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Richard Branson: Mother Nature, the original entrepreneur
by Richard Branson Since I was a young boy, I’ve been captivated by everything we find living and growing on our planet. We know that without healthy natural ecosystems and biodiversity there would be no life, and of course no business. We rely on our natural assets, balanced carbon cycles, and diverse plant and animal … Continue reading
Architecture: The Woolworth Building at 100
Opened 100 years ago when President Woodrow Wilson pushed a button that lit up every floor at once, the steel-frame Woolworth Building in Lower Manhattan not only had a spectacular birth; it was arguably the first quintessentially American skyscraper. Financed with cash, built on the back of Frank Woolworth’s retail empire and topping out at … Continue reading
Meet Davor Pavelić
Davor Pavelić is an illustrator with a diverse interest in the field of illustrations; from advertising and editorial to children’s illustration. His first choice is the editorial illustration, where he can conceptualize and develop ideas on various topics and find the best way to capture the essence of the article or theme he illustrates. His style … Continue reading
Sports Illustrated Cover
The cover of Sports Illustrated this week. The man in that photo is 78-year-old Bill Iffrig. He actually got up and finished the race. Sports Illustrated, April 17, 2013 Creative Director: Chris Hercik Photographer: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe SPD team spoke with CD Chris Hercik about SI’s powerful cover of Monday’s tragic bombings at the Boston … Continue reading
Blast to the Past: Meet Walter Allner
Walter Allner noted designer, typographer and painter was trained at the Bauhaus under Josef Albers, Vasily Kandisky and Joost Schmidt. He also worked for a short time with Otto Neurath, inventor of the Isoype, at the Österreichisches Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Vienna. He also worked briefly with Piet Zwart, the influential Dutch typographer. He worked … Continue reading
Richard Branson: Give people the freedom of where to work
To successfully work with other people, you have to trust each other. A big part of this is trusting people to get their work done wherever they are, without supervision. It is the art of delegation, which has served Virgin and many other companies well over the years. We like to give people the freedom … Continue reading
Meet Tim O’Brien
Tim O’Brien is an illustrator and portrait painter whose intricately detailed and imaginative illustrations have been published most notably in TIME Magazine as well as Der Spiegel, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, TV Guide, The Atlantic Monthly, Business Week, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, PlanSponsor, National Geographic, Playboy, Penthouse, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Avon … Continue reading
Meet Gail Bichler
Gail Bichler Art Director, The New York Times Magazine Gail began her career at Chicago based Studio Blue, a small design group that specializes in creating art books. She later founded Gail Bichler Design, a studio catering to museum and publishing clients, and taught at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2004, Gail … Continue reading
Meet Boris Bucan
Boris Bucan is regarded as one of the most important artists of the contemporary Croatian art scene. During 40 years of creative activity his works have been exhibited worldwide and have won numerous international and national prizes and awards. At an early stage in his career he already received international acclaim due to his distinctive … Continue reading
Meet Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank Owen Goldberg; February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles. His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. His works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair … Continue reading
