March 2011 CreativeMornings

Here’s an overview of the upcoming March CreativeMornings in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. (Zurich’s next CM is in april! Daniel is speedy!)

N E W Y O R K
Date: March 31st, 2011 <-- THURSDAY Morning!
Speaker: Ji Lee, Creative Director Google Labs
Host: Galapagos Art Space
Sponsors: Mailchimp and Freshbooks
Organizer: swissmiss

More info and rsvp at creativemornings.eventbrite.com

L O S A N G E L E S
Date: March 18, 2011
Speaker: Blik Co-Founder Scott Flora
Host: TBA
Sponsor: TBA
Organizer: Jon Setzen

More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com

S A N F R A N C I S C O
Date: March 25, 2011
Speaker: Mule Design Founder Mike Monteiro
Host: The glorious Typekit headquarters
Sponsors: Happy Cog and Typekit
Organizer: Greg Storey

More info and rsvp at sfcreativemornings.eventbrite.com

Z U R I C H
Date: April 8, 2011
Speaker: Memonic Co-Founder Dr. Dorian Delz
Host: TBA
Sponsor: rtp Agency
Organizer: Daniel Frei

Check out our site creativemornings.com for more info and for links taped talks.

CreativeMornings Video: Milton Glaser

We just uploaded another CreativeMornings/NewYork video:

Our first speaker this year was design legend Milton Glaser. Needless to say that only 10 minutes after the RSVP-floodgates opened, this 500 people event was full. Milton’s talk was filled with an insatiable passion for design and amazing nuggets of wisdom.

Thanks to wonderful Sy Abudu, you can enjoy the talk now in Vimeo:

(The event was generously hosted at the School of Visual Arts Theatre which was designed by Milton!)

What is the one brand you can’t live without (aside from Apple)?

Photos by Emily Gilbert

At last week’s CreativeMornings/NewYork with Debbie Millman we asked the following Icebreakertag question: What is the one brand you can’t live without (aside from Apple)?

See all of the answers in this Flickr Set.

What’s your answer?

SF/CreativeMornings Video with Laura Brunow Miner

2011/02 Laura Brunow Miner | Why We Work from SanFrancisco/CreativeMornings on Vimeo.

Our speaker at the *first* SanFrancisco/CreativeMornings was Laura Brunow Miner of Pictory. The event took place on February 25, 2011 and was sponsored by Happy Cog and Typekit (who also hosted the event at their amazing new office in the Mission).

A big giant thank you to Chris Whitmore for offering to shoot and edit the video and also to J.T. Trollman for taking photos of the event.

The San Francisco chapter of CreativeMornings is run by Greg Storey.

See who’s upcoming and watch recorded talks over on creativemornings.com.

NYC/CreativeMornings Video with Emily Cohen

Our speaker at the december 2010 CreativeMornings was wonderful Emily Cohen.

Emily has been a consultant to creative professionals for over 20 years providing confidential, best-practice insights and advice on staff, client, and process-management strategies, conducting client surveys and writing winning proposals, creative briefs, and contracts. Her CreativeMornings talk was insightful and filled with hands-on tips. Please enjoy Emily Cohen’s talk:

A big giant thank you to Sy Abudu for offering her video and editing skills.

NYC/CreativeMornings with Debbie Millman

I am excited to announce next week’s NewYork/CreativeMornings with wonderful Debbie Millman.

WHEN/WHERE

NewYork/CreativeMornings, February 25th 2010, 8.30am – 10am. Please note that rsvp will open on monday february 21st at 11am over at creativemornings.eventbrite.com.

This month’s event will be hosted by the generous folks over at the amazing Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO. If you are not familiar with the space, get ready for a real treat.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Debbie Millman is a partner and president of the design division at Sterling Brands, one of the leading brand identity firms in the country. Millman is president of AIGA, and chair of the School of Visual Arts’ master’s program in Branding. She is a contributing editor to Print magazine and host of the podcast “Design Matters.” She is the author of How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press, 2007),The Essential Principles of Graphic Design (Rotovision, 2008) and Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design (How Books, 2009).

HOW TO SIGN UP

R.S.V.P will open at 11am on monday february 21st over at creativemornings.eventbrite.com!

Please let us know if you r.s.v.p’d but can no longer make it. Our events fill up quickly and we usually keep a waiting list. Thank you! And at the morning of the event, make sure to put on your chatty networking hats!

