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You Can Design Everything

June 13, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

Just a little reminder…

Read Design Culture for an insightful interview with Vignelli; his story and thoughts on design, type and advice to budding designers.

Filed Under: Creativity, Graphic Design, Inspiration

Act Like a Child to Spark Your Creativity

June 13, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

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

Letterpress Prints for Bibliophiles

June 12, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

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

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