John Jay on Creativity

This is a wonderfully inspiring video for anybody in the creative profession. It's pure motivation.

Creative Mornings: Mike Monteiro

Mike Monteiro, of Mule Design, was a speaker for Creative Mornings recently and his talk was really refreshing to say the least. Instead of discussing design though, ( which would have also been nice), he decided to talk about the business aspect of design, the importance of making money, and having a good lawyer.

My personal experiences with the business aspects of design are a lot like the examples Mike outlines above, that is to say, I'm not good at it. I'm not sure if any new designer's are "good" at it. It's definitely a learned skill. These kind of talks, (designing + making money), should be more common. This topic is probably one of the most misunderstood yet most important aspects of being a designer. After all, we all need to get paid.

A quick side note: If I ever become a design professor, I'm bringing in a lawyer to help teach the students about this kind of stuff. I wish I had someone show me this when I was in college.

Meet Buck

Buck is an ordinary guy. Well...if you except the "deer head" thing. And today, Buck is gonna spend this cool Sunday afternoon with his girlfriend who's so happy to see him (she's pretty much always happy). But when Buck find out that her father is not the sympathic and tolerant guy he excpected, the Sunday afternoon turns really bad.

There is some really great artwork in this animated short. I love the "digital painting" texture that was used in conjunction with the 3D. Wonderfully done fellas. Check out salesmanbuck.com to learn more.

Massimo Vignelli Documentary

Massimo Vignelli is perhaps one of my favorite designers. Although his work is rather stunning in itself, it is his personality and way that he speaks that truly intrigues me. A meeting with him for a day would be euphoric. The amount of knowledge that could be had just by listening in for even a few hours would be quite substantial. After watching the video four times already and working on the fifth, I’ve pulled what I feel are three of the most important pieces from this video.

Lines lasts longer.

Details lasts longer.

Good design lasts longer.

Many things come to mind after hearing Vignelli say this. All of which I try to apply to all of the design work I do. For example, a lot of the international style or Swiss design is simple. It is now very prominent in our inspiration folders—it is good design. If you’re done with the video now, watch it a second time. Perhaps you can pull some other insights from it.

(Via Wanken)

Wings: Making the Field Notes 2010 Fall Edition

Photo by Brandon Leedy

Influencers

INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.

Legacy of Letters

Fraktur writing for the Legacy of Letters italian tour, organize by Paul Shaw, NYC.

Via Swiss Miss

Three Legged Legs: Starbucks

Three legged legs is a directorial studio based in California. They seem to specialize in motion graphics, but they pretty much do everything well. One of their more recent projects was for Starbucks. These guys do a really good job of showing their thought process and concepts. Check out more of their work in their repertoire.

3D Graffiti

Really good composite from graffititechnica.com.

35mm

»35mm« is a shortfilm about cinema itself. We picked 35 of our favorite movies and tried to simplifly them as far as possible. The outcome is a 2 minute journey through the history of film.
Take a close look and tell us if you've recognized them all!

A really well sequenced motion graphics piece created by Pascal Monaco. I'm really diggin the illustration style too.

(via Matthew Buchanan)