“Failure is something that we should try to embrace. If you’re not making enough mistakes you’re not taking enough risks. ” — Debbie Millman
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Shorts Saturday!
We’ve pulled some of our favorite takeaways from popular talks to give you 2-5 minute videos packed with inspiration and motivation. The perfect length for a quick break between projects, or a preview before seeing if you’d like to watch the full 20 minute talk. Check them out.
A throwback to one of the earliest CreativeMornings/New York events, Debbie Millman tells us to seek out criticism to better our work, and our portfolios.
“Ideas are nothing. Doing is everything.”
—Ji Lee
—Ji Lee
We’re pretty big fans of U2’s latest music video, Ordinary Love. The video was worked on by some fantastic folks like past CreativeMornings/NewYork speaker Oliver Jeffers and Mac Premo—our illustrator for next month’s theme!
Beyond that, the video was shot almost entirely at the Invisible Dog, a local gallery and art space here in Brooklyn. Boom.
Oliver Jeffers also spoke at our fifth birthday party, offering up this short bit of advice. →
Shorts Saturday!
We’ve pulled some of our favorite takeaways from popular talks to give you 2-5 minute videos packed with inspiration and motivation. The perfect length for a quick break between projects, or a preview before seeing if you’d like to watch the full 20 minute talk. Check them out.
Have 1:38 minutes to spare? Advertising legend George Lois tells you to have courage.
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Awesome @newyork_cm talk today by Darell Hammond, founder of Kaboom on #creativemornings global October theme PLAY :)
Resident sketch-notes-taker Lauren Manning is at it again. Here’s her recap from October’s PLAY-themed CreativeMornings/NYC.
“By saying no to some things, you’re able to say yes to other things.”
— Jason Santa Maria.
Watch the talk here and check out more quotes!
Watch the talk here and check out more quotes!
I believe in play.
Darell Hammond gave a powerful talk at our New York event earlier this month. He’s the founder of KaBoom!, a national non-profit that envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child.
Share this if you believe in play and stay tuned for Darell’s talk, up later this month here.
“Sometimes, we’re so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we can’t be amazing all the time, better to reset the expectation to merely good. Which robs us of the ability to (sometimes) be amazing.”
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Seth Godin (via thefearsarepapertigers)
(Source: creativemornings, via thefearsarepapertigers)
We think combing “work” and fun every single day could result in some pretty amazing ideas and creations. That’s why we love products such as littleBits that prompt us to think and solve problems differently. The Loyal team had the great pleasure of attending CreativeMornings with the company’s Founder, Ayah Bdeir a couple of weeks ago.
Just as LEGO™ allows you to create complex structures with very little engineering knowledge, littleBits are small, simple, intuitive, blocks that make creating with sophisticated electronics a matter of snapping small magnets together.
By giving people of any age — from eight to ninety-eight — something to make in a fun and collaborative way, littleBits is putting the power of electronic engineering in everyone’s hands. (Shannon even just bought a littleBits kit for her dad’s 63rd birthday — true story.)
One of the best parts of Ayah’s talk was the pride in and passion for the community of littleBits creators. Her eyes lit up when talking about the creativity people have applied in learning how to make things that actually work. Just check out this video of all the cool things everyday people made, together.
A fantastic recap of this month’s New York talk with Ayah Bdeir.
Shorts Saturday!
We’ve pulled some of our favorite takeaways from popular talks to give you 2-5 minute videos packed with inspiration and motivation. The perfect length for a quick break between projects, or a preview before seeing if you’d like to watch the full 20 minute talk. Check them out.
In this short, Seth Godin tells us why we need to demand responsibility and take on more where we work to get more of the work we want.