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Tip: Share To Make Ideas Happen
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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.
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Serial Cut: Pushing Expectations
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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.
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Peter Jaworowski: Quality & Time
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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.
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Think Different: Apple & Contrarianism
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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 Diff erent" message served as an encouraging and invigorating force for creative professionals.
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Courtney Holt: Innovation in Industry
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As Executive Vice President of Digital Music & Media at MTV Networks and a former executive at Interscope Records, Court ney Holt has witnessed the changing landscapes in the music and entertainment industries. Behance met up with Holt to discuss his industry, staying innovative and organized, and sources of inspiration.
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Kanchan Balse: The Art of Preparation
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Kanchan Balse’s paintings are regularly shown in galleries around Washington, D.C. and beyond. However, it is Balse’s ability to manage her art career alongside a full-time teaching position and motherhood that challenges her to be a truly productive creative. Here Kanchan discusses with Behance her story and some lessons learned along the way.
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Chris Yormick: On Perfect Imperfections
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Chris Yormick is a New York based Artist, originally from outside of Washington DC. Yormick was art director for éS Skateboard Shoes and Skateboarder Magazine and is now a critically acclaimed painter that works with mixed media. During his interview with Behance, Yormick made the case for procrastination, and the need to run with imperfections.
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Dror Benshetrit: Principled Design
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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.
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Von: Collaborations & Illustration
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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.
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Tino Schaedler: Collaborations on the Big Screen
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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.
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Kristopher Grunert: Energy & Photography
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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.
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Tip: Our Action Addiction
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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.
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Rachel Platten: Launching The Band
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The Rachel Plat ten Band is a product of great music and great determination. The band has opened for Rusted Root, the Strokes, and now enjoys a loyal, growing fan base. Behance caught up with Rachel Platten to discuss the motivations and efforts that push bold ideas forward.
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Mauro Bianucci: Carga Bags
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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 .
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"Build" From Scratch
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"Build " is a London based graphic design studio founded by Michael & Nicky Place in 2001. Build's projects cover a wide range of media including editorial work, music and product packaging, advertising, typography and websites. Behance caught up with Nicky, Build's Project & Studio Manager, to learn more about Build's business.
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Jay O'Callahan: Appreciations
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One of the greatest storytellers in the world, Jay O'Call a han, travels with his stories and runs a series of storytelling workshops. Jay is also a pioneer of Appreciation s, 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.
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Lincoln Mayne: Restraint, Pressure, & Creative Impact
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Lincoln Mayne's fashion line is described as a "fusion of unbranded organic quality combined with inimitable style." He's a creative genius grounded by disciplined design, professionalism, and cross-pollination.
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Tip: Laying Your Energy Line
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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 Line s are a simple way to prioritize and use design to guide creative energy.
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Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu: Capturing Life On The Block
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Since April of 2002, Adrian a 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 Bloc k."
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Shoshana Berger: Making ReadyMade
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Shoshana Berge r came up with the idea for Read yMade 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.
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Emil Kozak: The Art of the Skateboard
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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.
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Paul English: Getting Human
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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.
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WeWorkForThem: Taking Time & Big Bites
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Michael Cina is the co-founder of We Work For Them and You Work For Them, along with Michael Young. Cina has experimented with many forms of design and is well known for his typographic work. Cina also spent many years as an online artist and freelancer upholding successful projects like Trueistrue.com that brought a whole new approach to the way designers looked at the medium of web development, interaction, motion, and time. Here, Cina takes some time to share lessons learned with Behance.
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Tip: Present Yourself!
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Creative achievements seldom happen in isolation. A big part of making ideas happen is controlling how you come across to others. Of course, the Creative's tendency is to say, "who gives a crap what other people think." While there is merit in never compromising oneself for the sake of another’s opinion, creative professionals need to make an effort to be understood. You need to present yourself effectively to engage others and get the support (and the business) you need to make ideas happen.
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Tip: A Solo Show No More!
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Self-starters are often successful doing everything themselves. However, when forced to grow beyond the one woman/man-show, many creative professionals are unable to make the leap from a solo success to a successful collaboration.
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ROJO - Across Boundaries
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ROJO is dedicated to the promotion and support of the arts in Barcelona, Spain and São Paulo, Brazil. ROJO coordinates collaborative projects, hosts events, and publishes an internationally distributed textless art magazine. Given ROJO’s history of collaboration with some of the best emerging international artists, the Behance team enjoyed the opportunity discuss ROJO with it’s leaders: David Quiles Guilló, Marc Mascort i Boix and Alejandra Raschkes.
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100 Tips to Improve Your Life
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Behance just started collaborating with a group of fourteen established blogs, all very different, but all with a shared interest in helping people increase productivity (among other self-improvements). We call this collaboration "Life Remix." The Behance team sees this as a great opportunity to share our tips for productivity beyond the creative professional community.
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Dan Golden: Art Beneath Your Feet
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You can see Dan Golden ’s artwork on the walls of galleries and under your feet. Through a unique collaboration with interior designer Ford Lininger, Golden invigorated the world of rug-making with a sophisticated artistic vision. Dan Golden rugs have become fun and highly sought-after pieces of interior design. Behance caught up with Golden to discuss the ingredients for a successful collaboration and a productive business.
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Tip: Measure Meetings With Action
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We all have a love-hate relationship with meetings. While some of the greatest ideas and solutions come up in brainstorm meetings, we also lose most of our time in discussion without action. Ideally, meetings lead to realizations that result as action steps assigned to individuals with deadlines. Realistically, most meetings are fruitless.
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Joshua Clancy: Hard Work's Returns
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Josh Clancy is a freelance designer and artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His projects range from campaigns for companies like Target to magazines like Computer Arts. Most of his work is in interactive design, print, and photography, but he is known for his versatility! Behance caught up with Clancy to hear his tips and observations on the topic of productivity and, of course, making ideas happen.
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