chris mackintosh. inspirational scrapbook.

Aug 26

Aug 5

Jun 24

Pony Meeting

This refers to a story Lopp told earlier in the session, in which he described the process of a senior manager outlining what they wanted from any new application: “I want WYSIWYG… I want it to support major browsers… I want it to reflect the spirit of the company.” Or, as Lopp put it: “I want a pony!” He added: “Who doesn’t? A pony is gorgeous!” The problem, he said, is that these people are describing what they think they want. And even if they’re misguided, they, as the ones signing the checks, really cannot be ignored.

The solution, he described, is to take the best ideas from the paired design meetings and present those to leadership, who might just decide that some of those ideas are, in fact, their longed-for ponies. In this way, the ponies morph into deliverables. And the C-suite, who are quite reasonable in wanting to know what designers are up to, and absolutely entitled to want to have a say in what’s going on, are involved and included. And that helps to ensure that there are no nasty mistakes down the line.



Jun 23
“There are projects that make me feel like I’m witnessing new stars being born. The studio is a nebula. But I can’t talk about them yet.” Matt Webb 

May 16

Milton Glaser – on the fear of failure.


May 14

Apr 2

Michael Wolff on Creativity


Feb 8

Feb 4

Feb 1

The Notorious BIG: The Illustrated “Juicy”
A 30-page, perfect-bound illustrated edition of Biggie’s “Juicy.” Illustrations by Meaghan Garvey, words by Christopher Wallace.

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The Notorious BIG: The Illustrated “Juicy”

A 30-page, perfect-bound illustrated edition of Biggie’s “Juicy.” Illustrations by Meaghan Garvey, words by Christopher Wallace.

Click image for slideshow.


Dec 1
Liftoff.

Liftoff.


May 28

Mar 26

Philip Glass - Sesame Street - Geometry of Circles


Feb 3

Nov 9

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