Lateral Action
APRIL 29, 2009
Image by Hugh MacLeod. For many of you, Hugh MacLeod will need no introduction. Others will be intrigued to discover a creative entrepreneur who has built an unlikely and utterly idiosyncratic business based on "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards". Hugh's gapingvoid blog has enabled him to achieve success as a cartoonist and artist without going down the traditional gallery or newspaper routes.
Lateral Action
APRIL 22, 2009
Image by h.koppdelaney. Wouldn't it be nice to get paid to just exist? I think so. In fact, that's my gig right now. I exist. And I get paid for it. And it's pretty awesome. So how is this possible? Well, it all has to do with. The Revolution of Branding. Except it's much cooler than the word branding (think livestock) makes it sound. If you asked anyone what a brand is twenty years ago, they'd probably respond: "Coca Cola.
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Lateral Action
APRIL 15, 2009
This is the first of an occasional series of interviews with creative entrepreneurs who are living the principles we write about at Lateral Action. We are delighted to start the series with John T. Unger , an artist whose inspiration is not limited to his sculptures and designs, but extends to his whole approach to business. 1. You call yourself an 'artist, designer, entrepreneur and impossibility remediation specialist'.
Lateral Action
APRIL 13, 2009
Lost in Translation came out just before I went to Japan for the first time. Watching it in the cinema, I was entranced by the otherworldly atmosphere I was hoping to find in the real Tokyo. Now, whenever I load the DVD and see the Tokyo night skyline, I'm transported back to a balcony 15 storeys up, on the verge of an adventure in the neon city. Lost in Translation isn't about creativity, although its characters include actors, photographers, singers, musicians and other creative types.
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Lateral Action
APRIL 8, 2009
Roger von Oech is one of my favourite writers about creative thinking, so when I heard he had produced an iPhone version of his Creative Whack Pack cards , I asked if he'd be willing to answer some questions about it for Lateral Action readers. Here's what he had to say. 1. Over the years, you've taught creativity in a variety of formats -- books, cards, seminars, a magnetic toy (the Ball of Whacks) and now an iPhone application.
Lateral Action
APRIL 20, 2009
Image by Hugh MacLeod. Hugh MacLeod recently published an interesting take on the difference between creativity and innovation : One of the buzzwords you hear a lot in the business world these days, is "Innovation". Yes, it's a genuinely worthy thing to aspire to. Genuine innovation creates lots of genuine value, every young intern knows this. Which is why people like to throw it around like confetti.
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Lateral Action
APRIL 6, 2009
If you take your creative work remotely seriously, you probably pride yourself on your good taste and critical judgement. Just like Max Harris. In the 1940s, Harris was one of the leading figures of the Australian literary scene. A noted poet himself, he edited the magazine Angry Penguins , which championed avant-garde modernist poetry. Gifted and charismatic, Harris enjoyed provoking Australia's conservative poetry establishment by praising and publishing surrealist poems in his magazine.
Lateral Action
APRIL 27, 2009
Image by Johanne Brunet. Cambridge University, 1953. At two o'clock in the morning, a student is sitting at his desk. He has been there for hours. In front of him is the beginning of an essay. He has been writing it, ripping it up and rewriting it for several days. It's due to be handed in tomorrow, but he still can't get past the opening sentence. He doesn't understand it.
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