Day 9: Predatory Thinking by Dave Trott
Dave Trott is an advertising legend. And his books are pretty awesome too.
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- Dec 16, 2020
- 1 min
Day 8: Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Ways of Seeing by John Berger. This book had such a profound impact on my 16-year-old mind.
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min
Day 7: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Artist's Way is a firm favourite among many creative people I've worked with and interviewed.
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
Day 6: It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden
Today we review It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden.
- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
Day 5: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
If you ever needed a daily motivator to keep you going - and learn how the world's best fought and won their own battles - this book is it.
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
Day 4: Time to Think by Nancy Kline
Today it's Nancy Kline's Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind.
Not strictly speaking a creative book, but one that's helped a
- Dec 9, 2020
- 1 min
Day 3: Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
It’s Day 3 of Speedier Reads book reviews from Faster Ideas. And we dive into Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace. This book...
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Day 2: The Secret Lives of Colour
It’s Day 2 of our #12DaysofChristmas Speedier Reads book reviews from Faster Ideas. And we dive into 'The Secret Lives of Colour, by Kassia
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Day 1: Creativity by John Cleese
It’s Day 1 of Speedier Reads book reviews from Faster Ideas. And we kick off with Creativity: A short and cheerful guide, by the one and...
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
Speedier Reads: 12 Days of Christmas
Reviews of our favourite books to gifts this festive season. The Faster Ideas blog team are taking a break for Christmas - but we're...
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
Podcasts
But while I am not a massive fan of speech radio, I do love podcasts - when I'm doing something else, like painting, cooking or travelling.
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
Colouring
Colour me creative. Colouring isn't just for kids. Adult colouring books are all the rage.
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Close your eyes
I was looking at that Dusty Springfield lyric recently. It suddenly connected to something that had been nestling for a while
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
Mark Saltveit: A Man, A Plan, A Palindrome
If you just can't get enough of the magic that are words and phrases that read the same backwards and forwards.....
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
Read it backwards
Sometimes backwards is the way to move your ideas forward.
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Stand up
Standing doesn't come naturally to most people. I mean it does, in the human sense. Homo sapiens are the apes who stood up.
- Nov 17, 2020
- 1 min
Sébastien Foucan: Our relationship with fear
So much of the creative process is about fighting through the fear. Hear what the founder of freerunning Sébastien Foucan feels about fear.
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Incisive Questions
Garbage in means garbage out. When we're trying to solve a creative problem, we're trying to find answers to one or more questions.
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Turn it upside down
Flip things around, and you may find ideas on the other side. I credit my art teacher at school for this one - the late, great Mr Harrup....
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
Andrew Hanson: How we see colour
A bit of science this week - but also lots of colours. We're big fans of the Royal Institute here at Faster Ideas - especially their...
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