Tywla Tharp is the most celebrated choreographers of her generation. She happens to be a very compelling writer on the subject of motivation and creativity.

Her book The Creative Habit is handbook in personal discipline and creative growth. Twyla is evangelist for her body of work. In addition to choreographing new ballets, she is motivational speaker at organizations including NASA and GE.

Design is the purposive application of creativity to all the activities necessary to bring ideas into use either as product (service) or process innovations.

Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource. The ability to come up with new ideas and better ways of doing things is ultimately what raises productivity and thus living standards.

A look at some of the flawed thinking that prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise others who don’t to be more open-minded.

A camel is a horse designed by a committee.

A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.

This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of ’405′. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX based in Kansas City.

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Paperbeatsinternet.com is an analog social networking for artists, developed by GrandCreative and Graham Roumieu for the New Directions in Ocutoral Design class at the Ontario College of Art and Design. The site is a digital home for entries that focus on exploring the use and relationship between hand-rendered type and images. The work is a dialogue between students and invited guests.