how to be creative
I'm always interested in reading people's lists about "how to be creative". Some of the lists I've run across are complete b------t or let's just say that I disagree with much of the content. Others are worth checking out. Here's a link to a list that I like
The How to Be Creative List. An explanation of the listed items are below the list.
Disclaimer some explanations contain explicit material so be forewarned -- now I know that you'll read them :)
My personal favorites are:
Number 5 -
You are responsible for your own experience.Number 10 - The more talented somebody is the less they need the props.
Number 27 - The best way to get approval is not to need it.
Labels: creativity
Get it?
Nikon calls me a User not an Owner. I like that!
I'm always amused when I find myself behaving like a
regular user rather than a designer... Case in point, I just bought a new Nikon digital SLR camera (thanks for the 2007 bonus Yahoo! Inc.). I eagerly opened the box, pulled out the camera, looked at it and thought "Hmm. I better read the owner's manual first. This thing looks pretty complicated." Then, I grabbed the owner's manual; the big several hundred page owner's manual. Ouch! I really wanted to use this thing sometime in the next hour. If I go through the manual it will be days before I can get started.
Thankfully, Nikon gets it! They know that I want to play with my new camera now. So they've provided me with a lovely Quick Start Guide. Wow! Everything I need to know just to get started is in this guide. Looks like I can take some photos within the next hour after all. Thanks Nikon. Thanks for paying attention to User Needs and User Behaviors. Thanks for getting it!
Labels: experience, out of the box, user behavior, user needs
a personal brand
Welcome to my new all things design-related blog. Today I'm thinking about branding and design. I've been using this photograph of me as a Brownie for several years now as my image for my personal brand. I rediscovered the image when I was a student at San Jose State. I was working on an installation piece called
Implications which was about identity and text labels. I used the Brownie image as one of the panels and have incorporated it into a lot of my work since. Thus, it has become the image of my personal brand. I didn't really make a conscious decision that it would be my personal brand... I just started using it and it stuck. Now people tell me that they see the image and think of me and my work... so I'll keep using it.
Labels: brand
