My next leadership seminar: June 4 and 5 at the New School (jointly with Columbia Business School)

on May 10, 2011 in Awareness, Blog, Education, Leadership

(Some details TBD, but mark your calendars. The room is beautiful and centrally located. Please contact me with any questions. I’ll update details as they are determined.)   LEADERSHIP THROUGH SELF-AWARENESS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE At a time when businesses and business schools seek to learn from designers and design schools seek to prepare “students to be leaders in their professions and society”, cross-pollination between communities over common interests is as[…] Keep reading →

New images and videos of the Parsons Displays

on May 5, 2011 in Art, Creativity, Education

Here are some videos and images of the displays the Parsons students put up in the corner of 5th Avenue and 13th Street. As usual, my camera is not great and my recording ability is worse. Cameras don’t capture the medium. The final product also doesn’t capture the challenge and work that went into creating the displays. Also, please see the course blog for lots of other images and videos[…] Keep reading →

What do I do?

on May 3, 2011 in Blog

Do you want to live a life of the emotions you want — happiness, joy, whatever — freedom, and achievement? Then do what you love. If you believe you have to sacrifice what you love “to be practical” or “pragmatic,” you are your own biggest obstacle. My life is a testament to the contrary. If you don’t know what you love, find out. If you don’t know how to find[…] Keep reading →

Update #3 on the Union Square display

on April 30, 2011 in Art, Education

We made the minimum on the Parsons Union Square kickstarter project! The project raised $5,017, just over the minimum of $5,000 we set (which is still below the what we’ll need, but we’ll figure out how to make it). Here’s the latest updated we sent out. Update #3: We made it! Thank you! We made it! Just barely! Making it this close ($5,017 out of $5,000) means every contribution counted.[…] Keep reading →

Update #2 on the Parsons Union Square display

on April 28, 2011 in Art, Creativity

Here is an update to the Parsons Union Square kickstarter project. Update #2: Video of the Fifth Avenue display Here is a video (just from my camera phone, sorry not great quality) of one of the displays in Parsons’ window facing Fifth Avenue and 13th Street. As mentioned in the last update, this display is a big, genuine art piece, although still in preparation for the Union Square piece, which[…] Keep reading →

Update #1 on the Union Square display

on April 26, 2011 in Art, Creativity, Education

Here is an update to the Parsons Union Square kickstarter project. Update #1: Prototype displays go up in Parsons windows, 5th Avenue and 13th Street The class has been preparing prototype linear zoetropes to be placed in the windows of Parsons’ building at 5th Avenue and 13th Street, facing the street. We shouldn’t call them prototypes because they are full art pieces everyone in the class participated in creating, hosted[…] Keep reading →

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