Posts Tagged ‘creative’

There Will Be Blood: Harley-Davidson hires Victors & Spoils

Harley-Davidson had kept their account at Carmichael Lynch for over 30 years. If you’re looking for the definition of classic traditional agency, you don’t have to look much further than CL. Everyone knows their work for Harley over the years. Open up an annual, there it is. What’s so stunning in all of this is that Harley-Davidson didn’t go the usual rout. They didn’t walk the account six blocks over to Fallon. Yes, they went to Boulder, but not to CP+B.

No. Harley-Davidson opted for a completely new model-Victors & Spoils, an agency that utilizes a creative crowdsourcing platform.

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Creativity: Thought or Expression?

Translator friend @raffel just recently captured and shared in a blog post notes surrounding a discussion that was held at lab hours a few weeks back. The topic: the definition of creativity. The discussion was spawned from the talk myself and @rohdesign did for @mke_ux about sketching. In the talk, we discussed the notion that sketching is not drawing, and that people discount their ability to be creative because of their inability to draw well. My stance? Creativity is the act of thinking outside the the expected.

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An 8 iron for creativity: what you can learn from one club golf

First of all, a definition of one club golf. No, it is not golf played by members of advertising’s famous One Club. Rather, it is a round played with a single club. That is correct—one, single solitary club and all the skill, creativity and talent you can bring to that particular round of golf. And yes, you must putt with this club as well.

So what does all this have to do with digital, strategy or creativity which is what I usually write about here? A lot.

Let me ask you this: How many of us are hindered by thinking we can only play with a “full bag of clubs?” Instead, I’d suggest seeing limitations for what they are: things you don’t need to worry about.

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Branding lessons from a bean counter

It’s a valuable lesson (one that you can’t learn soon enough) to get in the mindset that you are always self employed—even if you receive a paycheck from an employer. Yes, it’s good to identify with and be proud of the company you work for. But in an industry as volatile as ours, it can often be a painful discovery to realize that no agency is bullet-proof and nothing lasts forever. Always begin with the (your name goes here) brand. It will make you a better and more valuable employee, team member and contributor to your community.

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Speed Sketching: A valuable lesson from Mike Rohde

This past Saturday, I attended the very cool DrawCamp series of seminars on all things drawing held at BucketWorks. A very enthusiastic James Carlson introduced the event as an “Unconference,” that is, one in which attendees volunteer to lead and teach one of the 45 minute segments scheduled throughout the day. It was inspiring to see the big turnout (including lots of kids- #ubercool) at yet another creative gathering that’s making Milwaukee a great community to live and work in.

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