The Panamerican School of Art and Design found a great way to challenge patterns. The concept is simple: create a grid or structured pattern, then give students/visitors/teachers an opportunity to actively engage in changing these patterns and create diverse, individual concepts:
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Failure – The Secret to Success
Failure. The mere thought can paralyze even the most heroic thinkers and keep great ideas off the drawing board. But is failing really that bad? We get an inside look at the mishaps of Honda racers, designers and engineers to learn how they draw upon failure to motivate them to succeed. From poor color choices [...]
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Prometeus – The media revolution
A brilliant presentation on the future of media. It is not so much about whether or not you agree with the future as presented by the makers, but the presentation of their concept, their idea of the all-powerful experience economy (dominated by a select few, or single ‘player), is incredibly powerful and viral.
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Cute, sexy, sweet and funny: an evolutionary riddle
Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn’t expect, as he shares evolution’s counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things (plus a new theory from Matthew Hurley on why jokes are funny).
“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.”
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
“If you can’t solve a problem, it’s because you’re playing by the rules.”
~ Paul Arden
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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is an excellent analysis of how creativity occurs, and how creative individuals have influenced their respective fields and domains of knowledge and arts. He does so by going through an extensive analysis of over ninety creative individuals of note. The book presents a process that is useful to any person who is attempting to improve their organizational or personal creativity or is curious about the components of creativity.
Loved it because:
- Written by a very talented writer, and author of the best seller ‘Flow‘.
- Insights from actually, successful, creative people. Mihaly observed and interviewed a long list of creatives and hands you their insights that have come with experience.
- A good definition and insights into the essence of creativity itself – the psychology of wanting to invent, improve and discover.
You might not like it because:
- Mihaly makes a number of claims that are a little hard to swallow for young professionals and digital natives (the idea that you have to work in one field for about 10 years in order to do something truly creative), a group that is fairly unrepresented in the book and list of interviewed creatives.
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‘Did you know’ 3.0
A very powerful video on how we perceive and prepare for the future now. Technology, society and humanity adapting to major events yet to unfold.
“The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010, did not exist in 2004. We are preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented in order to [...]
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Twyla Tharp on the Subject of Motivation and Creativity
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 [...]
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Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step
Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono is the first best-seller in a long series of creativity books by the uber-guru of creative thinking.Lateral Thinking is a way of thinking that is different from our natural thinking process (linear thinking), one that heightens the chance of developing a creative idea.
Loved it because:
- Game-changing insight into our mind and the way the generate ideas
- Entertaining examples and puzzles
- Clear formats for educating the idea of Lateral Thinking
You might not like it because:
- The book gets a little repetitive after the first 200 pages, with a strong focus on grade-school education in the last third of the book.
