CreativeMornings/Findings

“You’re the one who shapes the kind of designer you want to be.”
— Jason Santa Maria

Watch the talk. →

Designer Drinks, cocktail recipes for the design-minded. Check them out over on the Shutterstock blog. →

“Always keep making.”
—Chris Glass

Watch the video here.

The lovely Anna Rifle Bond was the speaker at our Orlando chapter. Watch her talk on finding success despite an economic downturn. →

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We totally adore this existential calculator created by paper-pro Kelli Anderson. Asked to to “make something interesting” for designers attending AIGA’s annual event by Adobe, Kelli set to task on this project involving two of her favorites: lo-fi...

We totally adore this existential calculator created by paper-pro Kelli Anderson. Asked to to “make something interesting” for designers attending AIGA’s annual event by Adobe, Kelli set to task on this project involving two of her favorites: lo-fi prognostication equipment and paper calculation wheels.

Should I take that job? Should I make that zine? Illustrate that book? The Existential Calculator is a tool intended to help you answer those tricky questions.

Read more about it over on her blog and watch her CreativeMornings talk here.

“The only thing we as designers are able to do is to create a unique experience for every user.”

Jeroen van Geel, UX Designer at Fabrique
speaking at CreativeMornings/Utrecht(*watch the talk)

“It’s not so much what you’re tweeting as who you’re following.”

Aaron Moodie, Product Designer at Etsy
speaking at CreativeMornings/Melbourne(*watch the talk)

We’re launching shorts! Pulling some of the best moments from CreativeMornings talks around the world, we want to share with you some of the greatest takeaways from our speakers.

This one features Nick Campell from CreativeMornings/Chicago, on not being the best one in the room. Guaranteed to be one of the best two minutes of your day.

Dive in here!

“You’re the one who shapes the kind of designer you want to be.”

Jason Santa Maria, Designer, Founder of Mighty, and previously Creative Director for Typekit
speaking at CreativeMornings/NewYork(*watch the talk)

“It’s important to know your strengths and when you need to get the help you need.”

Clare Vivier, Bag Designer
speaking at CreativeMornings/LosAngeles(*watch the talk)

What makes you happy?

This month marks the first global theme for CreativeMornings, where all 42 chapters will be talking about “Happiness.”

We want to know, what makes YOU happy? Photo reply to this post with a photo of something around you—could be your studio space, a friend, the weather—anything that is a source of happiness for you!

The speaker for this Friday’s CreativeMornings/Chicago will be Scott Reinhard, Senior Designer at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. At the museum he creates exhibition identities, exhibition catalogues, and other printed ephemera to support the...

The speaker for this Friday’s CreativeMornings/Chicago will be Scott Reinhard, Senior Designer at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. At the museum he creates exhibition identities, exhibition catalogues, and other printed ephemera to support the museum’s identity and programming.

Before his work with the museum, Scott was a Senior Designer at the Chicago-based firm VSA Partners where he worked with Converse, IBM, and Motorola, among others. His work has appeared in publications such as Matériel, Print, and Grafik. Scott is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Above is a small selection of his work.

Find out more about the event here.

The speaker for this Friday’s CreativeMornings/Zurich is Chris Solarski, an artist and game designer, as well as author of Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design. He will be speaking on...

The speaker for this Friday’s CreativeMornings/Zurich is Chris Solarski, an artist and game designer, as well as author of Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design. He will be speaking on creativity and idea development.

Find out more about the talk here.

“As designers, as developers, as creatives, we are problem solvers.”

Jason VanLue, Design Team Leader at Envy Labs
speaking at CreativeMornings/Orlando (*watch the talk)

Failure and ambiguity are hard concepts to sell to a client who just wants to sell more cans of tomatoes.

Milton Glaser, Designer
speaking at CreativeMornings/NewYork (*watch the video)