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ThussFarrell: Balance Points 2008-03-04 17:22:40 The 'About' page at ThussFarrell will tell you many things: Rebecca Thuss, during her decade-long tenure at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia held seven titles, was a key player in the development of the company's creative vision, and before leaving would collect a myriad awards for her work. Patrick Farrell founded Branch Design Office in New York City, and is as comfortable using a table saw as he is building websites for the ASPCA and Columbia University. Read more:Balance
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Tip: Think Inside a Self-Constructed Box 2008-02-29 14:01:33 Whenever we generate ideas, we’re always told to 'think outside the box.' We’ve been trained to play the 'numbers' game in the creative process, to populate the wall with as many ideas as possible until one sticks. This process, if done incorrectly, can yield frustrating meetings that run in circles. Sometimes these wayward brainstorms can cast you far from a viable solution. Over the past couple of years, our team has come to recognize some necessary constraints that help generate new and fresh ideas.
Adobe Design Achievers: Winning Insight 2008-02-28 19:07:47 With Behance as a proud sponsor of this year's Adobe
Design Achievement Awards, we were lucky enough to have three of last year's award winning participants talk about their experiences with us -- and judging by these glowing reports, the ADAAs have more than a bright, exciting future ahead. Read more:Winning
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Tatiana Arocha: Unabated Inspiration 2008-02-27 16:16:23 Accomplished across a vast cross-section of disciplines -- graphic design, illustration, photography and film-making -- Tatiana Arocha's portfolio reflects a hunger for creative stimulation and communication. In addition to her innovative commercial works for the likes of Sundance, MTV and Wieden+Kennedy, her partnership with Alex Moulton has produced a slew of live-action films for a wide clientele, and her Brooklyn art forum, Servicio Ejecutivo allows artists sharing her passion for innovation exposure in its galleries, both online and in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Read more:Inspiration
ADAA: Nurturing Excellence 2008-02-21 18:21:35 The Adobe Design Achievement Awards seek to highlight and celebrate the finest student accomplishments in technological and creative artistry. Now in its eighth year and continuing the legacy of Adobe founder, John Warnock, the awards have evolved from a US-only, two-category competition into one spanning 36 countries, nine languages and 12 categories and harnessing the power of previous winners to direct and shape the awards' direction. Claire Erwin sat down with us to discuss the past, present and future of the awards. Read more:Excellence
Ben Kaufman: Launching Kluster 2008-02-19 19:32:25 Kluster is a newly launched web-based collaboration and decision-making platform. Born of humbler roots -- namely Mophie, an iPod accessory company relying heavily on its customer base in the design and development process -- Kluster seeks to foster the same principals that made Mophie so popular by engaging the general public to conceive, design, brand, and launch new products.
Checkpoints: Professionalism 2008-02-15 16:13:27 Professionalism helps others relate to your ideas. To raise funds, engage different people, and develop partnerships, your ideas must gain traction with a broader audience. You need people to be receptive to you. To ensure maximum receptivity, productive creative professionals are flexible with how they present their work.
David Carvalho: Hello, Karpa 2008-02-13 20:02:12 As a creative professional, DavidCarvalho
prefers to keep his project involvement not unlike that of a buffet table -- overflowing with collaborations, side-projects and companies. In addition to co-founding Pkage Design and working at Spirituc as a senior designer, he's also responsible for Portugal's first online design store, Propaganda and the premiere PDF-based design magazine, Camouflage which, over the course of three years, published artists such as Tom Muller, Jemma Gura and Mark Boyce. Behance sat down with Carvalho and his alter ego, Karpa, to find out how they keep it all on the same plate. Read more:Hello
The Apartment: Exploring Every Option 2008-03-12 09:18:34 As a founder and Head Creative Director of The Apartment in New York City, Stefan Boublil regularly defies convention to create memorable experiences to both the clients his firm retains, and the creatives who work alongside him. Of paramount importance in The Apartment's creative process is to deliver outstanding results every time, even if that means having a client question their original request or admitting that they need a little more time to get it right. Those things, Boublil is totally fine with. Read more:Exploring
Tip: Rely on Initiative, Not Experience 2008-03-14 16:25:38 Companies are obsessed with resumes, constituents rely on credibility, and one’s past experiences are regarded as the best indication of future success. After all, what beats a great track record?
