In which I reflect on three presentations given at Design Indaba 2010 that give hope for design’s potential to save the world, and one that demonstrates that design has another, less altruistic, but equally valid, role to play.
Kreativation: Design // Branding // Ideas // Illustration
This is Kreativation. This is where Jonno Cohen works, plays and thinks.
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On Games { 0 }
In which I reflect on the valuable life lessons gleaned from a childhood spent indoors, basking in the glow of a computer screen. Those hours and days of computer games taught me about inspiration, hard work, and why it’s all worth it.
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On Blankness { 1 }
Nothing.
There is nothing more frightening than nothing. Try imagine nothing. You can’t. The nothingness you imagine is still a ‘-ness’; a thing. We just aren’t adequately equipped to comprehend nothing.
That’s why the most difficult step in any creative effort is often the first.