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You Gotta Be Good to Borrow
Good artists borrow; great artists steal. – Pablo Picasso (maybe) While I’ve been hearing this quote a lot lately, and it’s encouraging, I’m not sure it’s right. It’s way harder to borrow than to steal. In high school jazz band, we learned that in the language of jazz improvisation, borrowing elements from the great jazz…
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Armchair
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Love You, {Helvetica} Man
I love simple symbols and icons for their ability to communicate clearly and recognizably across language and cultural barriers. I guess this is why The Noun Project, with its growing library of icons, has become one of my new favourite resource sites. I did a bit of digging recently to find out a bit more…
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City Unite
Check out the new City Unite website! A movement based in the metro Denver area, City Unite focuses on uniting the body of Christ in each city to transform their city. Because of the geographical nature of their mission, the website centers around the map on the homepage as a central image and navigation point.…
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Do Beautiful Things Work Better?
I still remember the first time I went snowboarding in my (then) new snowboard pants. My first real boarding pants, they felt good, looked great, and changed my world. As I became one with the mountain that day, I honestly felt like I became a better snowboarder. But can new pants really make you a…
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Say Something: Free Card Template
I love making cards for people for two reasons: they’re personal, and they let me avoid the card aisle at the store. I also love things that are FREE and downloadable. So I thought I’d share the love and give you a card template that you can download (for free!), personalize and give to someone…
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Creativity is Subtraction
Austin Kleon has some great advice on creativity, and following his first rule, I stole it (but check out more by clicking on the image): Kleon is a generous artist, and I like that. I also like his art, called “Newspaper Blackout”. Armed with only a Sharpie, he creates poems by removing all the “unnecessary”…
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Intro to Letterpress
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Online Advertising Video Infographic
Our online creative team at Golden West made this video to communicate the rising importance of the internet in our daily lives, and the importance of businesses realizing this as they invest in advertising. Though there are many videos like this out there, not many feature Canadian stats, so we spent a lot of time…
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Advertising Gives Value: TED Talk by Rory Sutherland
In this entertaining talk, ad man Rory Sutherland points out that while advertising is often given a bad rap, it actually plays an important role in giving value and appreciation to what we already have. “We are perishing from want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” – G.K. Chesterton
