Interview with Jason Seiden author of How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What’s Left of Your Career

August 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Name:  Jason Seiden
Title of Book:  How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What’s Left of Your Career
What are some of the main themes of your book?
Oh, you know, the typical career stuff… how to fail as an employee, how to suck as a manager, how to jam your head totally up your colon as [...]

People Collages

August 25th, 2010 | No Comments

What in the world? Here is an icebreaker that brings out creativity and imagination from your meeting attendees. All you need is some old magazines and glue to create an out of this world person. Silly facial expressions, dog tails, robotic legs…. The sky is the limit.  

Assignment: Put together a person using various body [...]

An Interview with Dr. Stuart Brown, MD Co-Author of Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

August 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment

Have you ever wondered about the importance of “play” in our lives, and not only just in our personal lives but also in our work lives? Dr. Brown co-author of “Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul” shares with us some insight into his research and how important play [...]

Teeny Tiny Pencil Sculpture

August 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Dalton Ghetti is a carpenter who in his spare time carves tiny sculptures on the ends of pencils. Brazilian born, Connecticut based, Dalton Ghetti carefully crafts the tips of pencils into amazing micro sculptures. These miniature masterpieces are a side project for the professional carpenter, who has been perfecting this art for the last 25 [...]

Form Beyond Design

August 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment

I love this plated table and just could not resist the urge to share. Where innovation and design collide, Yanko Design-Form Beyond Design shows the world concepts in design that leave you in awe. Check the website. They are dedicated to introducing the best modern international design, covering industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition [...]

Discarded Clothing Making a Statement

August 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Here is a collection of art work that just breaths new life into old clothing.  Exactly what we like to see! Creativity in the re-use of everyday items makes a statement out of the overabundance of waste. Check out what these sculptures have to say and be inspired, go create now! Then send us in [...]

Facial Expressions

August 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments

Supplies: Paper and pencils
Many people don’t realize that 70% of communication comes from non-verbal cues such as tone of voice or facial expression. According to the SunSentinel there are “80 muscles in the face that can create more than 7,000 expressions. Facial expressions are so much a part of our lives that it is easy to [...]

Vacation All I Ever Wanted, In A Tree

August 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Looking for a break this summer, somewhere to “vanish” for a little vacation? Well here is a hotel that literally is invisible to the surrounding forest. This hotel just recently opened a few weeks ago and looks like its straight out of a sci-fi story, the perfect place for the Jetsons if they moved into [...]