There is no question that the right brain is involved in creative thinking. But the idea that creativity is solely a function of one side of the brain is far too simplistic. The myth that it’s all about the right, well just isn’t right. As outlined in a recent article, any creative act, from solving [...]
This is a nice piece on seeing different perspectives that appeared in the Atlantic and was written by Laura Seargeant Richardson, a principal designer at frog design, a global innovation firm. Javier Hans is on a mission to change how the world’s youth think about creativity and innovation. At nine, he founded Inventors Without Borders. At 15, [...]
Philippe Starck is a French product designer who has designed everything from toothbrushes to hotel interiors and is now creative director of interior design company Yoo. His simple, iconic and often startling designs entered the mass market when in 2002 he created a number of beautifully designed, but inexpensive, products for Target stores. Starck writes [...]
To promote the launch of new movie (that’s “film” in British), ‘Contagion starring Gwyneth Paltrow,’ Warner Bros in Canada created billboards (“posters”) composed of petri dishes on which bacteria grew to spell out its name.
David Hockney started using his iPhone to create paintings in 2008 and in 2010 started using the iPad too. An exhibition of the art he’s created, called ‘Fresh Flowers’ is now on display in a gallery in Toronto.
According to multimedia artist Mike Winkelman, interviewed for the Atlantic, making something new everyday gets over the fear of starting creative projects. Mike has completed a new art project every single day since May 1 2007 and now has 1600. He says they aren’t all perfect, but that’s not the point: “Just showing up is [...]
Plenty of people’s Twitter feeds appear to be connected directly to their egos, but one scientist’s is actually wired to his brain. In April, University of Wisconsin doctoral student Adam Wilson — working with adviser Justin Williams, above — tweeted 23 characters just by thinking. He focused his attention on one flashing letter after another [...]
One company has made swimming safer and more fun. Ask any parent about trying to teach their kids to swim and they’ll most likely tell you a story of their child being too afraid to get in the water. Whether it’s a river, the ocean, or even just the shallow end of a pool, the [...]
Walmart is using Big Data gleaned from social media to target consumers with highly relevant suggestions for products. Last year it bought a startup focused on social media, Kosmix, and formed WalmartLabs. It uses Kosmix’s vast knowledge base, called ‘Social Genome’ to capture information and relationships about entities such as people, events, topics, products, locations [...]
MIT researchers are developing a microchip that could help blind people regain partial eyesight. Though it won’t completely restore normal vision, it will enable a blind person to recognize faces and navigate a room without assistance. The chip, which is encased in titanium to prevent water damage, will be implanted onto a patient’s eyeball. The [...]
By: Tom Lanham | 11/11/11 3:34 PM Dave Stewart calls it “an eye-opener into the world of possibilities where new technologies marry the printed page.” And basically, it’s a new iPad app that he and branding expert Mark Simmons are offering called “Creativity,” based on their 2010 book “The Business Playground: Where Creativity And Commerce Collide.” [...]
A camera that records everything you see. A cool little camera that fits behind your ear from Looxcie.
Reap what you sow. Or, in this case, is it sow what you reap…? Whatever, it’s a good idea to have business cards that do more than clog up your wallet.
A nice metaphor involving mice on wheels .
