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All Blog Posts Tagged 'ted' (3)

Ewan McIntosh Made me smile: defining creativity

I think one would be crazy to try to define what creativity is and where good ideas come from - the pressure to then come up regularly with great creative ideas would be so intense as to stop any such activity taking place. However, Andy Hobsbawm says in 3"22 what he think creativity can at least achieve, and gives us his rather entertaining Green Thing example. Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on July 27, 2009 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

Colin Gilchrist Newspaper Circulation - Creatives can help?

I have a bee in my bonnet about the future of Newspapers after Rupert Murdochs comment about Google stealing copyright - he is clearly right to be nervous but not at the expense of Google - because the traffic it generates to his sites - he should be paying for it not viewing it as the enemy. Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for newspapers in Eastern Europe has increased circulation by up to 100% (and won awards). Can good design save the newspaper? It i… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on April 13, 2009 at 10:32am — 5 Comments

Nicola Black Global thinking on Technology, Entertainment and Design

TED - Technology, Entertainment, Design - started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Now it has a global sphere of influence, and its speakers include Steve Pinker, John Maeda, Bill Clinton and Clay Shirky. Check it out here Continue

Added by Nicola Black on September 28, 2008 at 10:27pm — 1 Comment

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