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Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

” ~William James
Inspiration

Design Thinking Made Visible Project

Written by Rick van der Wal in April 2010
 

Browsing through my tweets I stumbled across this little gem of a presentation on solving problems in the 21st century. A flashy presentation by Humantific takes us through various ways of ideation/creation in the new type of teams and organizations required to tackle the problems of today. Through various methods of ‘free thinking’ research the eBook finishes with 10 key findings on how Design Thinking is affecting students of today, and how Design Thinking is being used to help us with increasingly complex problemsolving. Read the rest of this article »

InspirationPhotography & Illustration

Say it with Kinetic Typography

Written by Rick van der Wal in September 2009
 

A picture speaks a thousand words, or so the old saying goes. But add animation to the mix, and some cleaver use of typography, and the scales might tip back in favour of words again.

With the help of design and animation the typography itself tells the story. It amplifies the emotions often hidden behind words (especially the written ones) and creates this compelling way of conveying meaning behind words. Most if not all are done using the Adobe program After Effects which requires experience and skill, but the way fonts (fontsize) and proximity are used could be of great inspiration to anyone trying to supercharge their ideas with emotion and immersion.

I’ve listed a dozen of the most impressive examples below. See for yourself how they reveal, amplify and convey emotion through typography (turn of your sound if you really want to grasp the concept instead of just the creative idea). Read the rest of this article »

InspirationPhotography & Illustration

Piggy Trouble & 26 other great Info Graphs

Written by Martin in't Veld in July 2009
 

A picture is worth a thousand words. Cliche as it might be, these infographics tell you it’s true. Communicating by pictures, illustrations and other styled data elements they can explain some of the most complex systems or events with great ease. As an added bonus, they allow you to ad an emotional layer to the data, or simply make it attractive and entertaining to look at! Read the rest of this article »

InspirationMusic

Ecltectic Method: Visual Mash Up artists

Written by Rick van der Wal in June 2009
 

I am a HUGE fan of mash-ups artists such as GirlTalk and 2ManyDJ’s. The skill involved in mixing and mashing fragments of existing songs into new compositions just as much an artform as creating the original songs in my opinion. But the Eclectic Method group takes the art of mixing various video and audio fragments into a new song/video to a new level. Their remixes are creative and often carry a message (mostly anti-copyright) and a pretty good tune: Read the rest of this article »

InspirationPhotography & Illustration

Experimenting with logos

Written by Rick van der Wal in May 2009
 

An amazingly creative animation, introducing the sponsors of OFFF2009 ‘Fail with Grace’ International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture (Portugal) by the Dutch animation agency Onesize. The result is an 8 minute promo where the logo’s become the stars of the animation as they are being experimented on. The animation carries a great message (watch it through to the end), best explained by the director himself: Read the rest of this article »

InspirationPhilosophy

The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun

Written by Rick van der Wal in May 2009
 

‘The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun’ is a quick but pretty presentation of what ‘fun’ means to us, and how to feel more of it. The very colorful, visual style and animated ’slides’ give some nice pointers on how to bring more fun into your life (and ideas!). Made by Bungay Stanier.

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  • Books on Inspiration

    • Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians

      Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians

      Written by leading creativity coach Eric Maisel, this book offers many ways to manage, train and maintain the 'artist within'. Coaching the ...See on Amazon.com
    • The Tipping Point

      The Tipping Point

      "The best way to think of radical cultural changes in society is to think of them as viruses. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors ...See on Amazon.com
    • Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

      Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

      Both the book and the author have surpassed the Guru status. In many ways, The Purple Cow was the book that started it all for marketing man...See on Amazon.com

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