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Paul English: Getting Human 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Entrepreneur Paul English
was tired of navigating the endless menus of options when trying to get some customer service. Whether it was an airline, utility company, or car service center, English simply wanted to talk to a human. This was the inspiration behind his "Get Human" project. What started as a blog and growing database has now become a widely publicized campaign to transcend the depersonalization of customer service.
Kristopher Grunert: Energy & Photography 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Kristopher Grunert completed four years of photography studies and apprenticeships before taking three years to travel the globe and build relationships as a professional photographer. Along the way, Grunert discovered a subject matter he was drawn to. Words that sum up his visual statement are: lines, atmosphere, movement, light, architectural-industrial, and landscape. Grunert pushes ideas forward with a clear mission and careful attention to his energy. Read more:Energy
Tip: Our Action Addiction 0000-00-00 00:00:00 After a couple years of studying how creative people stay organized, we developed a simple and easily customized method for managing projects. A good portion of 2006 was spent putting the Action
Method into practice.
Mauro Bianucci: Carga Bags 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Mauro Bianucci's Carga Bag collection has been celebrated in the press as an "admiration for form and felt" that "speaks for itself." The idea originated while Mauro tinkered with some leftover materials from a previous project. The line is now sold at stores in select cities including New York, LA, Barcelona, Paris, and others. Behance caught up with Mauro to discuss the hard work behind Carga Bags. Read more:Mauro
Jay O'Callahan: Appreciations 0000-00-00 00:00:00 One of the greatest storytellers in the world, Jay O'Callahan
, travels with his stories and runs a series of storytelling workshops. Jay is also a pioneer of Appreciations, a technique to improve the skills of storytellers without any demoralizing consequences. "Appreciations" are a unique form of feedback that helps creative professionals focus on developing their strengths.
Tip: Laying Your Energy Line 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Creative teams juggle multiple projects at once. The constant streams of ideas lead to more ideas. As energy is spread across projects and tasks like peanut butter, prioritization is all but lost. Energy
Lines are a simple way to prioritize and use design to guide creative energy. Read more:Laying
Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu: Capturing Life On The Block 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Since April of 2002, Adriana has been capturing the lives of young Puerto Rican women and their families in Spanish Harlem, NYC. "There is a hardness that characterizes these streets," Adriana explains, "and innocence dies young." She has spent the past four years developing the unique and powerful exhibition "Life on the Block." Read more:Lopez
Shoshana Berger: Making ReadyMade 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Shoshana Berger
came up with the idea for ReadyMade
magazine in 2000 and has since served as its editor in chief. Launching a new magazine required discipline, productivity, and some defiance of conventional wisdom. Shoshana is an established author and, over the course of her career, has worked for Wired Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Spin, Salon, The San Francisco Chronicle, Business 2.0, Travel and Leisure, and many other periodicals.
Emil Kozak: The Art of the Skateboard 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Emil Kozak was inspired to take on graphic design as a result of his life long passion for skateboarding. Through a commitment to cross-pollination and self-discipline, Kozak has developed a successful career and global following as a unique artist that executes brilliant ideas. Kozak's works has been exhibited around the world and his clients include VANS, Eastpak, Graniph, Element, Streetmachine, Planet Earth and Norse. Read more:Skateboard
Eli Attie: Writing The West Wing 0000-00-00 00:00:00 In the world of writing, blank pages can be daunting. Behance caught up with Eli Attie to discuss his craft as Supervising Producer and writer for The West Wing
. We were especially interested in Eli's productivity as a writer, how ideas take a life of their own, and what guiding principles help him capture the ideas that have led to scripts, episodes, and ultimately nominations for multiple Emmy Awards and Writers Guild awards.