Will Murai: Personal Space 2008-03-17 19:01:34 Will Murai is an illustrator, graphic designer and comic book colorist living in Aruja, Brazil. His short yet prolific career has seen him work with the likes of Marvel Comic, DC Comics and Lew'Lara, along with building his personal portfolio which includes t-shirts, prints and private commissions. Behance sat down with Murai to get the skinny on working from home, early disappointments, and staying true to his original vision. Read more:Personal
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Directives, Part I: If You Care, They'll Care 2008-03-19 20:18:16 What's that? Your portfolio alone is enough to get you hired on the spot? Think again. The powers-that-be of the creative establishment want more than a strong book, they want to know you're bringing a certain je ne sais quios to their team as well. In the first installment of a four-part series, Behance asked a select group of decision-makers from dynamic creative teams exactly what they're looking for in new hires.
Tip: Seek Stimulation From Randomness 2008-03-21 17:34:09 Some of the most productive creative minds rely on a periodic self-administered dose of randomness to stay stimulated. Stimulation is not only necessary when developing new ideas, but is also critical when refining solutions to a particular problem. Every brain benefits from new angles that often escape your traditional point of view.
blik: Making Ideas Stick 2008-03-24 16:35:49 Scott Flora and Jerinne Neils founded blik as an exploration into the 'wall as canvas,' and were initially inspired by like likes of Andy Warhol, Sol LeWitt and Damien Hirst. Through widely varied collaborations with companies, artists and students, the team has curated a line of self-adhesive surface decals which are as easily applied as they are removed, allowing spaces to evolve and adapt on a whim. Behance sat down with Scott Flora for the skinny on partnerships, keeping their line fresh, and making ideas happen in the world of blik. Read more:Stick
Directives, Part II: Make Yourself Indispensable 2008-03-27 08:27:36 Making it through the interview and hiring process may feel like you've traded one set of hurdles for another. After all, now that you've been hired, there's work to be done, right? You've already demonstrated your capabilities and that you have the potential to be an invaluable member of the team...but how do you actually cross the line from expendable to indispensable? Read more:Yourself
Philippe Malouin: The Urgent Designer 2008-03-31 11:04:45 French-Canadian Philippe
Malouin may have just graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in the The Netherlands, but if there's one industrial design principle he understands implicitly, it's that of thoughtfulness. Armed with this as well as internships where he studied under the careful tutelage of Tom Dixon and collaborated with Hermes, this industrial designer has only just started to show his true colors. Read more:Urgent
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Tip: Reconsider Your Workspace 2008-04-02 10:50:31 Companies place “creative stimuli” like pool tables in their offices to inspire remarkable ideas, but what actually materializes as a result? Whether your office is made up of cubicles or open-plan architecture, your workspace should foster a culture of ‘Productive Creativity.’ Read more:Workspace
Spotlight: Footwear in the Behance Network 2008-04-04 14:24:41 If there is one thing the Behance team has in common, it's a love of shoes. Granted, this love is graded on a sliding scale from 'healthy interest' to 'borderline obsession,' but there's no denying the fact we all fall in there somewhere. It would make sense then, that the members of the Behance Network would share a similar lust for all things footwear. Read more:Spotlight
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Logan Hicks: Stenciling Over Criticism 2008-04-07 10:24:22 LoganHicks
is a stencil artist with an obsession and love for the grit of urban landscapes. Hicks left college to start a screenprinting business, and after a move to San Diego left him without access to the equipment required to continue printing t-shirts for "lame" companies, he found a love for stencils. Now based in Los Angeles, he finds himself sustained by shows, commissions and what some may consider a fairly insane scheduling philosophy. Read more:Criticism
Directives, Part III: What They'll Do For You 2008-04-10 09:46:26 There's that one person you know -- regardless of their career field -- who seems like they're wasting their time at a firm that doesn't appreciate their talent. It's hard when you're put in the position of having to compromise your own goals in order to make a living, but luckily, there are visionary leaders who are committed to keeping their top talent engaged, focused and invigorated.