BREAKFAST SPONSORS

Breakfast will be sponsored by our main sponsor MailChimp and this month’s co-sponsor Freshbooks.

Check out our new website: www.creativemornings.com

Also happening next week:

L O S A N G E L E S
Date: February 25, 2011
Speaker: K.Kirk+N.Strandberg of Eight Hour Day
Host: Ford&Ching
Sponsor: Media Temple
Organizer: Jon Setzen

More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com

S A N F R A N C I S C O
Date: February 25, 2011 | Chapter Kick-Off!
Speaker: Laura Brunow Miner
Host: Typekit (crazy awesome space!)
Sponsors: Happy Cog and Typekit
Organizer: Greg Storey

More info and rsvp at sfcreativemornings.eventbrite.com

NYC/CreativeMornings Video with Andrew Zuckerman

Our speaker at the november 2010 CreativeMornings was the amazingly inspiring Andrew Zuckerman. During his talk, you could literally hear jaws drop in the audience and I have never gotten as many emails right after the event saying that they left with such a desire to go home and ‘create something’. Andrew’s talk was nothing short of powerful. And I am delighted to see that he has since been asked to be speak at this year’s 99% conference, because one of the Behance folks was attending and equally impressed. Please enjoy, Andrew Zuckerman’s talk:

2010/11 Andrew Zuckerman from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.

A big giant thank you to Sy Abudu for offering her video and editing skills.

February 2011 CreativeMornings

Here’s an overview of the upcoming February CreativeMornings in New York, Zurich, Los Angeles and … drumroll… San Francisco!

N E W Y O R K
Date: February 25, 2011
Speaker: Debbie Millman
Host: Galapagos Art Space
Sponsors: Mailchimp and Freshbooks
Organizer: swissmiss

More info and rsvp at creativemornings.eventbrite.com

Z U R I C H
Date: February 4, 2011
Speaker: Alexander Mazzara of JOIZTV
Host: JOIZTV
Sponsor: Crystal Catering
Organizer: Daniel Frei

More info and rsvp at joiz.eventbrite.com (It seems as the event is already full!)

L O S A N G E L E S
Date: February 25, 2011
Speaker: K.Kirk+N.Strandberg of Eight Hour Day
Host: Ford&Ching
Sponsor: Media Temple
Organizer: Jon Setzen

More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com

S A N F R A N C I S C O
Date: February 25, 2011 | Chapter Kick-Off!
Speaker: Laura Brunow Miner
Host: Typekit (crazy awesome space!)
Sponsors: Happy Cog and Typekit
Organizer: Greg Storey

More info and rsvp at sfcreativemornings.eventbrite.com

Check out our brandnew site creativemornings.com!

CreativeMornings Video: Liz Danzico

Our speaker at the october 2010 CreativeMornings was wonderufl Liz Danzico of bobulate.com. In her insightful talk Liz reminded us about the power of the pause.

A big giant thank you to Sy Abudu for offering her video and editing skills.

LA/CreativeMornings Video with Andrew Gibbs

Our speaker at the January 2011 Los Angeles/CreativeMornings was Andrew Gibbs of The Dieline. This event took place on December 17, 2010 and was generously hosted by Ford & Ching.

I am hugely impressed what Andrew has accomplished being 25 years old. He is an inspiration to all young designers. And how much do I love that he called our upcoming NY/CreativeMornings speaker Debbie Millman the ‘Design Queen of the World’? Made me smile.

A big giant thank you to Grant Withington and Stephen Haynes for offering to shoot and edit the video, with assistance from Michael Mahaffey.

The Los Angeles chapter of Creative Mornings is run by Jon Setzen.

IcebreakerTag: I ♥ ….

Last friday’s IcebreakerTag question was easy to come up with, given that Milton Glaser was our CreativeMornings speaker:

I ♥ ….

What would you have answered?

See all of the answers in this Flickr Set. (All photos by Emily Gilbert and Chasi Annexy.)

creativemornings.com

Finally, CreativeMornings has its own site! You can now easily see what events are coming up and watch the most recent videos. If you want to be kept in the loop for upcoming CreativeMornings, make sure to sign up for one of the newsletters. (Each chapter has its own!)

A big thank you to Caroline Keim for coding the site and for Miah’s help on the design.

