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We love the work of Dallas Clayton, an illustrator who spoke at the first ever CreativeMornings/Chicago happy hour! He sells his totes and other swag on his website, dallasclayton.com. Watch his talk.
A page spread by Beci Orpin in her new book, Home, published by Hardie Grant.
Past CreativeMornings/Melbourne speaker Beci Orpin just release a new book, Home, which has 25 amazing DIY and craft projects that promise to brighten your home and your life. The Aussie illustrator was the perfect fit for our Happiness theme, where she speaks on living a happy, colorful life.
How Bob Dylan and Pharrell Williams Revolutionized Music Videos in 2013.
The Shutterstock Blog covers the music video revolution, and why it matters. A good read. →
Talented designer and illustrator Beci Orpin speaks at the very first CreativeMornings/Melbourne event for 2013. Talking about what happiness is for her, Beci titled her talk: “Happiness is…” From bikes to cats with some tips and advice along the way, Beci delivers an excellent talk on the meaning of happiness for her and how you can find some, too.
Beci is a designer-illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been working freelance for over 10 years and her clients include Universal Music, Visa, Fosters and Mercedes Benz. In addition to freelance work, Beci also exhibits her work frequently and runs children’s clothing label Tiny Mammoth. When she is not working, Beci likes riding her bike, gardening and hanging out with her two sons, Tyke and Ari, and partner Raph.
“Folding paper, aligning paper—does it really bring happiness? I think it does.”
Will Gay is a Creative Director at the happiest place on earth.
“You think that would be enough,” he told the audience. Working as part of Disney’s Yellow Shoes Creative Group—the in-house advertising agency for the Walt Disney Company, Will leads a diverse and talented creative team made up of artists, writers and designers. He couldn’t be happier. In this talk, Will speaks on that process of finding happiness and making his work into something he loves.
“I left Digital Kitchen in 2009 with the idea that I wasn’t going to take any client work for a year. If it all blew up in my face, I knew that I could either crawl back to DK and ask for my job back, or, if they wouldn’t have me, maybe somebody else in the city, but the risk at that point was just trying it. It was a year.”
Nick Campbell spoke at the very first CreativeMornings/Chicago of 2013. In this video, Nick talks about how he transitioned from 80% to 92% happy by quitting his job to do what he loves.
Huge hat tip to Chicago’s photography and film team: Erick De La Rosa, Steve Delahoyde, Kyle McKenna, & Chris Gallevo.
The speaker at January’s CreativeMornings/Aarhus event was Søren Stiller Markussen, one of the best baristas in the world. In 2008, he was chosen as sixth in the world, to be exact.
We kicked off 2013 with our first globally themed month—talking all about happiness across all of our chapters. Søren believes that you should do what makes you happy, and, for him, that’s all coffee. “I make coffee because it makes people happy,” he says.
Six reasons why Søren says you should drink great coffee:
1. It’s delicious, creamy, has a nice aroma and great body.
2. It’s a good ice breaker for conversation.
3. It’s a good first date meeting.
4. It’s like wine—when it’s good, you can’t get enough of it.
5. Coffee = coziness.
6. And it makes people happy.
Watch the talk.
Talented designer and illustrator Beci Orpin was the speaker at the very first CreativeMornings/Melbourne event of this year. Talking about what happiness is for her, Beci titled her talk: Happiness is…
My sketchbook. Beci has to force herself to work in her sketchbook, but it creates a rewarding process and leads to some of her best work. Making mistakes. If you’re not making mistakes, you’re probably not trying hard enough or pushing yourself hard enough. Riding my bike. When you have a challenging problem, sometimes you just need to take a step back and change your pace—go for a walk or ride your bike, just get out of studio. It will make you feel 100x better. Ignoring the rules. A willingness to break the rules can lead to different opportunities, and set you apart from the rest of the pack. Having my cats around. Become who doesn’t love being surrounded by cats? Diversity. Doing different things allows you to move into different fields and make a variety of work. It also keeps you from getting bored. Community. Find your creative community and people than you can watch and learn from, as well as be inspired by. Running your own race. It’s really easy to compare yourself to your peers. Being jaded is a big waste of energy. Stop worrying about what other people are doing, and focus on making sure that you’re doing a really good job at what you’re doing.
We’re pretty in love with Marta Armada and Javier Usobiaga of SWWWEET’s slidedeck from January’s CreativeMornings/Barcelona. Epitomizing the duo’s quirky aesthetic and passion for doing what they love, Marta and Javier shared these great visuals alongside their talk.
1. Good work
2. Keep always learning
3. Build nice things
4. Improve skills, gain skills, stay motivated
5. Trust your gut
6. Choose wisely
7. Share the love
8. Be 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/Seattle is themed perfectly with our first global theme of 2013. Laura Musikanski is Executive Director and co-founder of The Happiness Initiative.
Prior to that she was the Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle and Sustainability Director for a national firm. She has focused her career on sustainability indicators with the passionate belief that you get what you measure, and its time for our policy makers, businesses and society to measure and manage for the wellbeing of people and the planet.
Laura has taught at the graduate level University of Washington MBA program, provided professional training for over six years and conducted workshops for businesses and government agencies. Laura is author of “How to Account for Sustainability: a guide to measuring and managing performance.”
