Archive for the ‘Creativity’ Category
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TEDxCLE 2012 Speakers Announced!
We couldn’t be more pleased to share our 2012 speakers with you. What a fascinating crew of people – many suggested by the Cleveland community. Truly a collective effort has helped to shape this year’s event, dubbed TEDxCLE: The Maker Class.
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The Biophilia Educational Program
Bjork is once again providing inspiration with her album and app, Biophilia. She has created an educational program (The Biophilia Educational Program), that has been hosting interdisciplinary workshops for youth aged 10 to 12 to learn about music and science, using diverse teaching tools such as analog and digital instruments, video, 3D imagery, and other inspired ways to teach musical creativity.
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Thinking Cities
“As we enter a new era of mobility, an emerging mindset is creating endless opportunities that are limited only by our imaginations. Technology has enabled us to interact, innovate and share knowledge in entirely new ways – creating a dynamic shift in mindset. People are empowered, business is liberated and society is more connected than ever. At Ericsson, we’re just beginning to explore the possibilities of a Networked Society.”
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Beat 2012
DJ Mark Ronson will be traveling the world to meet up-and-coming athletes in order to intentionally record their passively generated music, or record the sounds they make when they compete in their sport.
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Guardians of the Evolution: Mike Kubinski of CLE Clothing Co.
Guardians of the Evolution: Mike Kubinski of CLE Clothing Co.
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Experience Cleveland Innovation at TEDxCLE 2012
TEDxCLE 2012 planning is in full swing and we have a number of exciting announcements to share with you!
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Portrait of the Artist
Jeff Harris’ portrait-a-day project offers encouragement for those that struggle with new year’s resolutions.
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Remix the CLE
Once again, mobile apps are redefining how artists compose music. I stumbled upon this app the other day and immediately saw the potential in utilizing this technology for the CLE.
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Music for a Film
I went to film school + once had someone tell me that I “thought life was a movie.” It was supposed to be an insult, but, really what’s wrong with that? I knew I would never move to Los Angeles and work in the film industry despite professional mentors urging me to do so early in my career, but I loved movies + wanted to study them. The truth is, life used to be a lot more like a movie. Movies used to be more like movies. One absent aspect of films that I often lament is the director’s (or studio’s or distributor’s) choice to forgo the cost/involvement associated with scoring the film and instead include popular music.
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Retail Therapy: Back in a Familiar Spot
Tim Logan, Mike Paukst and I (of Uppercut Motion + Sound) had a lot of fun creating this piece for Cleveland retailer Dredgers Union. Hope you enjoy!…
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The Mashup Class
Copy, combine and transform. Remixing and mashing up culture, and defining a generation. The Mashup Class.
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The Power of Two: Passion & Love
A trend in the fashion industry has emerged, passionate couples creating denim with an increased focus on designing, producing and manufacturing in the USA; with the intrinsic values of quality and craftsmanship – American Authenticity.
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Summer Solstice Party at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Summer Solstice is a great place to meet likeminded Clevelanders that care about the city and the arts. There is something magical about being in the museum at night. It has everything to do with the authenticity of the museum that David Franklin spoke about at TEDxCLE this year. The art and people mingle, creating experiences unlike anything you can imagine.
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And now, in TED-related news…
Written 2.26.2011 (sorry for the delayed post – been a busy few days!):
We’ve recently released information on this year’s TEDxCLE speakers and couldn’t be happier about the overall response. It seems that many of those in the TEDxCLE community …
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Mad Men Super Bowl
On Sunday night, we invited 18 of our Mad Men friends from the advertising/marketing/PR, arts and design communities to rate the Super Bowl XLV commercials.
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Intentionally Passive Music Composition
Intentionally passive music composition has interested me for quite some time. This is the idea that we can create music by strategically planning for specific outcomes to create beautiful music; such as harnessing gravity, nature or the elements to create music organically. One of my favorite recent examples of this is Conductor, which harnesses the NYC subway system and turns it into an interactive string instrument.
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Upcoming Cleveland Event – “100 Impossible Portraits”
If you liked the West Side Market video we linked to last week, make sure to mark your calendars for this event. Both multimedia artists involved with that project (Tim Logan and Mike Paukst – Twitter newbies, don’t hold …
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Photo(s) of the Week – 1/24/2011
West Side Market from Mike Paukst on Vimeo.
This week we have a special treat for you – not one photo, but a whole lotta photos! Timelapse (and other beautiful moments captured on film) at the West Side Market …
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The Good News – According to Richard Florida
In a recent article for The Atlantic, famed Urbanist Richard Florida comments:
“It’s abundantly clear that the economic crisis and Great Reset have caused mobility, which has long been a hallmark of the American economy, to stall, making it …
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2011 SXSW Interactive Festival Panel – VOTE!