CreativeMornings with Milton Glaser

(image by Matthew Kraus)

The CreativeMornings/NewYork crowd was in for a treat yesterday; design legend Milton Glaser was speaking. Milton’s presentation was tremendously insightful and inspiring. I think all of us left in complete admiration of Milton’s passsion for design. I can honestly say, that I hope to be as driven and hungry to learn, when I am in my 80’s. He still goes to work every day and looks forward to doing so. That right there must be the secret to aging happily; never losing interest in what you do and keeping your passion alive, wanting to learn something new, every single day.

Read some write-ups about the event here: Core77 and Campsite Studio.

I will share the video of his talk as soon as we have it ready.

Yesterday would not have been possible with the help of following wonderful people: David Rhodes, President of the School of Visual Arts (allowing us to use the SVA theatre), Steven Heller (for pulling strings), the entire team at the SVA theatre, Sy Abudu (Videographer), Emily Gilbert (Photography), Chasi Annexy (Photography), Aymie Spitzer (super-magic-helper), Michael (for helping at the door).

LA/CreativeMornings Video with Alissa Walker

Our speaker at the December 2010 Los Angeles/CreativeMornings was Alissa Walker of Gelato Baby. This event took place on December 17, 2010 and was generously hosted by Ford & Ching.

How incredibly charming is Alissa?

2010/12 Alissa Walker | Gelato Baby from LosAngeles/CreativeMornings on Vimeo.

A big giant thank you to Grant Withington and Stephen Haynes for offering to shoot and edit the video, with assistance from Michael Mahaffey.

The Los Angeles chapter of Creative Mornings is run by Jon Setzen.

January 2011 CreativeMornings

Here’s an overview of the upcoming January CreativeMornings in New York, Zurich and LosAngeles.

N E W Y O R K
Date: January 13, 2011 (yes, it’s a Thursday!)
Speaker: Design Legend Milton Glaser
Host: School of Visual Arts Theater
Sponsors: Mailchimp and Freshbooks

More info and rsvp at creativemornings.eventbrite.com

Z U R I C H
Date: January 14, 201
Speaker: Mischa Gubler of Massloss (Amboss-Bier and Café Noir)
Host: Amboss Rampe
Sponsor: Amboss-Bier and Café Noir

More info and rsvp at zurichcreativemornings.eventbrite.com

L O S A N G E L E S
Date: January 14, 2011
Speaker: Andrew Gibbs, Founder of The Dieline
Host: Ford&Ching
Sponsor: proxart

More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com

Exciting News: Starting February 2011 we will have a S A N F R A N C I S C O chapter, which will be led by Greg Storey, the force behind Happy Cog SF and Airbagindustries. Follow Greg on Twitter @brilliantcrank.

Upcoming CreativeMornings

Here’s an overview of the upcoming December CreativeMornings in New York, Zurich and LosAngeles.

N E W Y O R K
Date: December 3rd, 2010
Speaker: Emily Cohen
Host: Galapagos, DUMBO
Sponsors: Mailchimp and Freshbooks
More info and rsvp at creativemornings.eventbrite.com

Z U R I C H
Date: December 10, 2010
Speaker: Nicola Forster, Präsident Foraus
Host: Dini Mueter
Sponsors: Dini Mueter and GINETTA™ WEB/DESIGN.
More info and rsvp at zurichcreativemornings.eventbrite.com

L O S A N G E L E S
Date: December 17th, 2010
Speaker: Alissa Walker
Host: Ford&Ching
Sponsors: promojam
More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com

NYC/CreativeMornings Video: Rachel Sussman

Our speaker at the august 2010 CreativeMornings was fabulous Rachel Sussman, force behind the fabulous The Oldest Living Things in The World project.

See all our NYC/CreativeMornings videos here.

A big giant thank you to Sy Abudu for offering her video and editing skills.

LA/CreativeMornings Video: Bobby Solomon

Our speaker at the second Los Angeles/CreativeMornings was Bobby Solomon, force behind the fantastic KitsuneNoir / TheFoxisBlack.

The event took place on November 12, 2010 and was generously hosted by Willard Ford of Ford & Ching.

The Los Angeles/CreativeMornings chapter is run by my friend and former Brooklynite Jon Setzen. A big thank you to everyone involved.

A big giant thank you to Grant Withington and Stephen Haynes for offering to shoot and edit the video, with assistance from Michael Mahaffey.

Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/​LosAngeles_CM

NYC/CreativeMornings with Andrew Zuckerman

I am thrilled to announce next week’s NewYork/CreativeMornings with the amazingly talented Andrew Zuckerman as our speaker.

WHEN/WHERE

NewYork/CreativeMornings, November 12th 2010, 8.30am – 10am. Please note that rsvp will open on monday november 8th, at 11.55am over at creativemornings.eventbrite.com.

This month’s event will be hosted by the generous folks over at the amazing Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO. If you are not familiar with the space, get ready for a real treat.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Andrew Zuckerman is a New York City based Photographer and Film Director with a truly inspiring body of work.

You might be familiar with his fantastic books: CREATURE, a portrait series of animals, was released worldwide in November 2007 to critical acclaim and is now in its fourth printing. WISDOM, a book, film, and traveling exhibition released in October 2008, is an ongoing project made with the support of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Andrew traveled the globe to photograph and interview the world’s most eminent elders, from Judi Dench to Nelson Mandela, creating a comprehensive account of their perspectives on life. His latest book, BIRD, is a visual study of birds from the rarest to the most common and will be available in October 2009.

In 2006 Andrew co-founded Late Night and Weekends, a company that produces advertising, films, books, and online content.

www.andrewzuckerman.com

HOW TO SIGN UP

R.S.V.P will open at 11.55am on monday november 8, 2010 over at creativemornings.eventbrite.com!

Please let us know if you r.s.v.p’d but can no longer make it. Our events fill up quickly and we usually keep a waiting list. Thank you! And at the morning of the event, make sure to put on your chatty networking hats!

BREAKFAST SPONSORS

Breakfast will be sponsored by our main sponsor MailChimp and this month’s co-sponsor Freshbooks.

MailChimp is a fantastic service that makes it easy to send email newsletters to your customers, manage your subscriber lists, and track campaign performance. A big yay-hooray to the team over at MailChimp!

FreshBooks is the leader in online invoicing for creative professionals. Get your free account at FreshBooks.com

ABOUT CREATIVEMORNINGS

CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge! There are currently three chapters: Zurich, LosAngeles + NewYork/CreativeMornings. (More chapters are planned but not for another 2-3months)

Be the first to know when r.s.v.p’s open up, follow NewYork/CreativeMornings on twitter!

Check out pictures of previous NewYork/CreativeMornings over at Flickr.

View all the taped talks we’ve put up on the web so far over at Vimeo.com/creativemornings.

LosAngeles/CreativeMornings with Bobby Solomon

Our November LosAngeles/CreativeMornings speaker is Bobby Solomon of Kitsune Noir on November 12th, 8.30am – 10am. (RSVP will open Friday November 5, 2010 at 11am over at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com!)

Bobby is a Los Angeles based designer who runs Kitsune Noir, a culture blog that dabbles in art, design, food & fashion. Since it’s inception in 2007 Bobby has created severable notable projects such as The Desktop Wallpaper Project, which features the best contemporary artists and designers from around the world, creating wallpapers to liven up people’s computer desktops.

The event will be hosted at the Ford&Ching showroom in the historic Kim Sing Theatre in Chinatown. Not familiar with their space? Get ready for a real treat!

A big thank you to HUGE/Los Angeles for sponsoring breakfast.

And many thanks to Boxed Water Is Better for generously donating a few cases of their delicious and environmentally friendly boxed water.

SIGN UP
RSVP will open up on friday, november 5, 2010 at 11am. (Space is limited and we will up quickly, so mark your calendars!)

ABOUT CREATIVEMORNINGS
CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge! LosAngeles is now the third chapter and joins Zurich + NewYork/CreativeMornings.

The LosAngeles/CreativeMornings chapter is run by Jon Setzen.

Zurich/CreativeMornings with Michel Bachmann

DATE
Zurich/CreativeMornings Friday November 12th, 8.30 am – 10 am.

SPEAKER
Our Zurich/CreativeMornings November speaker will be Michel Bachmann, Co-Founder The Hub Zürich. Michel will talk about collaborative innovation: taking the social in social entrepreneurship seriously.

HOST
We are thrilled that The Hub Zürich offered to open their doors and host our Zurich/CreativeMornings. As you can tell from the images below, their space, designed by Antonio Scarponi, is stunning!

