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Library as Incubator Project. TeachingToSee. "What an extraordinary film! It is simply exquisite, in its pacing, content, narrative arc, photography. " Ric Grefé Executive Director, AIGA "A great story beautifully told. " Ken Carbone Chief Creative Director, Carbone Smolan Agency “This film is absolutely beautiful. Luke Geissbuhler Cinematographer of Helvetica and other films "A fine, insightful and educational documentary. Hans-Ulrich Allemann Designer/Educator "This very fine film has a wonderful contemplative quality. Chris Myers Designer, Educator, Graphic Design Chair The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. The Creative License. I am an author and creative director dividing my time between Los Angeles and New York. I am working on several projects with publishers and with clients while speaking at conferences and organizations here and in Europe.

Before setting up this new bi-coastal life, I was Managing Director and Executive Creative Director of mcgarrybowen in New York. I helped build the agency, from its humble origins as a couple of dozen people sitting in a room looking at the phone and waiting for it to ring — to the global behemoth (1,000+ people, offices on three continents) it is today. We were named Ad Agency of the Year (twice by Ad Age and once by Ad Week which is apparently more picky) and I am proud to share in the credit for that. In our first ten years, we won a crazy number of accounts including Chase, Verizon, Chevron, Reebok, United, Kraft, Sears and Disney. I am also an author and have written and illustrated seven best-selling books on art and creativity. Idea Mapping. I am honored to be feature in the April 2014 edition of the Using Mind Maps Magazine.

This magazine’s first edition debuted May of 2013. You can view this magazine on the iPad or iPhone along with the back issues. The article I wrote tells the story of of my Mind Mapping/Idea Mapping journey. Bookmark us! If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed. March 20, 2014 was the first Biggerplate Unplugged event held in the USA in San Francisco. Here is a brief description of these photos from top-down. There were over 80 people in attendance at the Biggerplate event. The next Biggerplate event will be a 3-hour training session in Paris on May 5, 2014.

March 20, 2014 was the first Biggerplate Unplugged event held in the USA in San Francisco. This day was a great opportunity to meet new friends and re-acquaint with old. In the next post I’ll share photos from the actual event! Meet Lindsey Cranfield. I’ve been contributing monthly article to the Using Mind Maps Magazine. LOOK OUT! TED Talks.

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Sarah Kay - Profile. Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ... Sarah Kay: How many lives can you live? Frank Warren: Half a million secrets. Brian Dettmer - Brian Dettmer: Book Autopsies. Brian Dettmer carves into books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures. Update: see Brian’s response in the comments. LINK/IMAGES [@ Haydeé Rovirosa Gallery] (via Future Feeder Josh Spear)LINK/IMAGES [@ Toomey Tourell Gallery] (via Josh Spear)LINK/IMAGES [@ Aron Packer Gallery] (via Josh Spear) Update: If you like Brian’s work, please consider digging this post. lagte achhe mp3seal accursed mp31964 mp3 dostimonkeys mp3 acrticmp3 prone accidentmp3 fillmore actraiserachi mp3 mefaridzemp3 tom accused Map.

The Book Surgeon (15 pieces) Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed. Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms. "My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception," he says. "The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. The book’s intended function has decreased and the form remains linear in a non-linear world.

Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he studied at Columbia College. Brian Dettmer's website.