I love these examples of playing with your food. They made me smile. Great way to get kids to eat, and adults to be more creative. From the book Funny Food* from Bill and Clair Wurtzel
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I am getting my copy of this today and I’m very excited about it -From Stanford University’s D-School this book is a tool for helping people intentionally manipulate space to ignite creativity. I will update this post when I have read it. It sounds like it’s just my kind of book:
“Appropriate for designers charged with creating new spaces or anyone interested in revamping an existing space, this guide offers novel and non-obvious strategies for changing surroundings specifically to enhance the ways in which teams and individuals communicate, work, play—and innovate. This work is based on years of classes and programs at the d.school including countless prototypes and iterations with d.school students and spaces.”
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This is a book I’ve just added to my wish list (next time there is enough money in Coink) -
“I Wish I Worked There!*”According to the amazon write up:
“Revealing some of the world’s most inspiring workplaces, I Wish I Worked There!* investigates the way 20 famous brands have put innovation at the heart of their culture. Photographs and illustrations detail the way in which companies accommodate creative activity through spaces that: stimulate, enable reflection, promote collaboration and encourage play. Easy-to-adopt principles assist the design, creation or selection of spaces that support creative endeavour. Never before has a title looked specifically at how the working environment fosters the flow of ideas from both practical and emotional perspectives – with business results.”
Sounds like my kind of book. Has anyone read it? (via notcot)
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Don’t forget to enter to win a handmade book, with whatever you want written on the cover.
You have until midnight tonight CST to enter. MORE DETAILS HERE
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A couple of weeks ago on twitter I saw a tweet by Guy Kawasaki (the guy who suggested the red for the plugbug)- he mentioned something about being not in the zone. He had signed someone’s book with a (harmless) insult and showed a photo of it. Of course I loved it and tweeted back about how he could insult me if he ever signed a book for me. He sent me a link and my ‘clever idea’ alert went off in my head immediately. If you go to this page – it will explain more. You put up a photo of you holding Enchantment* , fill in a form and Guy signs a spare book jacket to you and sends it so you can put it on the book. Simple. A great way for him to get photos of people holding the book. A great way for his readers to get signed copies. Win/Win all around. I did it, not really to get the book jacket, but to remind me that there is often a very simple way of doing something.
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