(images by Louis Rosenthal)

SIGN UP
You will be able to sign up starting Monday, November 8th, 11 am Zurich-time over at zurichcreativemornings.eventbrite.com. Mark your calendars as there are only 50 spots available.

COFFEE SPONSOR

Coffee will be generously sponsored by the wonderful Cafe Noir in Zurich.

ABOUT CREATIVEMORNINGS
Zurich/CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series organized by Daniel Frei, originally started by Tina Roth Eisenberg (swissmiss) in New York City. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge!

Be the first to know when r.s.v.p’s open up, follow Zurich/CreativeMornings on twitter!

Check out pictures of previous NewYork/CreativeMornings over at Flickr.

Connect with us on Facebook.

View all the taped Zurich/CreativeMornings talks we’ve put up on the web so far over at Vimeo.

LA/CreativeMornings Video: Zach Frechette

Our speaker at the inaugural Los Angeles/CreativeMornings was Zach Frachette, Co-founder and Editor of GOOD Magazine. The event took place on October 8, 2010 and was generously hosted by Willard Ford of Ford & Ching. Breakfast (and my flight) were sponsored by Something Massive.

The Los Angeles/CreativeMornings chapter is run by my friend and former Brooklynite Jon Setzen. A big thank you to everyone involved.

A big giant thank you to Grant Withington and Stephen Haynes for offering to shoot and edit the video, with assistance from Michael Mahaffey.

Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/​LosAngeles_CM

NYC/CreativeMornings with Liz Danzico

I am delighted to announce next week’s NewYork/CreativeMornings with my friend and UX Expert, Author, Educator Liz Danzico as our speaker.

WHEN/WHERE

NewYork/CreativeMornings, October 29th 2010, 8.30am – 10am. This month’s event will be hosted at the Blurb PopUp/NYC store on Mercer street in Soho.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Liz Danzico is part designer, part educator, and part editor. She is an independent consultant, and user experience consultant for Happy Cog Studios. She is chairperson of the MFA in Interaction Design program, which will see its inaugural class graduate in spring 2011 at the School of Visual Arts, and co-founded the program with Steven Heller (our last month’s speaker). She’s a columnist for Core77 and Interactions Magazine, and is proud to be on the advisory boards for the Austin Center for Design, desigNYC, Design Ignites Change, and Rosenfeld Media. Find more about Liz and her thinking on her fantastic blog called Bobulate.

HOW TO SIGN UP

R.S.V.P will open at 10.55am on friday october 22, 2010 over at creativemornings.eventbrite.com!

Please let us know if you r.s.v.p’d but can no longer make it. Our events fill up quickly and we usually keep a waiting list. Thank you! And at the morning of the event, make sure to put on your chatty networking hats!

BREAKFAST SPONSORS

Breakfast will be sponsored by our main sponsor MailChimp and this month’s host Blurb.

MailChimp is a fantastic service that makes it easy to send email newsletters to your customers, manage your subscriber lists, and track campaign performance. A big yay-hooray to the team over at MailChimp!

Blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the joy of books – reading them, making them, sharing them, and selling them. Blurb developed a creative publishing service simple and smart enough to make anyone an author – every blogger, cook, photographer, parent, traveler, poet, pet owner, marketer, everyone. (This means you.)

ABOUT CREATIVEMORNINGS

CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge! There are currently three chapters: Zurich, LosAngeles + NewYork/CreativeMornings. (More chapters are planned but not for another 2-3months)

Be the first to know when r.s.v.p’s open up, follow NewYork/CreativeMornings on twitter!

Check out pictures of previous NewYork/CreativeMornings over at Flickr.

View all the taped talks we’ve put up on the web so far over at Vimeo.com/creativemornings.

LosAngeles/CreativeMornings

I had the pleasure to travel to Los Angeles last week to kick-off the LosAngeles/CreativeMornings chapter. Our speaker was Zach Frechette, co-founder and editor of GOOD Magazine. The event was hosted at the fantastic Ford&Ching space. I think it’s safe to say the event was a success. Check out the photos here, all taken by the talented Cicilia Teng.

I enjoyed the icebreaker tags. We asked: I wish they all could be….

A big giant thank you to Jon Setzen, who is running the LA chapter. Jon is Creative Director at Something Massive and they were super generous in flying me out and sponsoring breakfast.

The video of Zach’s talk will be posted soon. Sit tight.