All things in-house
Posted in All Posts, Andy Brenits, INspirations, Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2012
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams, American Cartoonist and Satirist (creator of Dilbert).
Posted in All Posts, Andy Brenits, INspirations on Jan 25th, 2012
"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.” – Steve Jobs, Founder ...MORE
Posted in All Posts, Andy Brenits, In-house Observations on Jan 19th, 2012
They say that a messy desk is the sign of genius. If that’s true then I must be working on a Nobel Prize for design management because my desk it often overrun with stuff. I often have a stack of post-its with my daily to-do’s, printouts of design work to review, and manila folders of ...MORE
Posted in All Posts, INspirations, Quotes on Jan 11th, 2012
"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." - Charles Mingus, American Jazz Musician.
Posted in Andy Epstein, In-house Issues on Oct 3rd, 2011
. Creatives are idealists. We can imagine a design, building, song or story as a complete vision right in our heads. This same big-picture faculty has been applied by design team managers to processes and procedures, staffing structures and business models. Over the years, with each new role, I’ve become adept at the latter. I’ve ...MORE
Posted in All Posts, Emily Cohen, The Cohen-Miller Report on Sep 29th, 2011
Characteristics of the Ideal Creative Team – Part II by Emily Cohen In an earlier post, I highlighted core operational and organizational factors that shape a successful team. Today’s post will continue on that idea and identify another far less obvious aspect of a team that is rarely considered as one builds a creative team ...MORE
Posted in Emily Cohen, The Cohen-Miller Report on Sep 22nd, 2011
Characteristics of the Ideal Creative Team – Part I by Emily Cohen What are the key characteristics that makes one creative team work successfully while another is dysfunctional and siloed? In working with and meeting a wide-variety of creative teams I’ve always been intrigued by this issue. The most obvious and essential factors that shape a successful ...MORE
Posted in Andy Epstein, INside Track on Sep 7th, 2011
. . I’m pretty much stuck in the last millennium when it comes to music. While I’m open to listening to new artists (well new to me at least) I don’t really go out of my way to discover them. Give me Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti and, dare I admit it, Elton John’s Honky Chateau ...MORE
Posted in Andy Epstein, In-house Issues on Aug 15th, 2011
Anyone listening in early July to the NPR coverage of the space shuttle’s final launch probably felt a twinge of nostalgia and sadness over the end of an era of manned space flight. I was struck, though, by a part of the story that should serve as a cautionary tale for in-house designers. In the ...MORE
