This is happening :-)  

ex: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5366797/Cardboard-cathedral-revealed

Japanese architect's temporary Anglican home

 

REVEALED: Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban, has…

ex: http://www.fastcompany.com/article/21-twitter-tips-from-socially-savvy-companies?page=0%2C0

By: Brian SolisApril 23, 2010

I've been pondering lately.  Not the random pondering that normally occupies my overly busy mind, but a more focused pondering, and a focus that is a sure sign that I am a geek and should really get out more.  But given I'm not out, I thought I would share the gathered outcome of this weeks ponders. 

It began when I was sent an article about Swedish House Mafia at Coachella.  It was a review, not so much of the music but of the effect that it had on the masses of people who…

We are all aware of great body painting and how realistic it can look - but these are a little different. Bodies painted to look like portraits - brilliant - I had to take a second look. Do you?

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And Ipad said - Let there be light!! And there was and it looked fricken amazing!!! Check it out!!

Ipad painting using mix of brilliance, long exposure photography and animations and a whole bunch of other cunning tricks.

(Thanks Lightgeist for the great find)…

This may come as old news to many creatives reading this, after all you have been living your dream for a while, or you've chosen to follow your heart and passion. Every so often its nice to be reminded that the choices you've made are the ones others are being advised to consider. 

I for example work from home running my own business because I have kids and I want to be there for them each day after school, and also because I realised a long time ago I make a much better…

We love this.  It happens to the best of us at some stage, a bad review, someone's bad comment about what we do.  At that moment we get that bad feedback we have a choice:  We can do nothing and let it slide, philosophically it shows more about them than ourselves anyway; We can throw mud back, but as the article below shows, that's probably just going to make you look like a schmuck and blow potential opportunities you didn't know were there;…

Once a creative decides that their efforts are more than just a hobby and a passion but have the potential to make them a living they enter the world of the entrepreneur. That world is contains much higher peaks and unfortunately much lower lows.  When that is coupled with the fact that creative professionals are often laying their heart and soul out for the world to see with their product the prospect of riding through those peaks and troughs becomes more than a little daunting. 

Its…

by Janette Searle

from The Playground Creative Project Management

The Playground Whispers

I went to an interesting event last night that was focused on the topic of goals and goal setting, from both a personal and professional perspective. It got me thinking about the perspective I have and the learning I've experienced through being involved in others goal…

We love these!!! Most of them are from a time before photography became the staple of magazine covers. Some brilliant graphic design here, and some pretty clever concepts. Which on is your favourite???

ex: www.existingvisual.com

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This guys website is great - full of interesting and useful advice for those in business as creatives. 

Fundamentals

by SEANLOW

ex: http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/

You, as an artist, have to ask yourself, what work matters to you? Beyond your…

June 28, 2010 | By Andrew Collins

ex: http://anthillonline.com/how-to-lead-with-value-and-socialise-your-brand/…

I'm a recent iphone convert and now loyal iphone fan .... or possibly could be considered iphone obsessed. But it seems I'm not the only one by a long shot, and even better the iphone family of users are a fabulously creative bunch. Check out these stunning photos taken with the wee iphone camera.

And if you get a sudden urge to get clicking and express your visual creative brilliance you can submit your entries -…

We love to dream and create big bodacious ideas, but when there is a bit of discipline to the practice the potential for those dreams to become reality is as massive as the ideas 

ex: Dose of Creativity  http://doseofcreativity.blogspot.com/ 

ex: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jan/04/adele-success-major-label?fb=optOut

Would Adele have been as successful if she was signed to a major label?

Adele is an exceptional artist, but she has also been nurtured by her indie label. It's doubtful a major would have done the same reddit this Comments (19) Adele at the MTV Video Music…

Nothing like a little wisdom from someone who has in the eyes of most achieved a huge amount in his too short life. 

I found these that had been put together by Lance Ulanoff

ex: http://mashable.com/2011/12/18/steve-jobs-20-life-lessons/ …

This collection of images collated for the 45 most powerful images of 2011 for Buzz feed tell of some of the major happenings around the globe in 2011. 

ex:  http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011  

The wise folks at KISSmetrics have been pondering and to great effect. They have a marketing blog with all sorts of fascinating information that is worth a read even if you're not a marketer. This post is all about colours and the affects they have on would be purchasers of your products. So have a read and ponder a bit on the packaging and design work you do for your next…

Hot tips for designers - DON'T DO ANY OF THESE

Seth Godin gives a great talk about what is broken - bad design and just basic stupidity.

Seth Godin at Gel 2006 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.

Why are so many things broken? In a hilarious talk from the 2006 Gel conference, Seth Godin gives a tour of…

A little bit of vintage for a Friday afternoon 

Vintage Series