12.12.12: The Concert For Sandy Relief

Around here, we are already super-excited about Dec. 12, 2012, for many reasons. First, it is our son Riley’s ninth birthday — but also, it’s the date that The Concert For Sandy Relief will be broadcast to over one billion people worldwide. The concert event will air on 34 US networks and television feeds worldwide, in addition to streaming online and on the radio.

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Adventures in Publishing: Charlotte Cheetham

Charlotte Cheetham is a French curator in graphic design: her publications and exhibitions projects, about graphic design and art relevant issues, are thought-like spaces for experimental proposals. The blog she has run since 2006 proposes one possible reflection of a landscape and promotes a contemporary adventurous and transversal practice of graphic design that comes closely … Read moreAdventures in Publishing: Charlotte Cheetham

Brilliant directors: Peter Lang

The earliest academic ambitions for Pictures in a Row (Picrow) principal, director, cinematographer and screenwriter Peter Lang took root in his passion for architecture.

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Inspiration from Gaian.me

With its digital album releases including designs, music and articles, The Gaian Project celebrates nature by inspiring people to preserve our planet. Over the past six years a group of more than 10,000 designers joined in – including members from Behance, deviantArt and other major design websites. Steffen Knoesgaard, Fredrik Ekholm and Simon Holmedal created … Read moreInspiration from Gaian.me

Scion’s moving story…

The evolving brand campaign from Scion and its creative agency of record ATTIK debuted in late September, and the newest facet entitled Motivate launched last week. Motivate presents young self-starters in the creative arts community with opportunities to achieve their dreams by winning personal business mentors, up to $10,000 and Scion vehicles. Full contest rules … Read moreScion’s moving story…

Shilo is stepping up…

Fans of U.S. creative production company Shilo, fasten your seatbelts! This year the company has welcomed director Luc “Reso” Janin to its roster for commercial and music video representation in America, and Brad Tucker came onboard in June as a creative director and director. Behind the scenes in New York City, Shilo added Robert Berman … Read moreShilo is stepping up…

America’s national parks, part 4

As you have seen over the past several weeks, inspired by the epic 2009 PBS documentary from Ken Burns entitled “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” my family and I have taken up the challenge of visiting — and extolling the virtues of — the national treasures which form the heart of the film… and of America itself. This is the final week of our travels, and while our 2012 time in Yellowstone and Grand Teton has ended, like Mark Twain, the experiences are now integral aspects of us all, which we shall each continue to fathom forever. We will actually be making our way through the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri, and spending time exploring caves and waterways that form the backdrop of some of Mr. Twain’s most wonderful tales. Entering these adventures, as privileged as I felt, I did not dare hope to experience revelations, but in truth, the knowledge we are gaining of people and places is already priceless to me. To say the least, I encourage you to follow these trails, or those you come across which inspire you the most.

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America’s national parks, part 3

In February of 2009, just as the winter season in Yosemite National Park was winding down, two very special visitors were on-hand at a public meeting in the park. As you can see, the visitors were Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, who presented a first look at their 12-hour documentary on America’s national parks. For more on the project, please visit https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-national-parks/. Below, I’m also embedding North America’s National Park IMAX HD for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

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America’s national parks, part 2

My family and I have made our way north and west toward Yellowstone National Park, traveling through many beautiful lands that we know have changed in profound ways over the past two hundred years. In truth, many of our thoughts have been with the continent’s native people and the maelstrom of circumstances that arrived with … Read moreAmerica’s national parks, part 2

“Produce!” a great team effort for Thornberg & Forester

One of the highlights of working with the bright and innovative talents at Thornberg & Forester (T&F) over the past year was helping to write the script for the promo I’m embedding above. This project is a teaser for a colorful and informative interstitial series that T&F created for Cooking Channel which the network started … Read more“Produce!” a great team effort for Thornberg & Forester