The “Can Do” Spirit, Illustrated with Graceful Purposefulness
Posted: March 20, 2011 Filed under: blended learning, outside the box | Tags: art, illustration, inventiveness, new ways of learning Leave a comment »Sometimes we have to think differently about how information is presented to us. Take the example of Maira Kalman. She’s an illustrator, author and designer and has written and illustrated 14 children’s books as well as 7 adult books.
This piece on American inventiveness was published as part of an illustrated, 12-part blog in the New York Times. It has been since published as a book.
As the comments show at the end of each blog post, Kalman’s style brings delight to the reader. Why is that? What can we learn from it?
TED2011 prize winner
Posted: March 4, 2011 Filed under: outside the box | Tags: art, personal identity Leave a comment »The winner is JR, an amazing photographer who creates large-scale participatory art projects that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work.
INSIDE OUT is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work. Everyone is challenged to use black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share the untold stories and images of people around the world. These digitally uploaded images will be made into posters and sent back to the project’s co-creators for them to exhibit in their own communities. People can participate as an individual or in a group; posters can be placed anywhere, from a solitary image in an office window to a wall of portraits on an abandoned building or a full stadium. These exhibitions will be documented, archived and viewable virtually.
INSIDE OUT is a collaboration between the artist JR, the TED Prize and you.
