems. Ed Catmul is an unpretentious man. He doesn't like to talk about how he performs his job as president of Pixar and (since a 2006 merger) Disney Animation Studios. But the article and accompanying podcast shed light on his exceptional leadership qualities [...]
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Watch Stefan Sagmeister’s “The power of time off” talk at TED
Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali [...]
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Watch Moshe Safdie’s “What makes a Building unique?” talk at TED
Looking back over his long career, architect Moshe Safdie delves into four of his design projects and explains how he labored to make each one truly unique for its site and its users [...]
Posted in design, innovation Also tagged architect, architecture, canada, Children's Memorial, Construction, Crystal Bridges Museum, Holocaust museum, Israel, Jerusalem, Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Moshe Safdie, National Gallery, Ontario, Ottawa, Peabody Essex Museum, TED conference, Tel Aviv, United States, user experience, Vancouver Public Library, Yad Vashem Leave a comment
Watch Itay Talgam’s “Lead like the great conductors” talk at TED
An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders [...]
Posted in economics Also tagged collaboration, Collaborative Projects, conductor, Creativity, education, Itay Talgam, leadership, musician, orchestra, project management, TED conference Leave a comment
Watch Thom Mayne’s “Architecture as Connection” talk at TED
Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he's created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form [...]
AIGA’s Artist Video Series: Stefan Sagmeister
Hillman Curtis, in his video series, allows us to experience leading designers through sound and motion, uncovering what it is about them that inspires him. Watch Stefan Sagmeister video [...]
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Watching Vik Muniz making art with wire, sugar at TED
Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images [...]
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Eames Demetrios’ “The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames” talk at TED
The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process [...]
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[EVENT] IxDA Shanghai presents “Metaphor Brainstorming” Workshop with Chauncey Wilson: JANUARY 21ST, 2010, 6:30PM