Joey Roth: Brewing Sorapot 2008-04-11 14:56:19 Joey Roth didn't set out to be an industrial designer. Beginning college as a creative writing major, he quickly came to the realization that he may never emulate the work of his beloved authors and decided to pursue the design avenue of commentary instead. His first foray into manufacturing -- Sorapot -- occurred somewhat unexpectedly, and allowed a unique insight into the creative and production process for the many people who followed Roth's journey. Read more:Brewing
Tip: Question Your Elders 2008-04-14 15:11:57 How should we reconcile our tendency to seek the advice of experts with our desire to also question the status quo and try things differently? As creative professionals, we cannot become imprisoned by the past, but we must also not be stubborn and spend our time reinventing the wheel. Read more:Question
Jeremie Saindon: Directing the Future 2008-04-17 18:35:18 According to Jeremie Saindon, the only difference between him and Musiqueplus -- Quebec's version of MTV -- is "a little hustle work and a few million dollars." By the looks of it, he may be right; after shooting interviews with the likes ofJutin Timberlake, Coldplay and Pearl Jam, he's moved onto directing videos for some of Canada's hottest musical acts like We Are Wolves and Omnikrom. Read more:Future
Behance + Wander: An Invitation for Creativity 2008-04-22 08:49:25 A few months ago, Behance teamed up with Los Angeles-based production company, Wander
, to document the true meaning of artistic collaboration. The premise was simple: four artists, five hours, a blank canvas and the expanse of individual creativity; the outcome was an original piece of artwork, accompanied by an invaluable and unforgettable experience for all those involved. We sat down with Wander's Aaron Weber and Joshua Clark and two of the artists involved -- Justine Serebrin and Haley Ann Robinson -- to talk about the project and what they took away from it. Read more:Invitation
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Brooklyn Brothers: Nagging & Making Things 2008-04-24 14:28:23 Guy Barnett and Stephen Rutterford describe their company, BrooklynBrothers
, as a “creative enterprise.” For clients, they are a fresh creative agency with a history of compelling ad campaigns. For themselves, they are a prolific group of idea-generators-cum-entrepreneurs with “businesses” ranging from chocolate to children’s books. Behance met with Guy and Stephen to discuss the joy of nagging and the necessity of creating tangible products while simultaneously serving external clients.
Tip: Stop Focusing on Visionaries 2008-04-29 08:08:01 There is a horrid fact in the world of innovation: The vast majority of new products fail, and most new ad campaigns don’t achieve their objectives. The brilliant minds that fuel breakthroughs are also at a disadvantage when it comes to getting ideas adopted by the masses. Read more:Focusing
10ton: Creative Engagement 2008-05-01 07:33:36 The team at 10ton have one motto: the web is not television. Founded by veterans of the film, ad and internet industries -- Matthew Semel, Chris Chung and Lee Semel -- they hold that one ideal true allows them to develop and create engaging, quality ad and original web content that is thoughtful, delightful and engaging. Read more:Engagement
Dvein: Evolving Imagination 2008-05-05 14:20:03 Dvein is a motion and interactive studio based in Barcelona. As a multidisciplinary studio, the team provides art direction, design and animation services for cinema, broadcast media and the music industry. Behance sat down with the team to get the skinny on collaboration, making mistakes and getting the job done, at any cost.
Fred: Thirst for Innovation 2008-05-08 09:12:08 Ariel Broggi is the co-founder and Creative Director of Fred Beverages, a consumer goods brand branched from thread, a boutique ad agency in Brooklyn. Hoping to 'inject the stale, sterile category of bottled water with some personality,' Broggi and thread's founder and CEO, Adam Gayner, introduced Fred in the summer of 2006. It is now available for purchases on both US coasts, internationally and online. Read more:Innovation
Directives, Part IV: Movin' On Up 2008-05-12 13:38:55 For a multitude of reasons, many creatives eventually find themselves in positions where they're responsible for other creatives. Whether it's a sought-out corporate promotion or the organic expansion of a small creative outfit, some find this transition difficult for a variety of reasons. In a field where most work is driven by passion, where emotions often get in the way and strong personalitie
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