Rebecca Norris Webb: Ideas From Start to Finish 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Rebecca Norris
Webb's project, "The Glass Between Us," started as a simple idea and evolved into a series of exhibitions, a book, and a website. With her work, Rebecca hopes to "raise questions about the complicated and vulnerable relationship that exists between people and animals in cities." Behance caught up with Rebecca to discuss leading ideas from start to finish. Read more:Finish
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Tip: Making Reference Items Helpful 0000-00-00 00:00:00 We spend too much time discussing, storing, and organizing notes. References are only valuable if you refer to them. Even with a well-organized system for managing references (either digital or paper), how often do we actually use them? How do we make reference items helpful? Read more:Items
Von: Collaborations & Illustration 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Vonhideki is the collaboration of illustrator Von and product designer Hideki. Launched in 2005, the team has had multiple exhibitions throughout London. Von's solo work and company, Hellovon (founded in 2006), have been featured ubiquitously, from the New York Times and The Guardian to Wallpaper and the galleries of Serum Versus Venom. Here, Von talks to Behance about entrepreneurship and how collaboration has fueled his creative endeavors. Read more:Collaborations
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Tino Schaedler: Collaborations on the Big Screen 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Tino Schaedler's impact as a virtual set designer is the result of years of experience in architecture and visual effects. His work includes well-known films such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "V for Vendetta." Behance caught up with Tino Schaedler to discuss creative collaborations, transforming ideas into action, as well as the mission behind his creative work. Read more:Collaborations
Dror Benshetrit: Principled Design 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Dror Benshetrit is the founder and master designer behind Studio Dror. Benshetrit's work is a testament to the power of patience, discipline, and intuition. He has collaborated with clients including Puma, GE, B.R. Guest Restaurants, and Levi's to create breakthroughs in product design, architectural design, and brand identity. Behance caught up with Benshetrit to discuss productive idea generation. Read more:Principled
Tip: Advertise Action to Yourself 0000-00-00 00:00:00 We live in a world of choices. When we buy, we have to make a choice between varieties, brands, and sizes. Similarly, when we work we have to decide what to focus on and how to use our time. While prioritization helps us focus, our minds still have the tendency to wander. We are most likely to focus on whatever catches our eye. Along the lines of "out of sight, out of mind" we learn that "right before our eyes, actions thrive." Read more:Action
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David Lai: Leadership in Design 0000-00-00 00:00:00 David Lai is the CEO and Creative Director of Hello Design, an interaction design studio which he co-founded in Los Angeles in 1999. Clients include Sony, USA Network, Yahoo!, General Mills, National Geographic, Oakley, Toyota and Nike. Behance caught up with David to discuss idea generation, leadership, and "putting yourself out there." Read more:David
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Liz Cohen: Transformational Art 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Liz Cohen
is converting an East German Trabant car into a low-riding American El Camino. Cohen is a visual artist based in Phoenix, AZ. The project involves not only the car's transformation, but Cohen's as well: from photographer to the model posing with the vehicle. Here, Cohen talks about sticking with ideas and multi-tasking to push them forward.
Pro-Am: Practical Productivity 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Pro-Am is a design and branding agency based in Lower East Side NYC, founded by New Zealanders John Malcolmson and Simon Endres in 2001. Pro-Am's clients include Metropolis Magazine, Amnesty International, New Zealand-based Art and Industry, Dubai-based Emirates Leisure, and agencies including McCann Erickson, BBH, StrawberryFrog, Sugartown, and Consortium. Behance caught up with the Pro-Am team to discuss frustrations, staying organized, and their mission as creative professionals. Read more:Practical
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Marcos Chin: The Freelancer's Discipline 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Marcos Chin is regarded as one of the most well known illustrators in North America. His illustrations have been featured in diverse advertisements, fashion catalogs, and magazines including Time, Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated. The Toronto native graduated from the Ontario College of Art and now teaches Fashion Illustration at New York's School of Visual Arts. Behance caught up with Chin to discuss collaboration and discipline amidst his creative work. Read more:Discipline
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Montalbetti & Campbell: Collaborative Imagery 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Denis Montalbetti and Gay Campbell
are world-renowned for their photographs of a wide range of personalities, from political leaders to celebrities in both North American and Australia. They are also known for their stunning and distinctive style. Behance caught up with the pair to discuss their unique collaboration, their greatest frustrations, and words of wisdom for the broader creative professional community. Read more:Collaborative
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Tip: Share To Make Ideas Happen 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The philosophy to "share ideas liberally" defies the age-old instinct to keep ideas secret. However, the creative person's tendency to jump from idea to idea to idea causes most ideas to die in isolation. Creative professionals should take every opportunity to communicate new ideas broadly, seek feedback, and develop a sense of accountability. Read more:Share
Peter Jaworowski: Quality & Time 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Peter Jaworowski is an established freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Warsaw Poland at the Ars Thanea Studio. His clients include Nike, Nokia, Warner Bros, Coca-Cola, Sony Playstation, Oakley, among others. Jaworowski shared his thoughts on timeline pressures, balancing project quality versus speed, and motivation for self-improvement. Read more:Peter
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Serial Cut: Pushing Expectations 0000-00-00 00:00:00 As founder of Serial
Cut, Sergio del Puerto has excelled as a creative professional. He leads the Madrid-based creative studio, whose clients include Rolling Stone Magazine, Lucky Strike, and Chrysler. Here Del Puerto shares his approach to client relationships, feedback, and staying productive. Read more:Pushing
Eric Karjaluoto: Challenging Perfection 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Eric is the lead creative at smashLAB, an interaction design firm in Vancouver. Eric has also directed a number of interactive projects for start-ups and national organizations including Design Can Change, an effort to unite designers to address climate change. Behance caught up with Eric to discuss the creative's dilemma of perfection vs. profit and imposing structure in the creative realm. Read more:Perfection
Think Different: Apple & Contrarianism 0000-00-00 00:00:00 In the late 1990's, Apple
released a milestone marketing message and subsequent ad that placed contrarianism on a pedestal. The ad was constructed by an ad team of creative professionals at TBWA Chiat Day in Los Angeles. Beyond establishing Apple as a company that served the creative community, the "Think Different" message served as an encouraging and invigorating force for creative professionals.
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