All posts tagged Inspiring Creativity

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May 10, 2012, 1 Comment

Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky, is a book that claims to be a lifejacket for creatives who are unproductive or fail to see their ideas through to completion. Creatives …

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Excitement Grows for the 2011 Solar Decathlon

October 7, 2011, No comments

An abundance of enthusiasm helped the rain soaked start to this year’s 6th Annual Solar Decathlon

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DMI Conference, Amsterdam 2011: RE-INSPIRED The Value of Design

August 11, 2011, No comments

If, “Design is the first signal of human intention,” the intended message of this year’s DMI European Conference seemed loud, clear, and unambig ...

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From a Can of Paint: Publicolor’s Use of Design in Transforming Schools and Students

June 24, 2011, No comments

CATALYST and Ruth Lande Shuman of Publicolor discuss how the interior spaces of schools have both profound effects on students and on learning experie ...

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    TED’s “Ads Worth Spreading Challenge”
    April 26, 2011, No comments

    In September 2010 TED launched the “Ads Worth Spreading Challenge.” TED’s curator, Chris Anderson, explained that the objective was “to seek how to reverse the trend of ads being aggressively ...

  • Innovation Performance in Europe 2010
    April 3, 2011, No comments

    The European Union released the Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010, which is an assessment of innovation performance in EU member states in the last year. The Innovation Scoreboard includes the relative ...

  • Mass Customization
    March 22, 2011, No comments

    By Willem Van Lancker, UX Designer, Google For most of the twentieth century, manufacturers dictated how the average American consumer lived. The consumption-driven lifestyle model was introduced in the early ...

  • Delivering Happiness
    March 4, 2011, No comments

    Reviewed by Alexandra Bocon Finding a company that promotes creative thinking from all employees, boasts a lower than average employee turnover rate, and grosses over a billion dollars annually is ...

  • Knewton & The Education Revolution
    February 16, 2011, No comments

    Traditional classrooms and textbooks provide the same material to every student, whereas Knewton will dynamically match lessons, videos, and practice problems to each student’s ideal learning arc.