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Act Like a Child to Spark Your Creativity

June 13, 2019 by mbonneville

How do you get creative? Writer Madeleine Englis at Thrive Global says “start acting like a beginner, a child….”

What happens when we remove our narrow definition of creativity, and accept that we are all inherently creative?

We will come to see that tapping into creativity equates to harnessing our power to create, rather than to imitate. That is it! How that shows up for you is up to you. You could build something with your hands. You could list out 10 really bad ideas, but hey, they are original and they are your creative ideas. Who cares. It’s a muscle. You need to stop being a victim of creative perfectionism and start acting like a beginner, a child. That is the first step, to leading a creative life. Read On…

Filed Under: Creativity, Inspiration

Less is More with Hong Kong Coffee Shop

June 13, 2019 by mbonneville

Creating a minimalist white coffee shop in Hong Kong is sheer genius from a marketing stand point. NOC is a popular coffee shop that aspires “to remove distractions, so you can connect with the things that matter.”

Brilliant Design and Branding by SuperUnion

Hong Kong is all about more. NOC is a coffee company that believes in less. Less of what you don’t need or never asked for. Less irrelevant choice. Less cutting corners.

In a world that is obsessed with more, NOC decided to put a stake in the ground for believing in less. Nobody needs dozens of types of flat white – all you need is a good one. We created a coffee experience to give a moment of calm amid the chaos of a busy city.

 

Filed Under: Creativity, Graphic Design

Letterpress Prints for Bibliophiles

June 12, 2019 by mbonneville

What artist wouldn’t love this job? New York based studio, Obvious State combined their love of books with their talent for illustration. Now partnering with Boxcar Press, they’re able to produce high quality prints on letterpress. Lovely!

The Bibliophilia collection is inspired by an obsession with the underlined passages in our favorite books. Snippets of text from authors, philosophers and thinkers are used as a springboard for a new idea and illustration.

black and white illustration - Virginia Woolf

black and white illustration - Oscar Wilde

Filed Under: Creativity, Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Inspiration

Artists Treading in the Unknown; the Only Way to Growth

June 12, 2019 by mbonneville

Austin Kleon’s little, yet powerful book, Keep Going, is making the rounds, and I can see why. It’s clever, inspiring, and full of insights from artists who’ve battled long and hard in the unknown territories of themselves. He says, “to change is to be alive.”  And yet, culture is harsh with those who are struggling upstream, vouching it’s weak to change your mind, or defend your current view points till death. But, nothing alive is stagnant, and the inability to bend is to be dead in the water.

Kleon writes:

When was the last time you changed your mind about something? We’re afraid of changing our minds we’re afraid of the consequences of changing our minds. What will people think?

…Uncertainty is the very thing that art thrives on. The writer Donald Barthelme said that the artist’s natural state is one of not-knowing”

…You start each work not knowing exactly where you’re going or where you’ll end up. “Art is the highest form of hope,” said painter Gerhard Richter. But hope is not about knowing how things will turn out –it is moving forward in the face of uncertainty. It’s a way of dealing with uncertainty. “Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable,” write Rebecca Solnit. To have hope, you must acknowledge that you don’t know everything and you don’t know what’s going to happen. That’s the only way to keep gong and the only way to keep making art: to be open to possibility and allow yourself to be changed.”

Filed Under: Art, Creativity, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Books, Inspiration

Creativity, remote work, and working for yourself

June 11, 2019 by Douglas Bonneville

Creative, highly specialized, remote work is the future. The new millionaires will be those who adapt to this lifestyle. Digital nomads are already ahead of the game. The internet is truly the greatest form of liberation. @naval pic.twitter.com/3upDxTX0mT

— Jade (@JayBeDreamin) June 11, 2019

If you haven’t followed Naval yet, do it!

Filed Under: Creativity

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