I got really inspired by Interview’s interview of Partners & Spade, ‘a sort of combo ad agency, creative consultancy, and art gallery boutique in a storefront on Great Jones Street in Manhattan’s NoHo’.

“If you really care about details, demonstrate it”

— Andy Spade

‘Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.’ So inspiring!

‘Hippy Shit is a bi-annual independently published pyschedelic field trip. Featuring contributions from the most inspiring creatives in the game.’ Nice!

Yesterday I came back from the New Talent Portfolio night and I was so happy to see so much new talent! It was a great mix of people with a huge amount of potential. They varied from being completely at the beginning of their career and creatives who already earned their spurs but just needed a little mentorship. Thank you Blend & Streetlab for this great opportunity for new talent! Looking forward to the next one.

Above illustrations of Assa Ariyoshi, photographs by May Heek, still photography by Kasia Gatkowska and (photo)graphics by Veronique de Koning.

My good friend Luis Mendo participated in Jeansnow’s PauseTalk vol. 30. If you’re in Tokyo on May 11 be sure you’ll visit Cafe Pause for Vol. 31 …Too bad I’m not there…

If you have read the 7 rules of mentorship and think you are the next big thing but want some mentorship and feedback on your portfolio, visit the new talent portfolio night by Blend & Streetlab. I’ll be there, together with Corriette Schoenaerts, Harm Sas, Jerome Severin, Jochem Leegstra and Martijn Tamboer a.o.

I’m invited to be part of the ‘professionals crew’ at the New Talent Portfolio Night by Streetlab & Blend. So, if you’re talented, in amsterdam, and have this stunning creative portfolio, please hop by! Find more info here.

Just relaunched: A fresh and inspiring Dazed Digital. A newspaper inspired design, with some great new features. Go check for yourself at DazedDigital.(image by Andy Gilmore who made also the header illustration of Dazed Digital)

Some of the greatest creative achievements across all realms are a result of collaborations.

Whether in the form of partnerships, great team chemistry, or simply mentor-mentee relationships, collaborations help creative people and organizations push ideas forward. Collaboration spawns accountability and cross-pollination, two critical forces to meaningful productive creative output. “Going it alone” seldom works.

Taken from the Béhance Glossary of Productive Creativity

If you want to learn how to generate and enrich ideas more easily. If you want to become an inspiring coach for creative sessions. If you want to grasp the do’s and don’ts of applying creativity in organisations. If you want to find inspiration in recent cases of creative organisational change. It’s all in the book Creativity Today.

This book is your manual for applying creativity in business, education, development and many more areas. The authors have worked with creativity in all kinds of organisations in over twenty countries. They were able to translate all these years of experience into a creative book concept. Creativity Today is clear, fun and practical. It will be your personal coach, providing you with exercises, inspiration and knowledge that you can apply immediately.

You can buy the book via this site.

via IMD

Interesting stuff at Graphic Define. It is all about encouraging professionals in the graphic, web, and interactive industries to share their tips and experiences that have helped them in their business endeavors.

It’s an old post from gapingvoid but I was pointed on it by Dan and thought lets share it; Because it’s still relevant!

1. Ignore everybody.
2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to change the world.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your biz plan depends on you suddenly being “discovered” by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.
5. You are responsible for your own experience.
6. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.
7. Keep your day job.
8. Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity.
9. Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.
10. The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.
11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.
12. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.
13. Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside.
14. Dying young is overrated.
15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.
16. The world is changing.
17. Merit can be bought. Passion can’t.
18. Avoid the Watercooler Gang.
19. Sing in your own voice.
20. The choice of media is irrelevant.
21. Selling out is harder than it looks.
22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.
23. Worrying about “Commercial vs. Artistic” is a complete waste of time.
24. Don’t worry about finding inspiration. It comes eventually.
25. You have to find your own schtick.
26. Write from the heart.
27. The best way to get approval is not to need it.
28. Power is never given. Power is taken.
29. Whatever choice you make, The Devil gets his due eventually.
30. The hardest part of being creative is getting used to it.
31. Remain frugal.

Read them all here.