Creativity Top 5: July 26, 2010

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Paola Antonelli Presentation At Creative Mornings

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via vimeo.com

Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, was the June 2010 SwissMiss’ CreativeMornings speaker. She discusses design history, education, the exhibit “Design and the Elastic Mind” and next year’s “Talk To Me” exhibition currently taking shape transparently via a blog at MoMA.org/Talktome.

“Design and the Elastic Mind” and the symposium “Mind 08” presented around it where truly inspiring and eye-opening for me and introduced me to the work of many people I have come to love.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Commencement Speech at Princeton Video

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via youtube.com

Video of the Princeton 2010 Commencement Speech.

 

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Icons of 35 Iconic Films Animated in 35mm

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via vimeo.com

Visually witty with illustration and animation panache. The sound design elevates it from a great short to a brilliant one. Can you name all the films referenced? (via Philip Ames)

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

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Dieter Rams “is a genius designer, and a genius manager of his process,” who clearly believes that “design should not dominate people.”

via kottke.org

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.