Influx

Andreas Gursky is the photographer behind the world’s most valuable contemporary photograph, but in some of his most recent work Oceans (2009-2010),  which can be seen at the Gargosian in New York , instead of photographer, he plays the role of digital manipulator. Inspired by a flight map he...

Agile is becoming the new demand for business and in the world of advertising certain parties are calling for planners to move faster- hence the rise of the term “agile planning”. What about agile creativity? Is there a way of working faster that could get to something better? Searching for...

The renowned Dutch furniture designer, Maarten Baas, has been putting his communication skills to work for Amnesty International, creating a 5 meter tall chair for the organization’s 50th birthday celebration. The chair is dedicated to Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo who is currently...

In his latest documentary, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams", Werner Herzog travels back in time through the world's oldest cave paintings (32,000 years old) and Chauvet in France and in the process uncovers what it means to be human.   Posted by Ed Cotton

Photo by Jake DobkinLast Sunday night at Union Docs in Brooklyn- three accomplished NYC street photographers, Clayton Patterson, Matt Webber and Jake Dobkin, each with a different perspective on the art, presented their work and participated in a panel discussion. Clayton Patterson and Matt Weber...

There are a couple of interesting examples of the emergence of Twitter as a tool for creative collaboration.Mike Skinner- a UK musician and the man behind The Streets, is actively using Twitter as a tool for song ideas and inspiration as The Guardian reports."The new Streets website – which...

In a recent interview for NPR, Mr. Eno gave an interesting example of how he inspires the creativity of others. An example of his creative brief and how an illustration of how "rules" and "boundaries" create better work than blank sheets of paper."I imagine that we are living 20 years from now or...

In Keith Richards autobiography, Life, he talks in detail about a number of key elements in the Rolling Stone's creative process. Including creating a unique sound by plugging an acoustic guitar into a cassette player. His best story is about the creation of the hit song "Satisfaction" as he told...

Back in October 2008 we wrote about JR. Now he's all over the media because he just picked up the TED prize- awesome news.Here's what we wrote back then. JR is creating an impact in the street space with such scale and imagination that it puts advertising to shame. His massive portraits are of...

I was fortunate enough to hear Stefan Sagmeister speak at Lucid NYC's event last week and it was impressive. Stefan told us a story about his attempt to make a film about happiness and the journey he's been on to discover it and its secrets. This journey has taken him to remote parts of Indonesia...

At Hatch Show Print, the art and craft of handmade letterpress poster has been alive and well since 1879. In their time, Hatch Show practically invented the poster and created art like objects for some of the legends of the music world and more recently their craft has been demanded by the likes of...

If you pay a visit to the Whitney Museum's Biennial you can't help being stuck by the film playing through the windshield of an old ambulance/hearse that offers an interesting ode to America. Created by the collective, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, the film is a mash-up of YouTube clips and...

Belgian artist Luc Tuymans has been the talk of Europe for at least the last 5 years and has been described as Europe's greatest living artist after Gerhard Richter. Now, thanks to the efforts of SFMOMA and others a retrospective of his work can be seen in the US. It's work that on the surface...

Take a look at Keith Schofield's video for "Heaven Can Wait" by Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg, yep it's a couple of months old. It's an interesting montage of imagery, that has less to do with film and more to do with a load of random and messed up stills, so it was interesting to read that...

We are coming to an age where the envelope of creativity is being expanded to include a broader array of talent. Having math and programming skills has always been a creative pursuit, but has never had creative respect. However, things might be changing here as the music visualization by Peter...