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    Sep 03, 10

    Juniorversity // 08

    Matt Eastwood told us last week how as a fledgling copywriter his mentor got him to read all of the good stuff to become a better, and knowledgeable writer. The famous, the historic, the informative.. and also the dictionary. One of those authors that should be top of your reading list is Kurt Vonnegut (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut) — a staple of American literature. He’s as crazy as a coconut in his fiction, witty in the speech he gives below, but more than anything is a pretty onto it, and influential character of the written world. Watch ‘em, then get out and buy his books! Your writing will love you for it.

    Also posted in WRITING | Tags: KURT VONNEGUT, WRITING

    Aug 20, 10

    Juniorversity // 07

    Buckminster Fuller (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller) was an American architect slash author slash futurist slash total bro. He believed in spaceships called earth, thought a lot about people and the way they behave — to form a better way for the planet to live. Phew! Pretty intense stuff! The below vid’s will not only make you feel like an integral part of the giant whole, but a little bit smarter, and you’ll also potentially start to feel slightly like a triangle.

    Tags: BUCKMINSTER FULLER, JUNIORVERSITY

    Jul 24, 10

    Juniorversity // 06

    There’s no need to explain who the accomplished dude below is. He has changed the way we live. Watch this video and he might change the way you tackle life too.

    Feb 23, 10

    Juniorversity Lecture // 05

    “A woman saw Picasso on the street and asked him to sketch her.

    After studying her for a moment, he used a single pencil stroke to create her portrait. Then he handed the women his work of art.

    ‘It’s perfect!’ she gushed. ‘You managed to capture my essence with one stroke, in one moment. Thank you! How much do I owe you?’

    “Five thousand dollars,” the artist replied.

    “B-b-but, what?” the woman sputtered. “How could you want so much money for this picture? It only took you a second to draw it!”

    To which Picasso responded, “Madame, it took me my entire life.” – Picasso, Paula Scher, and the lifetime behind every second (http://37signals NULL.com/svn/archives2/picasso_paula_scher_and_the_lifetime_behind_every_second NULL.php)

    Tags: JUNIORVERSITY, PICASSO

    Feb 19, 10

    Juniorversity // 05

    J.K. Rowling (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Jk_rowling)–better known as author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, and lesser known as a clear-thinking visionary who found success after beginning her adult life penniless and out of luck. She tells her story during the Commencement Address at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association in the video below, offering every 20-something some timely advice that’ll make you feel sooooo much better about life.

    Tags: J.K. ROWLING, JUNIORVERSITY

    Feb 16, 10

    Juniorversity Lecture // 04

    “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Winston_churchill)

    Tags: JUNIORVERSITY, WINSTON CHURCHILL

    Feb 09, 10

    Juniorversity Lecture // 03

    “Brevity is the soul of wit.” – Polonius (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Polonius), via Shakespeare

    Tags: JUNIORVERSITY, SHAKESPEARE

    Feb 05, 10

    Juniorversity // 04

    Dieter Rams (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Dieter_Rams), simply put, has created some of the most beautiful objects of the 20th Century. But their beauty was never the point–it was an afterthought. The modernist maxim, ‘less is more’, was Rams’ key principle, applying it to all his most famous designs (http://www NULL.flickr NULL.com/groups/464886 null@null N22/pool/page1/) made at Braun since becoming Chief of Design in 1961. Jonathon Ive (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive), the Senior Vice President of Design at Apple, also the designer of the iMac, iPod, and iBook, is known for his obsession with Rams’ work, evident across Apple’s entire product range (http://gizmodo NULL.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future). Rams, like so many other greats, was a man of principle. He outlines every single one (there are ten) in the second video below, using the best German accent you’ve heard since that crazy Hitler video (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4).

    Tags: DIETER RAMS, JUNIORVERSITY

    Jan 29, 10

    Juniorversity // 03

    Frank Lloyd Wright (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright) was one of the greatest thinkers to ever live. He was a man of ideals and passion, he held a vision of how the world ought to be, and he continuously strove to make it a reality through his work. The greatest and most enduring of all his ideals was to make the architecture of buildings as organic as the ground they sat on. He called it Organic Architecture (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Organic_architecture), which had many modernist similarities to the other major architectural movement of the early 20th Century, The International Style (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/International_style_(architecture)), yet differentiated itself by retaining it’s connection to the natural world. This philosophy is best described through his greatest works: Taliesin (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Taliesin_(studio)), Fallingwater (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Fallingwater), and The Guggenheim Museum, New York (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Solomon_R NULL._Guggenheim_Museum)–all enduring works of incredible power. But if you take only one idea from Wright, make it his idea of what an education should be. As you’ll hear in the second video below, the most important lessons in our short and insignificant lives are often the ones we are enlightened to, not conditioned to think.

    Tags: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, JUNIORVERSITY

    Jan 26, 10

    Juniorversity Lecture // 02

    “Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.” – Paul Rand (http://www NULL.paul-rand NULL.com)

    Tags: Paul Rand, Simplicity
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