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Graphic Economic Explaination with Robert Reich

From MoveOn.org:

 

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said he could explain the problems with the economy in less than 2 minutes, 15 seconds—and he did it (with illustrations to boot).

Check it out:
http://front.moveon.org/scribbling-sharpie-illustrates-the-truth-about-our-economy/#.Tfp9Qm0gbA0;facebook

(via Nancy Margulies)

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The Exquisite Corpse of Science

 

How do different people and groups of people view science? What do they know about it? What do they think is important? In this educational project, Tim Jones, communicatescience.com and two colleagues from Imperial College asked three groups of people what they thought was important about science today......and draw it ! Here is the result expressed as four drawings joined using the Surrealists' technique of 'Exquisite Corpse'.

(via Perrin Ireland)

How to Write Like an Architect

In this video from the series How to Architect, Doug Patt demonstrates how to architect with the basic drafting tools for an architect when working by hand: a parallel rule, a t-square, and an Ames lettering guide to create the lines for the lettering. 

Although this is a controlled tabletop activity, the principles apply to graphic recording. Doug's advice: "I'd say the most important thing to remember about hand lettering is that your letters need to seem animated while still appearing orderly and neat. I think this is achieved by using a few conventions."

(via Dave's Faves)

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IDEO's Deep Dive Diagramed

See time-lapse of Keith Bendis creating this diagram of IDEO's famed Deep Dive Process described in this classic 1999 NBC Nightline video:

RSA Animate: Steven Pinker on Language as a Window into Human Nature

Why are bribes, requests, seductions, innuendos, and threats so often veiled?

Especially when, presumably, both parties know what they mean? (ex. "Would you like to come upstairs and see my etchings?"

Author and psychology professor Steven Pinker explores our use of "veiled language" through famous scenes in pop culture, including Fargo, When Harry Met Sally, and The Sopranos.

In this next installment of the insanely popular RSA Animate series, Cognitive Media continues to surprise, delight, and illuminate.

Our cultural use of linguistic conundrums are explained by combining master draughtsman skills, witty visual themes, and brilliant site gags inspired by the likes of Mad Magazine, James Thurber, and R. Crumb.

Remember, when the muscley, gangster-looking guy is not giving a compliment when he says: "Nice store you got here... it'd be a shame if something bad happened to it!" 

More at: http://www.youtube.com/user/theRSAorg

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Cognitive Media Animate: Bill Gates - Vaccines Save Lives

In this animation created by Cognitive Media in partnership with the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates discusses the incredible lifesaving power of vaccines. In particular, he highlights the case of polio, which is 99 percent eradicated and within reach of being the second disease to ever be completely eliminated from the world.

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Innovationarts in a Nutshell: An Explanimation

The Innovationarts team wanted to put across what we do in a way that lives what we do. We hope you enjoy it!

We're increasingly being asked to help organisations communicate the decisions they make in our DesignSessions. This is one such example of what we can do. It's been written, produced and directed by our team. For more of our creative services, take a look at arts+

(via @puppetopera)

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The Neuroscience of Improvisation

I have always wanted to have my brain scanned while listening and scribing. One limitation is that I'd have to lay immobilized on my back in a giant beige magnet. On a vacation a few years ago, I described what I do for a living to family friend who is a neuropathologist.

When I asked him what happens in my brain while I listen and draw images to capture ideas on large surfaces, he replied: "Why, your whole brain is lit up like a Christmas tree!"

Charles Limb is a doctor and a musician who researches the way musical creativity works in the brain. He wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation -- so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out. What he and his team found has deep implications for our understanding of creativity of all kinds.

Learning from the Masters: Street Artists

photo © 2009 Josh Blair | more info(via: Wylio)

 

I am an unabashed fan of street art. Whether back alleys of small towns or flashy building-sized murals, these are the real masters of communicating ideas to the masses.

Gavin Blake's live scribe of "What's Mine Is Yours: Collaborative Consumption"

Gavin Blake recently collaborated with Rachel Botsman, author of What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption .

She read the book aloud and Gavin Graphic Recorded. It was truly an epic in terms of graphic recording. They read and drew for 14 or so hours over 2 days. The coloured Graphic Recording will soon be available on Gavin's site: www.feverpicture.com.au

Music by Michael Chin of Tokyo Love-in http://tokyolovein.tumblr.com/