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BLUEPRINT: “Jimmy Iovine”
Jimmy Iovine Talks Founding Interscope Records, Apple Music & Selling Beats By Dre In the premiere episode of ‘Blueprint,’ legendary music exec Jimmy Iovine sits down with Complex Editor-In-Chief Noah Callahan-Bever to talk founding Interscope Records with artists like Tupac & Marilyn Manson, the motivation behind Beats by Dre and being obsessed with streaming music.…
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TED Talk: “Sinéad Burke”
Why Design Should Include Everyone Sinéad Burke is acutely aware of details that are practically invisible to many of us. At 105 centimeters (or 3′ 5″) tall, the designed world — from the height of a lock to the range of available shoe sizes — often inhibits her ability to do things for herself. Here…
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TED Talk: “Jann Haworth”
Mistakes, Omissions, and Iconoclasts: From Sgt Pepper to Work in Progress During its 50th year anniversary, Jann Haworth—the co-designer for the Grammy award-winning album cover, the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band—provides never before shared insights, lessons learned, and stories about the iconic pop art. Today she focuses on Work in Progress, an iconic…
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Talks at Google: “Aaron Draplin”
“Pretty Much Everything” Esquire. Ford Motors. Burton Snowboards. The Obama Administration. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in common: a teeny, little bit of Aaron James Draplin. Draplin is one of the new school of influential graphic designers who combine the power of design, social media, entrepreneurship,…
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GARY VAYNERCHUK: “EntreCon at UVU”
Months ago, I checked out Gary Vaynerchuk‘s calendar to see if was coming to Utah or near Utah in the near future. To my surprise, he was. He was scheduled to be speaking at the first time event for Entrepreneur Simplified (A company I have never heard of, and at this point not overly impressed with) called…
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TED Talk: “Elon Musk”
The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity … Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sit down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company, and a fully reusable rocket. SPACE…
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TED Talk: “Aaron James Draplin”
Roll up your sleeves and get to work. AARON JAMES DRAPLIN delivers a beautifully designed, laugh our loud funny, impassioned plea to underdogs everywhere. Aaron Draplin is a graphic designer, author, and founder of Draplin Design Co. (DDC). Born in Detroit, Michigan, he is now based in Portland, Oregon. His clients include Nike, Burton Snowboards,…
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REVIEW: “Abstract, The Art Of Design” (Netflix)
Last weekend, while working on various design projects, I had this incredible documentary series from Netflix on! Each episode focuses on a different design industry and a specific profession from that industry. Christopher Neimann Tinker Hatfield: Footwear Design I am not a big shoe person by any extent but I find the world’s fascination with…
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TRAVELCAST 001: “Ryan Ozawa, Hawaii”
Back in the early days of podcasting, I took a few stabs at it with generally ugly results. The first (and only?) episode of a travel podcast, where I wanted to speak with someone from each state sharing what is great and amazing about it! In this episode, I interviewed RYAN OZAWA (hawaiiweblog.com). He is…
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