Over a month ago I submitted a panel proposal to the 2011 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival and am pleased to announce it has been included in the PanelPicker voting process! The panel is called “A Digital Rolling Stone: Disruptive Technology & Music” and it will analyze the current digital ecosystem to reveal the disruptive technologies and methods that will revolutionize the way music is created and experienced in the future.
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A Digital Rolling Stone 3.0 – Composition in the Digital Age
In this installment of A Digital Rolling Stone, we analyze the composition and creation of music in the digital age via several case studies.
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Unconsumption
When we were kids it was pretty much beaten into us that planet earth was in danger + the only way to save the planet was to “Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.” Perhaps because we learned this at a young age it’s second nature for us to want to limit the amount of “stuff” we contribute to landfills.
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Dinner With Strangers
When friend and fellow Clevelandophile Danielle Deboe was drafting her speech for TEDxCLE she kept going back to the idea that one of the most powerful things that one can do to change a city is to bring lots of passionate creative types together. Not for any defined “cause,” but simply to meet + see what comes of it. Danielle is a great connector who, through her store Room Service in the Gordon Square Arts District and other avenues seems to meet some of Cleveland’s best and brightest creative thinkers.
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A Digital Rolling Stone 2.0
It seems only appropriate that I’m finally finishing the second installment of “A Digital Rolling Stone,” a month after the tenth anniversary of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) suing Napster for allowing millions of consumers to download free, copyright music. In the first installment of “A Digital Rolling Stone” I hypothesized that the music industry must progress with culture in order to remain profitable and relevant by reflecting cultural trends and integrating technologies that create an experience for the consumer with added value. This hypothesis was composed over a year ago and I have collected several case studies that document this consumer behavioral transformation in regard to music and the brands that have effectively progressed with culture to create augmented experiences for the consumer. Also, I have also identified the casual attributes for marketing success and recommendations to continue these innovations in the music industry. Lastly, unlike artists before them, artists such as Radiohead and Trent Reznor of NIN understood not only the consumer, but the future of music. They paved the way for many musicians to find a sustainable business model in the digital age and seize OFF=ON opportunities. Welcome to “A Digital Rolling Stone 2.0″
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TEDxCLE: Ideas worth spreading
TED has granted approval for Hallie Bram and me to host the TEDxCLE event. If you aren’t familiar with TED it is an annual event where some of the world’s leading “thinkers and doers” are invited to share what they are most passionate about. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. Past speakers include Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Frank Gehry, Paul Simon, Sir Richard Branson, Philippe Starck and Bono.
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The Great Race to Brand the Clouds
The benefits of technology and more specifically the internet, seem to be endless: information and data accessibility, entertainment, commerce, ease of communication, etc. For me, technology is attractive because it makes our lives easier to navigate. The innovation of cloud computing has made this even more apparent. The idea of syncing all of your files (photos, music, documents, etc.) and having accessibility wherever you are, is absolutely amazing.
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Open Source: The Model Is About Branding
The traditional business model for companies is to create a product and/or provide a service to customers in order to receive payment and hopefully exceed operational costs to generate a profit. However, what happens when you are not creating a product or service, but instead ideas? How do you make a profit? How can you differentiate yourself from the competition when your product is perceived as a commodity? This is a common dilemma for companies that engage in Open Source design, development or distribution. As defined by the Open Source Initiative, open source is “a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.” The benefits for open source are compelling and the idea of creating a community of the brightest minds to create something new is inspiring. This idea of sharing your creative wealth to accomplish great things is something the Creative Commons embraces.
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Creativity: The Essence of Change
A look at creativity in advertising, an economic recession and its affect on urban revitalization. The great David Ogilvy once said, “It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night.” The essence of our industry is in big ideas and creativity. These elements help to communicate information in a persuasive manner by captivating the attention and interest of individuals. Big ideas and creativity can create brand awareness and in some cases even change brand perception, preference or image. The crucial point here, from a holistic perspective, is that big ideas and creativity are the answer to change – whether in advertising or other industries.
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A Digital Rolling Stone 1.0
Over the past few months, I have noticed that in the back of Rolling Stone there have been a few rotating lists such as Myspace Music Top 10 Songs, iLike Top Ten or iTunes Top 10 Songs. My personal favorite is the iLike Top Ten list, instead of determining popularity by sales; the list is actually determined by how many people actually listen to the song. This is a representation of how the music industry is changing now: By recognizing there are other ways to consume and listen to music (e.g. Pandora or Last.FM.). But how can they change moving forward? The music industry must integrate more technologies that create an experience for the consumer with added value. A perfect example of this is a big idea I read about in an AdAge DigitalNext article. The article explained how Drop.io and Organic are collaborating on a new technology platform: location-based file sharing.
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Engaging and Innovative Interactive Navigation
The progression of interactive design has changed dramatically over the years. From a time when websites consisted only of hyperlinks, text and if you were lucky images. Now, interactive media such as photos, audio and video define the experience. Especially, with programs like Flash that allow the designer to augment the overall experience with creative aesthetics and animation. However, navigation has not followed the same progression.